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June Teen Programming: Unleash Your Inner Hero

5/31/2022

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Teens sign up now to join the teen summer reading program and receive your S.H.I.E.L.D notebook to start tracking pages read to earn fantastic prizes. The earliest teens can come in to get prizes is Wednesday, June 8.

Programming

Shelly has planned so many fantastic craft programs this summer. Check upstairs at the library for registration information as supplies/space are limited. June projects include comic book-decorated boxes (5 p.m. Thursday, June 9) and superhero etched mugs (5 p.m. Wednesday, June 29) in the Rosalyn Jones Room/teen room.

Meet Our Local Heroes (All Ages Welcome)

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, Syracuse Police Department, Turkey Creek Fire Territory, and Indiana State Police will demonstrate and answer questions about what they do from 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at the Syracuse Community Center.

Don’t miss out on this chance to meet our local heroes! All ages are welcome to attend this program.

Escape Room

Come solve our superhero-themed escape room on Thursday, June 23, and Tuesday, July 19. Both escape rooms will be from 2:30-6:15 p.m. in the teen room and feature four sessions. Each session accommodates 10-12 people. Sign up for the escape rooms at the library or online. Click here to register for the June Escape Room. Click here to register for the July Escape Room.
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Teen Book Club's June Pick: Wilder Girls by Rory Power

5/24/2022

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I think I’d been looking for it all my life
a storm in my body to match the one in my head.”

-Rory Power, "Wilder Girls"
The Syracuse Public Library is forming a new Teen Book Club during summer reading. Join the group and read June's pick, "Wilder Girls" by Rory Power.
The first five teens who sign up to join the Teen Book Club will receive free paperbacks of "Wilder Girls," a thrilling tale that blends survival with elements from the horror genre. SPL will also have copies from other libraries available for check out. Or teens can use the Libby app to access digital copies of the novel.
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The Teen Book Club will meet from 4-5 p.m. every fourth Wednesday of the month, with June's meeting slated for June 22. If you're interested in join the club, sign up at the main desk upstairs. For more information about our other summer reading offerings, 
click here.

"Wilder Girls" Synopsis

It's been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty's life out from under her.

It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don't dare wander outside the school's fence, where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure they were promised as the Tox seeps into everything.

But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie beyond the fence. And when she does, Hetty learns that there's more to their story, to their life at Raxter, than she could have ever thought true.
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Memorial Day Closure and Evergreen Server Update

5/18/2022

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The Syracuse Public Library will close Monday, May 30, in observation of Memorial Day. During Memorial Day weekend, Evergreen Indiana will also perform maintenance, and here is what you need to know so you aren't without the materials you desire over the long weekend.
The maintenance being performed requires actual server downtime. This will affect everyone's ability to borrow from Overdrive and Libby. Plan ahead and have your materials checked out and downloaded prior to the Saturday, May 28, to  Monday, May 30,  work window.

New registrations for Hoopla and the ability to place holds through the Evergreen Indiana app will also be affected during the maintenance period.
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Wildflowers Arrive At SPL

5/14/2022

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The Syracuse Public Library has received several one-square-foot seed packets, featuring Midwest wildflowers, to give away. Up to three packets are given to each family either at the library or during the native plant sale from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at the WACF property on SR 13. The purpose of planting the seeds is not just to be a food resource for local pollinators but to offer a habitat in the soil for the native bees.
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The seed sponsors, Tangled Bank Studios and PBS-Nature, have made a movie that shows the amount of activity a bee-friendly area provides in, “My Garden of a Thousand Bees.” Come for a showing at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9. The Syracuse Public Library is facilitating a series of meetings called “In the Garden.” Contact Becky Brower, bbrower@syracuse.lib.in.us, to receive emails with “In the Garden” notifications for field trips, book discussion topics, walks and trail maintenance. Make a point this summer to meet our local pollinators.

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New DVDs to Binge in May

5/13/2022

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Ready to for a movie night? Or are you looking for a new series to binge? Check out some of the new DVDs available in May. Some titles will release later in the month.

