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Short Reads for the Shortest Day of the Year
December 21, 2020 is the shortest day of the year.
500 Words or Less Contest: Teen Winners
To celebrate NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and our teens love of writing, the Teen Advisory Board at the Homewood Public Library developed the 500 Words or Less Contest. This writing contest challenged local 6th-12th graders to write a story with 500 words (or less). We received countless fantastic entries and our judges were able…
Read Woke At Home: Diverse Abilities
Join us for an online reading challenge that is all about discovering diverse titles! Starting September 1, log your books and earn badges for a chance to win diverse book bundles and prizes. Open to all ages, register at homewood.beanstack.com. This week, our suggested reading list focuses on characters and stories of characters with Diverse…
Teen/YA Book Review: Fresh Ink
TITLE: Fresh Ink: An Anthology AUTHORS: Schuyler Bailar, Melissa de la Cruz, Sara Farizan, Sharon G. Flake, Eric Gansworth, Malindo Lo, Walter Dean Myers, Daniel José Older, Thien Pham, Jason Reynolds, Aminah Mae Safi, Gene Luen Yang, Nicola Yoon DESCRIPTION: These are twelve stories with endings that are still being written–whose next chapters are up…