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Check Out The Latest YA Titles

1/23/2023

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Here are new young adult titles for January and February! Check them out or place holds now. Want to recommend a title? Use our new digital request form.
  • Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Manga/Graphic Novels
  • Nonfiction
  • "Always the Alost" by Edward Underhill (2/14)
  • "Another Dimension of Us" by Mike Albo (1/17)
  • "As You Walk on By" by Julian Winters
  • "Begin Again" by Emma Lord (1/24)
  • "The Black Queen" by Jumata Emill (1/31)
  • "Chaos Theory" by Nic Stone (2/28)
  • "Cool. Awkward. Black." by Karen Strong
  • "The Davenports" by Krystal Marquis
  • "For Lamb" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  • "Friday I'm in Love" by Camryn Garrett
  • "I'll Take Everything you Have" by James Klise (2/28)
  • "Last Violent Call" by Chloe Gong (2/28)
  • "Live Your Best Lie" by Jessie Weaver (1/24)
  • "The Love Match" by Priyanka Taslim 
  • "Missing Dead Girls" by Sara Walters (1/31)
  • "My Flawless Life" by Yvonne Woon (2/14)
  • "The Pledge" by Cale Dietrich (2/14)
  • "She is a Haunting" by Trang Thanh Tran (2/28)
  • "They're Watching You" by Chelsea Ichaso 
  • "This One's for You" by Kate Sweeney (2/7)
  • "When You Wish Upon a Lantern" by Gloria Chao (2/14)
  • "The Wrong Kind of Weird" by James Ramos
  • "Blood Circus" by Camila Victoire (1/31)
  • "The Buried and the Bound" by Rochelle Hassan (1/24)
  • "Chain of Thorns" by Cassandra Clare (1/31)
  • "City of Nightmares" by Rebecca Schaeffer
  • "Dream to Me" by Megan Paasch (1/31)
  • "Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute" by Talia Hibbert
  • "Revelle" by Lyssa Mia Smith (2/14)
  • "Riven" by Mindee Arnett
  • "A Ruinous Fate" by Kaylie Smith
  • "Seven Faceless Saints" by M.K. Lobb (2/7)
  • "Song of Silver, Flame Like Night" by Amelie Wen Zhao
  • "Spice Road" by Maiya Ibrahim (1/24)
  • "Stardust in Their Veins" by Laura Sebastian (2/7) 
  • "The Stolen Heir" by Holly Black
  • "These Infinite Threads" by Tahereh Mafi (2/7)
  • "Where Darkness Blooms" by Andrea Hannah (2/21)
  • "Wildblood" by Lauren Blackwood (2/7)
  • "Bloom" by Kevin Panetta
  • "Chainsaw Man 6" by Tatsuki Fujimoto
  • "Demon Slayer 4-8" by Koyoharu Gotouge
  • "My Hero Academia 18-19" by Kohei Horikoshi
  • "Witch Hat Atelier 7,9,10" by Kamone
  • "Cash is Queen: A Girl's Guide to Securing, Spending and Stashing Cash" by Davinia Tomlinson
  • "Dark Testament: Blackout Poems" by Crystal Simone Smith
  • "How to be a (Young) Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi (1/31)
  • "The Girl I Am, Was, and Never will be: A Speculative
  •  Memoir of Transracial Adoption" by Shannon Gibney
  • "My Selma, A Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement" by Willie Mae Brown
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Local Historic Newspapers Now Available On Hoosier State Chronicles

1/20/2023

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Dive into local history or conduct genealogical research by browsing historic local newspapers on Hoosier State Chronicles.
The Syracuse-Turkey Creek Township Public Library and the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum came together to successfully apply for the 2021 LSTA Technology Grant after limiting digitization to newspaper microfilms from the late 1800s through 1990 following an unsuccessful grant in 2020. To complete this project, both organizations received approval from Ron Baumgartner, the owner and publisher of The Papers Inc., which owns The Mail-Journal.

