October DPLS Teen/YA Happenings 👻

October 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.

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.

If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, contact Pam at prellstab@defiancelibrary.org.

ALL BOXES HAVE BEEN SPOKEN FOR

YA BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

: BOOKS ARE TO DIE FOR :

READ SOMETHING NEW

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

Fearful by Lauren Roberts

Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley

How Far I'll Go by Keala Kendall

Teen Devotional for Girls by Ellie Hunja

Executioners Three by Susan Dennard

This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki

When We Were Monsters by Jennifer Niven

Good Vampire's Guide to Blood & Boyfriends by Jamie D'Amato

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by Christos Gage

My Fair Monster by Adrienne Rivera

Legendary Frybread Drive-In by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Wish You Were Her by Elle McNicoll

Spell to Wake the Dead by Nicole Lesperance

Grave Flowers by Autumn Krause

Earthedge by Ivan Blake

House of Hearts by Skyla Arndt

Thorn Season by Kiera Azar

Lessons in Power by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Ruling Class by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

House of Quiet by Kiersten White

The Steps by Wendelin Van Draanen

Falling Like Leaves by Misty Wilson

Teen Skincare by Caroline Hirona

Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala

Infinite Glade by James Dashner

Hekate: The Witch by Nikita Gill

If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry

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BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB

: PUMPKINHEADS BY RAINBOW ROWELL :

"Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends.

Every autumn, all through high school, they’ve worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world. (Not many people know that the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world is in Omaha, Nebraska, but it definitely is.) They say good-bye every Halloween, and they’re reunited every September 1.

But this Halloween is different—Josiah and Deja are finally seniors, and this is their last season at the pumpkin patch. Their last shift together. Their last good-bye.

Josiah’s ready to spend the whole night feeling melancholy about it. Deja isn’t ready to let him. She’s got a plan: What if—instead of moping and the usual slinging lima beans down at the Succotash Hut—they went out with a bang? They could see all the sights! Taste all the snacks! And Josiah could finally talk to that cute girl he’s been mooning over for three years . . .

What if their last shift was an adventure?" - Goodreads

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

Only 5 bundles are available for DPLS card holders ages 13-25. The bundles will be available on the first of the month at Defiance Public Library. 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.

ARTOBER 2025

Brush off your markers and journals and join us for Artober 2025!

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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,

It's official! We have entered the spooky season, and boy, do we have some ghoulish events planned - from movies and books, to haunted libraries and creatures of terror.

We are going old-school and showcasing classic horror films during Horror Flick Monday. The highlight is sure to be the 1960 film, 13 Ghosts. "13 times the entertainment when you use the new ghost-viewer." Yes, we will be experiencing the film with our own ghost-viewers!

In addition to Horror Flick Mondays, we are bringing back the Book Nerd Challenge and Artober. For the Book Nerd Challenge just read or listen to three books from the provided categories and return your paper to be entered to win a $20 gift card from Walmart, Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, Meijer, or Phoenix Theatres.

Artober is meant for you to brush up your drawing skills and have fun with the daily prompts. Make sure you download the Book Nerd Challenge and Artober prompt list available in this newsletter.

The highlight of the month is sure to be the Haunted Library! On Saturday, October 18 from 7-9 horrors await as you walk through the library at night. Perhaps you shall see us there creeping in the corner.

This is going to be one awesome month!

Enjoy the pictures.

Stay Awesome,

Squeezy

P.S. What’s a potato’s favorite song to dance to at a Halloween party?

The Monster Mash