On the Dark Side of Twilight

Are you a fan of  Twilight? Are you interested in vampires?  The Great Lakes Theater is doing an outreach program on the evolution of vampires in literature at some Akron-Summit County Library locations. Main Library Auditorium –  Sunday, February 28 @ 2:00 pm Nordonia Hills Branch – Thursday, March 4 @ 7:00pm Northwest Akron Branch – Wednesday, [...]

What is the Weirdest Olympic Sport?

Book Spotlight – Tears of a Tiger

If you like dramatic, realistic books, you should definitely check out Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper. After winning a big basketball game, the star players of the Hazelwood High Tigers decide to have a few drinks to celebrate.  Even though he’s been drinking, Andy Jackson thinks he’s fine to drive.  It turns out that he’s not…  [...]

New Book Spotlight – Heist Society

There are a bunch of really exciting books coming out in the next few months, and today we’re featuring a new one by Ally Carter, the author of the Gallagher Girls series.  It’s called Heist Society. Check it out! Kat was born into a family of professional thieves, but after spending her first 15 years learning [...]

Be Counted!

Today is the City of Akron’s Annual Day of Reading.  The goal of This City Reads is to make Akron the Reading Capital of the World by having 100,000 pledge to read for at least 30 minutes today. Will you take the pledge?  Go here to be counted.

Love Percy Jackson?

Do you love the Percy Jackson and the Olympians books? You can get a sneak peak at the first chapter in Rick Riordan’s new adventure series, “The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid”  here .

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