The LSTA Technology Grant came from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and is administered by the Indiana State Library. SPL and the museum's microfilm digitalization project became the first of its kind in Kosciusko County.

How The Digitalization Process Worked

In October 2021, the Syracuse Public Library's microfilm was packed and sent to Digital Divide Data in Maryland. The vendor then scanned the microfilm through a high-speed feed scanner to produce the digitized pages into several formats. During the process, newspaper pages were cropped, de-skewed, and organized into folders. Following that, they were sent to another team, where metadata was created for each page, issue, and microfilm reel.

Once that process finished, the team at the Indiana State Library performed quality review on the work to catch minor issues, such as missing pages, duplicate pages, and incorrect labeling. Fixes were sent back to the vendor before final approval and the newspapers' inclusion on Hoosier State Chronicles.

What Was Digitized

Digitalized historic local newspapers include:
  • Syracuse-Wawasee Journal
  • The Indiana Journal
  • The Mail-Journal
  • The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal
  • The Syracuse Enterprise
  • The Syracuse Journal
  • The Syracuse Register

All of these historic newspapers are now available on the Hoosier State Chronicles website. Uncover headlines for national and local events, enjoy old advertisements, or retrace the steps of your ancestors. Users can also use the website's search feature to do targeted searches for family members. You never now what you will uncover!
A screenshot showing the Hoosier State Chronicle's homepage with a map of Indiana counties.
The Hoosier State Chronicles's homepage features a map of Indiana counties. If you are looking for news from a particular county, you can just click it on the map or use the menu to navigate the site.
Example of a search using the name
Hoosier State Chronicles allows targeted searches, which users can use to find ancestors. Here is an example search for "John Smith." Use quotation marks around names to refine your search and to prevent receiving results for simply "John" and "Smith."
A screenshot of the search's side bar, which features several ways to refine search results, such as to specific papers or decades.
On the search result page, you will find a sidebar. This sidebar offers several ways to refine search results to find ancestors. Know where they lived? Click on papers that would have been local to them. Know the periods they were alive? Click those decades. Don't forget to check the tags, which might have clues, such as a person you know is connected to your ancestor.
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YA Spotlight: Five Survive

1/20/2023

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By Michelle Parker, Young Adult Services Librarian

If you are looking for a mystery that will keep you guessing and reading late into the night, look no further than "Five Survive" by Holly Jackson.
​Red and her five friends are on a road trip to the beach for Spring Break when disaster strikes on an isolated road. The RV's tires are shot out by a sniper who is threatening the six until they give up a particular secret. Will Red and her friends be able to give him what he wants before the deadline at dawn? As the eight hours pass, find out the deadly secrets of each, who will turn on who, and ultimately, which of them will make it out alive. 
 
While the second half of this book is an exciting whirl-wind, be prepared to push through the first half. If you enjoy this one, check out Holly Jackson's series, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, in my opinion, even more of a thrill ride than this one!

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Michelle manages the Young Adult Services Department, planning programs, purchasing new books, and revamping the Rosalyn Jones/Young Adult Space.

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Winners Announced For ‘All Together Now’ Teen Art Contest

1/18/2023

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Group photo of the winners of the teen art contest
Pictured are the winners of the North Webster Community Public Library and Syracuse Public Library’s “All Together Now” Teen Art Contest. In front from left are Eva Kennelly, Emerie Walker, Kendall Toumey; and Skye-Leigh Kitson. In back are Eleanor Nightingale, Jackson Hayes and Julia Stover. Not pictured are Raily Klinefelter and Katianne Bolinger.
North Webster and Syracuse community members gathered to celebrate local teen artists during the “All Together Now” Teen Art Contest open house Friday, Jan. 13. The open house concluded the joint North Webster Community Public Library and Syracuse-Turkey Creek Township Public Library teen art contest that saw 13 teen artists submit artwork.
At least 90 people attended the open house located at the North Webster Community Public Library, where Friends from the North Webster and Syracuse libraries provided appetizers and SPL’s Rebekah Sceniak performed live with her violin.