New Movies

  • The Batman​ (5/24)
  • Creation Stories
  • The Cursed
  • Dog
  • Father Stu (6/14)
  • Gold (6/14)
  • The Incarnation
  • ​Jump Darling
  • The Other Me
  • ​The Outfit
  • The Sinners​
  • Slasher: Flesh and Blood (5/17)
  • ​Studio 666 (5/24)
  • Umma (5/24)
  • Uncharted
  • X (5/24)
  • You Are Not My Mother (6/21)

Documentaries

  • Attica
  • ​No Ordinary Man (6/21)

TV Series

  • The Sinner, Season 1
  • ​The Sinner, Season 2
  • ​Succession, Season 3 (5/17)

Children's

  • Sing 2
  • Turning Red
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New Adult Book Titles For May

5/13/2022

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We're entering the peak publishing season, meaning several popular books are arriving at the Syracuse Public Library! Below are most of the new titles that will be available at SPL. They are currently housed on our blue carts as we await the arrival of our new display!
  • Fiction Titles
  • Nonfiction Titles
  • Large Print
  • Audiobooks

Fiction

  • "22 Seconds" by James Patterson
  • "Adult Assembly Required" by Abbi Waxman (5/17)
  • "Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage" by Nancy Atherton
  • "The Boardwalk Bookshop" by Susan Mallery (5/31)
  • "Book of Night" by Holly Black
  • "The Book Woman's Daughter" by Kim Michele Richardson
  • "By the Book" by Jasmine Guillory
  • ​"Clive Cussler's Dark Vector" by Graham Brown (5/24)
  • "Countdown to Midnight" by Dale Brown (5/17)
  • "The Element of Love" by Mary Connealy
  • "Ever Constant" by Tracie Peterson
  • ​"Every Cloak Rolled in Blood" by James Lee Burke (5/24)
  • "Grey Bees" by Andrey Kurkov
  • "The Heart of a Cowboy" by Jody Hedlund
  • "Hidden Pictures" by Jason Rekulak
  • "High Stakes" by Danielle Steel
  • "The Homewreckers" by Mary Kay Andrews
  • "The Honeymoon Cottage" by Lori Foster
  • "In the Blood" by Jack Carr (5/17)​
  • ​"Island of Time" by Davis Bunn
  • "The Lioness" by Christopher A. Bohjalian
  • "The Lost Summers of Newport" by Beatriz Williams (5/17)
  • "Love on the Range" by Mary Connealy​
  • "Meant to Be" by Emily Giffin (5/31)
  • ​"Mustique Island" by Sarah McCoy
  • "My Wife is Missing" by D. J. Palmer 
  • "Never Been Kissed" by Timothy Janovsky
  • "Nightwork" by Nora Roberts (5/24)
  • "Overboard" by Sara Paretsky
  • ​"A Rip Through Time" by Kelley Armstrong (5/31)
  • "Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour" by Mike Lupica
  • "Seasonal Fears" by Seanan McGuire
  • "The Shop on Royal Street" by Karen White
  • "Something Wilder" by Christina Lauren (5/17)
  • "Sparring Partners" by John Grisham (5/31)
  • "Summer Love" by Nancy Thayer
  • "The Summer Place" by Jennifer Weiner
  • "The Sweet Life" by Suzanna Woods Fisher
  • "Take Your Breath Away" Linwood Barclay (5/17)
  • "This Time Tomorrow" by Emma Straub (5/17)
  • "To Tame a Cowboy" by Jody Hedlund
  • ​"The Verifers" by Jane Pek
  • "Verity" by Colleen Hoover
  • "War of Dragons" by Jessica Cluess
  • "The Wedding Season" by Katy Birchall
  • "When She Dreams" by Amanda Quick
  • "When the Day Comes" by Gabrielle Meyer
  • "When the Meadow Blooms" by Ann H. Gabhart

Nonfiction

  • "Ancestor Trouble" by Maud Newton
  • "Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen  Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune" by Keith Thomson
  • "The Complete Guide to Food Allergies in Adults and Children" by Scott H. Sicherer, M.D.
  • ​"The Creative Gardener" by Adam Frost (5/24)
  • "The Garden Refresh" by Kier Holmes (5/24)
  • "Ghosted!: Exploring the Haunting Reality of Paranormal Encounters" by Brian Laythe (6/14)
  • "Gun Barons" by John Bainbridge Jr. (5/24)
  • "Happy-Go-Lucky" by David Sedaris (5/31)
  • ​"The High Sierra: A Love Story" by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • "Hometown Victory" by Keanon Lowe
  • "I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood" by Jessi Klein
  • "Killing the Killers" by Bill O'Reilly 
  • "Let There Be Light" by Liana Finck
  • "My Moment: 106 Women on Fighting for Themselves" by Kristin Chenoweth (5/24)
  • "Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick" by J. David McSwane
  • "Plant Grow Harvest Repeat" by Meg McAndrews Cowden (3/15)
  • "The Presidency of Donald J. Trump" by Julian E. Zelizer
  • "Queen Victoria and the Romanovs" by Coryne Hall (5/15)
  • "The Truth About Crypto" by Ric Edelman

