MARCH 2025

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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

Are you feeling green-vious? Then pick up one of these teen reads.


My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite


The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco


Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson


The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes


City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer


Seoulmates by Susan Lee


My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jody Meadows


Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher


Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White


Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson


READ SOMETHING NEW

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


Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

Beasts We Bury by D.L. Taylor

Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray

All Better Now by Neal Shusterman

Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman

Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours

Kagurabachi 1 by Takeru Hokazono

Kagurabachi 2 by Takeru Hokazono

Song of a Blackbird by Maria Van Lieshout

Mystery Royale by Kaitlyn Cavalancia

Love on Paper by Danielle Parker

Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan

Wilde Trials by MacKenzie Reed

Lies on the Serpent's Tongue by Kate Pearsall

It's a Love/Skate Relationship by Carlie J. Corson

Interabled by Shane Burcaw

Insomniacs After School 8 by Makoto Ojiro

Pink & Habanero by Mika Satonaka

Watch Dogs Tokyo 1 by Siichi Shirato

Welcome to Camp Killer by Cynthia Murphy

A Language of Dragons by S.F. Williamson

Everything I Promised You by Katy Upperman

Among Serpents by Marc Gregson

Honeysuckle and Bone by Trisha Tobias

DC Finest: Batman by Frank Miller

Cthulhu Cat by Pandania

Eden of Witches by Yumeji

Cursed Princess Club 4 by Lambcat

Bingsu for Two by Sujin Witherspoon

First Love Language by Stefany Valentine

These Vengeful Wishes by Vanessa Montalban

Teen Exorcist 1 by Mitsuru Yuki

I'm Here: A Peer Counseling Guide for Teens by James Crist

Versus 1 by One

Rhino's Run by Robert Lipsyte

Everything is Poison by Joy McCullough

Rival by Emma Lord

Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft

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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MARCH: SKY'S END BY MARC J GREGSON

"Plummet into a kill-or-be-killed competition where a scrappy underdog hell-bent on revenge must battle colossal monstrosities and claw his way to the top in this fast-paced, breakout sensation from YA fantasy author Marc J Gregson.


Exiled to live as a Low under the merciless rule of the Meritocracy, sixteen-year-old Conrad refuses to become heir to his murderous uncle. But when behemoth sky serpents attack the floating island of Holmstead and devour Conrad’s ailing mother, Conrad cuts a deal to save the only family he has left. To rescue his sister from his uncle’s clutches, Conrad must enter the Selection of the Twelve Trades.


Freshly recruited into Hunter, the deadliest of all the Trades, Conrad endures vigorous training, manipulative peers, and the Gauntlet—a brutal final challenge that pits Conrad’s skyship crew against the very terrors that orphaned him. As Conrad competes in the lowest of stations, he overhears whispers of rebellion in the dark. Conrad had never known anything existed below the toxic black clouds of the Skylands . . . until now." - Goodreads

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ARTWORK FOUND IN THE TEEN SPACE

Check out these amazing drawings 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,


What a snowy February we had! Obviously, we don't spend too much time outside, so everything we experienced was from the comfort of our cozy chairs - indoors. Despite the cold, we had so much fun at the library.


Teen Nights were up to their usual shenanigans with video games, designing fantasy maps, building penguins, and cooking buffalo chicken dip.


At the most recent Crafterteens (third Mondays of the month at 4:00) we made snow globes. There is a story behind the green polar bear, but if you want to know, you have to come and ask. =) Next month we are making art journals. You should join us!


Welp, I believe that is all. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Teen Winter Craze! We hope it was worth your while.


Stay Awesome,


Squeezy



P.S. Who is the most powerful potato? 


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Teen Night Shenanigans

Gazing in awe at the snowglobe.

I've never seen a green polar bear before.

A green polar bear?

What it is supposed to look like.

Cooking with Snap-Ed.

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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