Prizes were awarded in three brackets based on grades. In the sixth through seventh grade group, winners were Raily Klinefelter (first place), Emerie Walker (second place) and Eva Kennelly (third place). Eleanor Nightingale (first place), Julia Stover (second place) and Kendall Toumey (third place) were the winners in grades eighth through ninth. Finally, Skye-Leigh Kitson (first place), Katianne Bolinger (second place) and Jackson Hayes (third place) were the winners in grades 10-12. Because of an anonymous donation, the gift card amounts were increased, so first-place winners received $100 gift cards, second-place winners $50 gift cards and third-place winners $30 gift cards.
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Pieces were judged by five volunteer judges, all of whom are local artists: Emily Austin of Emily Austin Design; Deb Connett; Angie Deak of Made on Main; Fred Clark of Sturdy Oaks; and Golden Seaton, whose art is currently displayed at 2nd Floor Gallery & Studio. Wawasee High School art teacher Christi Ziebarth and her students also helped with the judging.

All art pieces will be displayed at NWCPL from Jan. 16-27 and then at SPL from Jan. 30-Feb. 10. At the end of these displays, teen artists can pick up their pieces from their home library, which they had listed on their entry forms.
Winning art pieces in the grades 8-9 category
Art pieces in the 6-7 grade category
Art pieces in the 10-12 grades category
Event organizers, Michelle Park with SPL and Hanna Kunkel with NWCPL, stand at podium.
SPL staff members, Megan Daumen and Amber Weber, examine some of the art pieces.
Judges write their thoughts about the pieces.
A judge makes notes while open house attendees also look at the artwork.
Judges write their thoughts about the pieces.
A shot of art open house attendees conversing
SPL's Rebekah Sceniak plays her violin.
Pictured is the appetizer table, which features a wide range of baked goods, fruit, and vegetables.
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OverDrive App To Be Discontinued In April

1/18/2023

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Have you made the switch to Libby yet? If not, you will want to before April 2023 when the OverDrive is being discontinued.
OverDrive Inc. removed the OverDrive app from the Apple App Store, Google Play and the Microsoft Store on Feb 23, 2022, and now it plans to fully discontinue the legacy OverDrive app at the end of April 2023. At that time, users who try to access their library’s collection in the OverDrive app will need to upgrade to Libby.

OverDrive stated in a its FAQs about the switch, "We believe that Libby is the best reading experience for all users. With valuable partner and user feedback, we’re constantly enhancing the app and adding new features to engage your readers. Discontinuing the OverDrive app will allow our development teams to focus their efforts on Libby."

OverDrive app users currently see the following message in the app:
In early 2023, the OverDrive app will be discontinued. Upgrade to Libby today.
In Libby, you’ll find the same great titles from your library, in a beautiful, modern, easy-to-use app.
Your loans, holds, and wish list items will be waiting for you in Libby. Learn more about this change.
This change is only for the app. Patrons will still be able to visit the Indiana Digital Library's OverDrive website at ​https://idl.overdrive.com/.

Kindle Users

Kindle Fire users can download Libby onto their device manually, as Libby is not currently available to download directly from the Amazon Appstore. OverDrive has requested information and a timeline for approval from Amazon but has not yet received an update.

Users can also deliver Kindle Books to a Fire tablet from a device that supports libbyapp.com (US only).

The OverDrive app will also remain available for Kindle Fire users to download and access until further notice.

What About My OverDrive Wish List?

