FEBRUARY 2025

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

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LITKIT (A BOOK SUBSCRIPTION BOX)

To participate in this subscription service, you must be between the ages of 13-25 and have a DPLS library card. There will be library books in the box that will need to be checked out to your library card.


Only 10 boxes will be available. You will be placed on a waiting list if registration is full.


The box will be ready for pick up by the first of the month. You will receive an email notifying you that the box is ready for pick up.


If the box is not claimed by the seventh of the month, it will go to the next person on the waiting list.


Most everything in this box is yours to keep, we just ask that you return the two library books and box by the 25th of the month to any DPLS location.


This is a three month subscription. After the subscription period is over, you will need to sign up again to receive more boxes. 


Any questions, contact Pam at prellstab@defiancelibrary.org.

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#BOOKSTAGRAM

Say goodbye to trilogies. Duologies are the way to go.


Check out one or more of these YA duologies.


What if It's Us and Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera


The Initial Insult and The Last Laugh by Mindy McGinnis


The Betrothed and The Betrayed by Kiera Cass


The Wonderland Trials and The Looking-Glass Illusion by Sara Ella


The Darkening and The Lightstruck by Sunya Mara


What the River Knows and Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez


Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross


King of Scars and Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo


Snowglobe and Snowglobe 2 (coming out in May) by Soyoung Park

READ SOMETHING NEW

Check out the New Shelf at Defiance and read something new.

SEARCH THE CATALOG

Welcome to the Book of the Month Club where each month we’ll feature a new YA title, craft, and snack.


To participate, you must be between the ages of 13-25 and have a DPLS library card. The book will need to be checked out to your library card.


Only 5 spots are available.


The book and the extra items will be ready for pickup by the first of the month at Defiance Public Library. You will also receive an email notifying you of its availability.


After reading, feel free to post your thoughts and comments on Defiance Public Library’s Padlet page called Dear YA Readers.


Any questions, contact Pam at prellstab@defiancelibrary.org.

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FEBRUARY: SNOWGLOBE BY SOYOUNG PARK

"In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can escape the bitter cold—but this perfect society is hiding dark and dangerous secrets within its frozen heart.


Enclosed under a vast dome, Snowglobe is the last place on Earth that’s warm. Outside Snowglobe is a frozen wasteland, and every day, citizens face the icy world to get to their jobs at the power plant, where they produce the energy Snowglobe needs. Their only solace comes in the form of twenty-four-hour television programming streamed directly from the domed city.


The residents of Snowglobe have fame, fortune, and above all, safety from the desolation outside their walls. In exchange, their lives are broadcast to the less fortunate outside, who watch eagerly, hoping for the chance to one day become actors themselves.


Chobahm lives for the time she spends watching the shows produced inside Snowglobe. Her favorite? Goh Around, starring Goh Haeri, Snowglobe’s biggest star—and, it turns out, the key to getting Chobahm her dream life.


Because Haeri is dead, and Chobahm has been chosen to take her place. Only, life inside Snowglobe is nothing like what you see on television. Reality is a lie, and truth seems to be forever out of reach." - Goodreads

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ARTWORK FOUND IN THE TEEN SPACE

Check out this amazing drawing found in the Teen Space!

100 BOOKS BEFORE GRADUATION

Defiance Public Library System is challenging area high school students to finish 100 books before they turn the tassel. The 100 Books Before Graduation Challenge is ongoing, and geared to students in grades 9-12.


Students can easily log reading online using the Beanstack platform, or by downloading the Beanstack Tracker app for easy, on-the-go tracking. The app is available in the Apple and Google Play stores.

100 BOOKS BEFORE GRADUATION

DEAR YA READERS

We created a Padlet called Dear YA Readers for those who love to read and discuss YA books!


Some topics of discussion include:

  • new YA books
  • currently reading
  • Book of the Month
  • YA Recommendations

Join in the discussion with fellow YA aficionados.

DEAR YA READERS

SQUEEZY McSQUEEZY

Hello my dearest lemony friends,


2025 is off to a fantastic start! We spent this month gaming, cooking with Snap-Ed, being a reading machine, and participating in a photo shoot. An impromptu D&D group has also started during Teen Night Thursday.


This month, we are frantically gathering books from our TBR pile so we can participate in the Teen Winter Craze. The more you read, the greater your chances are to win some amazing stuff. Of course, if you are unlucky, you may end up with the "loser" bag. We have our sights set on winning the Mystery Box.


If you would like to participate, register on Beanstack. Teen Winter Crazes runs from February 1 to February 28.


Stay Awesome,


Squeezy



P.S. Why did the french fry finish last in the potato race?  


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He couldn’t ketchup.

Gaming League at Sherwood Branch Library: Meta Quest 2

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Cooking with Snap-Ed.

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Slicing veggies to go with the hummus.

A teen winter craze prize?

TEEN FAN FICTION WRITING CONTEST WINNER

Who captured Bella's heart? Was it Edward? Jacob? Or perhaps it was someone else...


Click the button to read the 2024 Teen Fan Fiction Writing Contest's winning story, "Not So Happily Ever After" by Abigail Dixon.

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