Biographies/Memoirs

  • "Finding Me" by Viola Davis
  • "Hello, Molly!" by Molly Shannon

Large Print

  • "Clive Cussler's Dark Vector" by Graham Brown (5/31)

Audiobooks

  • "Clive Cussler's Dark Vector" by Graham Brown (5/24)
  • ​"Happy-Go-Lucky" by David Sedaris (5/31)
  • "The Investigator" by John Sandford
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New YA Titles for May

5/13/2022

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Here are a few new titles teens can enjoy in May. Among these include the addition of new manga series.
  • Fiction
  • Fantasy/SciFi
  • Graphic Novels & Manga
  • "The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets" (An Enola Holmes Mystery) by Nancy Springer
  • "My Mechanical Romance" by Alexene Farol Follmuth (5/31)
  • "See You Yesterday" by Rachel Lynn Solomon (5/17)
  • "Take Me Home Tonight" by Morgan Matson (5/31)
  • "Tokyo Dreaming" by Emiko Jean (5/31)
  • ​"When It's Real" by Erin Watt
  • "Bravely" by Maggie Stiefvater
  • "Together We Burn" by Isabel Ibanez (5/31)
  • "Angels of Death" (Volumes 1-12) by Kudan Naduka and Makoto Sanada
  • "The Way of the Househusband" (Volumes 4, 6 and 7) by Kousuke Oono
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New Children's Books Arrive For May

5/10/2022

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There is always something new at the Syracuse Public Library! Below are the new titles available in the children's department.
  • Picture Books
  • Chapter Books
  • Graphic Novels
  • Nonfiction

Picture Books

  • "Acorn Was a Little Wild" by Jen Arena
  • ​"After the Buzz Comes the Bee" by Robie Rogge
  • "Almost Always Best, Best Friends" by Apyrl Stott
  • "Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep" by Elaine M. Alexander
  • "Baby's First Holi" by DK
  • "Bad Seed Goes to the Library" by Jory John
  • "Black: The Many Wonders of my World" by Nancy Johnson James
  • "Bubblecat Vs. Dragonbear" by Sean Charmatz
  • "Climb On!" by Baptiste Paul
  • "Crack-Crack! Who is That?" by Tristan Mory​
  • "First Notes of Spring" by Jessica Kulekjian
  • "A Good Place" by Lucy Cousins
  • "Grandpa and Jake" by Julie Fortenberry
  • "Grandparent's Day" by Candice Ransom
  • "Happy Sloth Day" by April Pulley Sayre
  • "Hello Puddle!" by Anita Sanchez
  • "I Love You All the Time" by Deborah Farmer Kris
  • "I'll Go and Come Back" by Rajani Larocca
  • "I'm Not Scared, You're Scared" by Seth Meyers
  • "Just Try One Bite" by Adam Mansbach
  • "Knight Owl" by Christopher Denise
  • "The Last Tiger: A Story of Hope" by Becky Davies
  • "Little Rabbit, Big Germs" by Rosemary Wells
  • "Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance" by Meredith Cran Brown
  • "My Parents Won't Stop Talking" by Emma Hunsinger
  • "Nana Loves You More" by Jimmy Fallon
  • "Ollie's Hug" by Olivier Dunrea
  • "Only One" by Deborah Hopkinson
  • "Our World is a Family: Our Community Can Change the World" by Miry Whitehill
  • ​"Pixar Storybook Collection" by Disney Press
  • "Potty Time with Pete the Kitty" by James Dean and Kimberly Dean
  • "Prince and Knight" by Daniel Haack
  • "Rock Star Recess" by Patrick Baggatta
  • "Run, Mo, Run" by David A. Adler
  • "Sloth Sleeps Over" by Blythe Russo
  • "Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild" by Joshua David Stein
  • "Spoonful of Faith" by Jena Holliday
  • "Spring Parade" by Camelia Kay
  • "The Tale of the Whale" by Karen Swann
  • "This Book Will Get You to Sleep" by Jory John
  • "This Farm is a Family" by Dan McKernan
  • "This is the Mighty Thor" by Emeli Juhlin
  • "This is Not Enough (You Are Not Small)" by Anna Kang
  • "Watercress" by Andrea Wang
  • ​"When I'm With You" by Pat Zietlow Miller
  • "Why?: A Conversation About Race" by Taye Diggs
  • "You're My Little Latke" by Natalie Marshall
  • "You're My Little Pumpkin Pie" by Natalie Marshall