Yes, when a user sets up the app, Libby prompts them to sync their OverDrive wish list using an in-app notification.
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Learn more about wish list syncing on Libby Help.
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New Adult Materials Arrive In January

1/12/2023

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New books are always arriving at the Syracuse Public Library. Here is a list of what is new in January. A few have not been released yet, so their release dates are next to them in parentheses. Check them out today, and if you haven't already signed up for the 2023 adult reading challenge, do so! Get rewarded for reading. Additionally, if you have book or DVD purchasing requests, you can now submit them digitally.
  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Large Print
  • Audiobooks
  • "All Hallows" by Christopher Golden (1/24)
  • "All the Dangerous Things" by Stacy WiIllingham
  • "The Backup Plan" by Jill Shalvis (1/17)
  • "The Cabinet of Dr. Leng" by Douglas Preston (1/17)
  • "The Cage" by Bonnie Kistler
  • "The Christie Affair" by Nina de Gramont
  • "Code 6" by James Grippando
  • "Critical Threat" by Lynette Eason
  • "Death on the Emerald Isle" by Jessica Fletcher
  • "The Devil's Ransom" by Brad Taylor (1/24)
  • "The Drift" by C. J. Tudor (1/31)
  • "Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone" by Benjamin Stevenson (1/17)
  • "Exiles" by Jane Harper (1/31)
  • "Finlay Donovan Jumps the GUn" by Elle Cosimano (1/31)
  • "The Girls Who Disappeared" by Claire Douglas
  • "Hands Down" by Felix Francis
  • "Heartbreaker: A Hell's Belles Novel" by Sarah MacLean
  • "Hell Bent" by Leigh Bardugo
  • "Her Heart's Desire" by Shelley Shepard Gray
  • "The House of Wolves" by James Patterson
  • "How to Sell a Haunted House" by Grady Hendrix (1/17)
  • "Iced" by Felix Francis
  • "Just the Nicest Couple" by Mary Kubica
  • "Locust Lane" by Stephen Amidon (1/17)
  • "Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog" by E. Bruce Cameron
  • "Lunar Love" by Lauren Kung Jessen
  • "Mango, Mambo, and Murder" by Raquel V. Reyes
  • "The Mitford Affair" by Marie Benedict (1/17)
  • "Murder Book" by Thomas Perry (1/17)
  • "The Nightmare Man" by J. H. Markert
  • "Off the Deep End" by Lucinda Berry
  • "The Old Place" by Bobby Finger
  • "Proposing Mischief" by Regina Jennings
  • "The Rose and the Thistle" by Laura Frantz
  • "Sleep No More" by Jayne Ann Krentz
  • "The Souls of Lost Lake" by Jaime Jo Wright
  • "A Streetcar Named Murder" by T. G. Herren
  • "Such Sharp Teeth" by Rachel Harrison
  • "The Sweet Spot" by Amy Poeppel (1/31)
  • "Threadneedle" by Cari Thomas (1/31)
  • "What Lies in the Woods" by Kate Alice Marshall (1/17)
  • "What We Remember" by Sarah Echavarre
  • "When I first Held You" by Anstey Harris (1/24)
  • "Without a Trace" by Danielle Steel
  • "You Must Remember This" by Kat Rosenfield
  • "The Chinese Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Legends" by Tao Tao Liu
  • "The Complete Guide to Healthy Drinks" by America's Test Kitchen
  • "Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps" by Seirian Sumner
  • "His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice" by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
  • "Inciting Joy: Essays" by Ross Gay
  • "Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter" by John Hendrickson (1/17)
  • "Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom" by Ilyon Woo (1/17)​​
  • "The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy" by Moiya McTier
  • "Native American Archaeology in the Parks" by Kenneth L. Feder
  • ​"The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill" by Brad Meltzer
  • "README.txt: A Memoir" by Chelsea Manning
  • "The Serial Killer Next Door: The Double Lives of Notorious Murderers" by Richard Estep (1/31)
  • "Sin City Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Las Vegas" by Jefrey Sussman (1/15)
  • "Spare" by Prince Harry
  • "The Never Game" by Jeffery Deaver
  • "Murder by Definition" by Con Lehane
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Teens Help Plan Summer Reading!

