MAY 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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YA BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt

My Imaginary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson

You Belong to Me by Hayley Krischer

Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming

READ SOMETHING NEW

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


Flip Side by Jason Walz

Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming

Night Swimming by Aaron Starmer

Floating World by Axie Oh

Manga Classics Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson

Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum

Brielle and Bear by Salomey Doku

Hyo the Hellmaker by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh

A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne

Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi

Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi

You Belong to Me by Hayley Krischer

All the Noise at Once by Deandra Davis

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 bundles are available. The bundles will be available on the first of the month at Defiance Public Library and are a first come first serve. The bundles can be found in the Teen Space and on the new YA book shelf in the Reading Room.


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.

BETTER THAN THE MOVIES BY LYNN PAINTER

"Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar - and maybe snag him as a prom date - even befriend Wes Bennet.


The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic-comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.


But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love - and rethink her own ideas of what happily ever after should look like." - Goodreads

ARTWORK FOUND IN THE TEEN SPACE

A buff Bill Cipher has found his way into the library.

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,


One more month of school and one more month until Summer Reading. Who is excited? We are!


Last month was filled with laughter, craziness, painting, cooking, button making, and duck hunting. We also broke out Twister and played for hours.


We are looking forward to the month of May. We will be baking chocolate chip cookies, painting canvas bags, playing old school card games, and eating ice cream. If this sounds fun to you, please, come and hang out with us in the Teen Space.


Stay Awesome,


Squeezy



P.S. What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo?   


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a pouch potato

Having tea and broccoli with these fancy figures.

Trying to paint a fancy figure.

Watching someone doodle on an old photograph.

A fancy figure in the making.

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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