Chapter Books

  • "A Darkening of Dragons" by S. A. Patrick
  • "Dinosaur Disaster" (Dog Diaries #6) by James Patterson
  • "Doggo and Pupper Save the World" (Doggo and Pupper #2) by Katherine Applegate
  • "Marco Polo Brave Explorer" by Cynthia Lord
  • "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • "The Show Must Go Oink" (DJ Funkyfoot #3) by Tom Angleberger

Graphic Novels

  • "The 143-Story Treehouse: Camping Trip Chaos!" (The Treehouse Books #11) by Andy Griffiths
  • "Fitz and Cleo Get Creative" (A Fitz and Cleo Book #2) by Jonathan Stutzman
  • "Nat Enough" (Nat Enough #1) by Maria Scrivan
  • ​"Out in the Wild" (Bug Scouts #1) by Mike Lowery
  • "Sunny Makes a Splash" (Sunny #4) by Jennifer L. Holm
  • "Sunny Rolls the Dice" (Sunny #3) by Jennifer L. Holm


Nonfiction Books

  • "Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father" by Monica Kulling
  • "Ancient Romans and Their Neighbors" by Simonetta Carr
  • "Animal Teams: How Amazing Animals Work Together in the Wild" by Caroline Stamps
  • "In the Pond" (National Geographic Readers) by Aubre Andrus
  • "Joe Biden" by Tamara L. Britton
  • "Know Your Sheep" by Jack Byard
  • "LEGO NINJAGO: Visual Dictionary, New Edition" by Arie Kaplan
  • "A Perfect Fit: How Lena 'Lane' Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion" by Mara Rockliff
  • "Pink, Blue, and You!: Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes" by Elise Gravel
  • "The Rise (And Falls) of Jackie Chan" by Kristen Mai Giang
  • "Titanic" by Simon Adams
  • "What is Black Lives Matter" by Lakita Wilson
  • "What is Juneteenth" by Kirsti Jewel
  • "Who is Chloe Kim" by Stefanie Loh
  • "Who is Dale Earnhardt Jr." by David Stabler
  • "The World of Coral Reefs: Explore and Protect the Natural Wonders of the Sea" by Erin Spencer
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Fairfield Students Keep Reading All Summer

5/6/2022

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Through the Fairfield Schools Family Literacy Fund, a grant made possible by an anonymous donor, children who live within the Fairfield Community Schools district (Clinton, Benton, and Jackson townships) can receive a free Syracuse Public Library card! Sign up is now active and will run through Aug. 1.
The purpose of this program is to prevent the "summer slide" that a long break from school can cause by providing access to a library. Families within Clinton, Jackson, and Benton townships can come to the Syracuse Public Library with their photo IDs and proof of address (such as a utility bill or other piece of mail) to register for these summer library cards.

To qualify, children must be aged birth to those entering grade 12 in the fall. Children need not attend school to be eligible -- preschoolers and homeschoolers within the three townships are encouraged to come, too. Families with multiple children aged birth to 12 years old will only receive one card; however, children 13-18 are eligible for their own library cards.

The summer library card gives the cardholder access to all library services and materials with the exception of hotspots. This includes access to Overdrive/Libby and Hoopla databases, providing access to e-books, audiobooks, magazines, TV shows, movies, documentary, online classes, music and more.

Summer library cards expire Aug. 31. The Syracuse Public Library does offer nonresident library cards for one year ($75.50) or four months ($25.50) for those interested in maintaining a long-term library card.

For more information, call the library at (574) 457-3022.

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