Category Archives: Teens

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the New Library

A New Chapter for the IPL You are invited to our groundbreaking ceremony for the new library, hosted by the Town of Irondequoit and the Irondequoit Public Library Board of Trustees: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 12:00 PM On the Town Hall Campus (1280 Titus Avenue)

New Teen Books – Week of February 3, 2014

Some of the new teen books now available at the Irondequoit Public Library… Fake ID by Lamar Giles Nick Pearson is hiding in plain sight. In fact, his name isn’t really Nick Pearson. He shouldn’t tell you his real name, his real hometown, or why his family just moved to Stepton, Georgia. And he definitely […]

New Teen Titles for the Week of January 27

Here are a few new Teen books the Irondequoit Library has recently purchased: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs This sequel to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to […]

Irondequoit Library to be Closed on January 20, 2014

In observance of Martin Luther King Day, both branches of the Irondequoit Public Library will be closed on Monday, January 20. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, January 21.

New Young Adult Books- Week of December 23

Cy in Chains by David Dudley Cy Williams, thirteen, has always known that he and the other black folks on Strong’s plantation have to obey white men, no question. Sure, he’s free, as black people have been since his grandfather’s day, but in rural Georgia, that means they’re free to be whipped, abused, even killed. […]

Irondequoit Says Yes… Again!

Once again, the New Library Proposal overwhelming passed by nearly a 2:1 margin yesterday! Thank you for all your support.

New YA Books for October and November

A Question of Magic by E.D. Baker Serafina is summoned from her village to the magical cottage of a great aunt she has never heard of and learns that she is meant to become the new Baba Yaga, whose magical role is answering the first question any stranger might ask her with the truth. Never […]

New Teen Books: Week of September 23

Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Block Seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) has lost everything–her home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother. Like a female Odysseus in search of home, she navigates a dark world full of strange creatures, gathers companions and loses them, finds love and loses it, and faces her mortal enemy. […]

New Teen Books – Week of Aug 5th

, Abby McDonald Older sister Hallie thinks all the world’s a stage–her stage, to be exact–while even-tempered Grace tries to keep her dramatic sister in check. When their father dies, leaving everything to his snooty new wife, the sisters face a new challenge: uprooted from their home and friends, they’re forced to move into a […]

New Teen Books – Week of July 22

, Lisa Greenwald Rather than a summer of fun transforming her family’s pharmacy into an eco-spa, Lucy Desberg must face her sister Claudia’s new boyfriend Bean, investor Gary’s irritating daughter Bevin, and a spa coordinator who is put in charge of the plans. The Runaway King, Jennifer Nielsen (Sequel to The False Prince) Young King […]