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June 11, 2015
Ultimate Beach Reads
While it still may be too cold to go in the water past your ankles, we have you covered for shoreline entertainment! Our Summer Reading List is out with ideas for everyone from the future rock star to the history buff.
If page-turning, “whodunit?!” reads are your style, this list of courtroom dramas will fill your beach bag. The only thing more engrossing than these fictional tales are the nonfictional stories on the list of underdogs saving the day against all odds.
For the graphic novel enthusiasts out there, KDL’s summer choices will keep you company under the beach umbrella. Brush up on your Batman and Superman lore before the next blockbuster hits the theaters!
They always seem to be from the wrong side of the tracks, don’t they? These teen romance novels share the giddy rush of first love, the power of friendships and the crushing blow of breakups.
If you are eagerly awaiting the release of Go Set a Watchman, the sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird, bide your time with these societal reflective pieces focusing on racism, relationships and civil rights.
Always dreamed of trading in your briefcase for a guitar case? Lose yourself in these rock icon biographies, you can almost hear the crowds chanting your name!
June 10, 2015
Hot Teen Reads for Summer
School’s out for summer, which means you can finally read what you want! Instead of reading Harry Potter or The Hunger Games for the billionth time, try one of these.
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
SF TEEN AVEYARD
In a world divided by blood–those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities–Mare, a Red, discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. But Mare risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard–a growing Red rebellion–even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction.
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Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
TEEN DESSEN
Sydney’s charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time.
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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
ROM TEEN HAN
Lara Jean writes love letters to all the boys she has loved and then hides them in a hat box until one day those letters are accidentally sent.
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City of Savages by Lee Kelly
SF TEEN KELLY
After the Red Allies turn New York City into a POW camp, two sisters must decipher the past in order to protect the future.
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Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
HIST TEEN LEE
In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American, and Annamae, an African American slave, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
SF TEEN MAAS
Feyre is captured by Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a fiery passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose Tamlin forever.
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The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
SF TEEN RUTOSKI
An aristocratic girl who is a member of a warmongering and enslaving empire purchases a slave, an act that sets in motion a rebellion that might overthrow her world as well as her heart.
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We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story by Josh Sundquist
BIOGRAPHY TEEN SUNDQUIST
The Paralympic ski racer, YouTube star, and motivational speaker documents his coming of age as an amputee cancer survivor and his efforts to investigate past dates gone wrong to discover why he was still single.
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5 Books to Read Before the Movies Come Out
It’s going to be a good year for books on the big screen! 2016 will see a flood on novels turned into movies spanning all ages and genres according to Movie Insider.
Chick Lit becomes a Chick Flick when How to Be Single by Liz 
Tuccillo hits the silver screen in February.
Jane Austen’s classic gets a monster makeover in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the parody created by Seth Grahame-Smith due in February. 
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs has Eva Green as the title character and bills Dame Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson among the cast. Look for the film in early March. 
The final installment of the Divergent series, Allegiant by Veronica Roth, will be split into two movies, the first estimated to be released in mid-March.
April will get a little wilder when The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling hits the big screen again. With actors like Idris Elba, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong’o reportedly voicing animals, this children’s film is sure to appeal to adults as well. 
June 9, 2015
Programs Just for Teens
We have an awesome line-up of teen programs this summer! Here is just a sampling of what we have to offer. Click on the program title for a list dates, times and locations.
June 8, 2015
Amazing Acts!
The following programs are sure to keep your family engaged, amazed and entertained! Don’t miss out on all the fun! Click the program title for dates, times and locations.
June 7, 2015
Summer Sounds: Concerts at the Library
Sit back, relax and enjoy some great music. Our program line-up includes several performances that will fill our branches with some sweet summer sounds. The shows are open to all ages and they are all free… it’s music to my ears! Please click on the program title for dates, times and locations.
June 6, 2015
June 5, 2015
Print Off Your Free Activity Pass
Kent District Library has joined the partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Recreation and Park Association to offer you free access to hundreds of Michigan’s state parks, historic sites, cultural attractions, campgrounds and other recreation areas!
Book Club in a Bag – Check It Out
Were you aware that the Kent District Library has over 200 Book Club in a Bag titles available for your book group? The bags come with 12 to 14 copies of each title, along with questions specific to each title to help stimulate your group’s discussion. The titles in this collection are hand-picked and are all appropriate for a book discussion, but here are a few of particular interest. Titles may be reserved by contacting Ali Kuchta at 616-784-2016 x2179 or akuchta@kdl.org.
Spare, luminous, and poetic, Stoner is the story of a man’s lifelong passionate love affair with literature. Readers may take wildly different views of the protagonist, making this overlooked classic a great book for discussion.
One day Harold steps out to take a letter to the postbox, and keeps walking. And walking. What starts out as a simple trip to the postbox turns into a spiritual journey of self-discovery, and the adventures he has along the way and the people he encounters make for a great story. Groups will find much to discuss in this ultimately redemptive adventure.
Individual readers and groups alike will find much to love in this epistolary novel set on the Isle of Guernsey during the German occupation, when the island was completely cut off from the United Kingdom for duration of the war.
June 4, 2015
You are Invited to a Superhero Party
Celebrate Heroes! Make plans to attend an Up, Up and Away! Superhero Party taking place at several KDL branches this summer. Leap over tall buildings, perform amazing feats of strength and be the star of your own comic book! Wear your own superhero costume or create one at our super fun superhero party. Don’t miss out on all the fun!
Schedule
Tuesday, June 9, 6:30 PM – Englehardt Branch (Lowell)
Wednesday, June 10, 10:00 AM – Tyrone Township Branch
Wednesday, June 17, 2:00 PM – Krause Memorial Branch (Rockford)
Thursday, June 18, 10:00 AM – Grandville Branch
Thursday, June 18, 2:00 PM – East Grand Rapids Branch
Tuesday, June 30, 4:00 PM – Spencer Township Branch
Thursday, July 2, 1:30 PM – Alto Branch
Thursday, July 2, 2:00 PM – Caledonia Township Branch
Wednesday, July 15, 10:00 AM – Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Branch
Wednesday, July 22, 6:30 PM – Nelson Township/Sand Lake Branch
Wednesday, July 29, 1:00 PM – Walker Branch
Tuesday, August 4, 2:00 PM – Byron Township Branch
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