By Neha, Grade 9 Book Review: One Of Us Is Lying One of Us Is Lying is a murder mystery, inspired by The Breakfast Club. It starts when teenagers Bronwyn, Simon, Cooper, Addy, and Nate are all found in detention together. There, they found that they were all in detention for the same reason–someone…
Book Review: We’ll Always Have Summer
By Neha, Grade 9 Book Review: We’ll Always Have Summer We’ll Always Have Summer is the final installment in Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy. Taking place a couple years after the conclusion of the second book, this one follows main character Isabel Conklin, who’s now a college student dating Jeremiah Fisher…
Book Review: The Midnight Library
by Elaina, Grade 10 The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is an enthralling novel that takes us along Nora Seed’s journey of discovering life’s joys and sorrows, and most importantly what makes life worth living in the first place. She must look within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library, a library that…
Hygiene Kit Drive
The Palo Alto City Library is partnering with Downtown Streets Team to host a Hygiene Kit Drive. Help us collect essential hygiene items for our community members in need.
Fourth Wing: Your Next 5 Star Read
By Tessa, Grade 7 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros was the book responsible for making me the fantasy book fan I am today. At the time, I was not a big fantasy reader at all. When I got recommended Fourth Wing, I was very skeptical of a book that was advertised as being about…
Graphic Novels: Literature or Not?
Neha, Grade 10 Graphic novels have been shoved in the spotlight a lot in the past few years. At least in North America, the most popular genres of fiction have consistently been general fiction, followed by romance for as long as most of us can remember. And although graphic novels have been around for…
The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy, Ranked
by Neha, Grade 10 The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy is a 3-book series about teenager Belly Conklin as she grows up, surrounded by her brother Steven, her mother Laurel, family friends Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, and their beloved mother, Susannah Fisher. 3. It’s Not Summer Without You It’s Not Summer Without You, the…
The Galapagos Islands Through Photos
by Neha, Grade 10 After just coming home from an amazing, breathtaking trip to the Galapagos Islands (and briefly, mainland Ecuador), I found my camera roll filled to the brim with pictures of the archipelago’s charming skies, ocean views, and wildlife. Although photos cannot come near conveying the feeling of seeing the amazing islands in-person…
Storytimes On Break in August
Our storytimes will be taking a break in August. In the meantime, keep practicing with your little ones to build up their early literacy skills.
Read Together Storytime Kits
Read Together Storytime Kits are available for checkout! Each bag contains a unique set of picture books with different themes and early literacy tips.
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