1/12/2023

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Summer will be here before we know it, meaning a new year of summer reading! Young Adult Services Librarian Michelle Parker is asking teens to lend their voices to the planning process.
The 2023 summer reading theme will be "All Together Now," and teens are encouraged to embrace that theme by sharing their thoughts about what they would like the program to look like. Fill out the online survey about the type of programming you'd like to participate in, what prizes would be best, etc.

Finally, mark your calendars to attend the "Help Plan Teen Summer Reading" session from 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Rosalyn Jones Room/YA space. Help build the summer reading program of your dreams!

For information, contact Michelle at mparker@syracuse.lib.in.us.
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YA Book Club Reads 'Mirror Girls' In January

1/11/2023

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“Mirror Girls” by Kelly McWilliams is the YA Book Club pick for January.
As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and  Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for loving across the color line. Now, at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, Charlie is a young Black organizer in Harlem, while white-passing Magnolia is the heiress to a cotton plantation in rural Georgia.

The sisters reunite as teenagers in the deeply haunted town of Eureka, Ga., where ghosts linger centuries after their time and dangers lurk behind every mirror. They couldn’t be more different, but they will need each other to put the hauntings of the past to rest, to break the mirrors’ deadly curse — and to discover the meaning of sisterhood in a racially divided land. 

Pick up copies at the library. Digital e-books and audiobooks are available on Libby.

Discussions occur from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, and from 12-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, in the Rosalyn Jones Room/YA Space.

Email Michelle, mparker@syracuse.lib.in.us, or Amber, aweber@syracuse.lib.in.us, with questions.

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Adult Book Club Reads 'All By Myself, Alone'

1/11/2023

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The Adult Book Club will read “All By Myself, Alone” by Mary Higgins Clark in Janurary.
Fleeing a disastrous and humiliating arrest of her husband-to-be on the eve of their wedding, Celia Kilbride, a gems and jewelry expert, hopes to escape from public attention by lecturing on a brand-new cruise ship — the Queen Charlotte.

On board she meets eighty-six-year-old Lady Emily Haywood, “Lady Em,” as she is known throughout the world. Immensely wealthy, Lady Em is the owner of a priceless emerald necklace that she intends to leave to the Smithsonian after the cruise. Three days out to sea Lady Em is found dead — and the necklace is missing.
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Discussions will occur at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, via Zoom and at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, in the downstairs meeting room.

Books are available at SPL. Patrons can access a digital e-book and audiobook on the Libby app. For information about the adult book club or to receive a Zoom invitation, contact Becky Brower at bbrower@syracuse.lib.in.us.

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In The Garden Group To Winter Sow, Jan. 26

1/11/2023

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Get your hands a little dirty at the In the Garden group's January meeting, where members will do some winter sowing.
Join In the Garden at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in the downstairs meeting room to try your hand at winter sowing with native seeds! Bring translucent gallon jugs (such as those used for distilled water) and potting soil for the project. The Syracuse Public Library will provide native seeds (you can bring seeds if you want to), duct tape and permanent markers.

Not interested in doing winter sowing this year? You are still invited to attend and watch the process. You'll also learn about what In the Garden has planned for 2023.

Recommended Reading

​​While at the library, don't forget to pick up 2023's recommended reading: "The Triumph of Seeds" by Thor Hanson; "The Book of Eels" by Patrik Svensson; and "The Invention of Nature" by Andrea Wulf. These books tell a story about the natural world while crafting a tale about how that story became important to the author. Hanson shares the love of seeds with his young son; Svensson gets to know his father through eel fishing; and Wulf follows the arduous trek of Alexander Von Humboldt in South America. Another recommended book that will amaze and has many examples is "An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us" by Ed Yong.

Contact Information

For information about In the Garden or any of the recommended books, contact Becky Brower, bbrower@syracuse.lib.in.us.
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