What is Dark Academia? If you like academic settings, groups of morally ambiguous characters, and haunting mysteries, check out these dark academia novels from the Homewood Public Library! This newly popularized subgenre of literature focuses on the lives of students and the boundaries they are willing to push in their pursuits of greater knowledge. Knowledge…
As the year 2021 comes to a close (thank goodness) we reflect on what all happened. Rather than doing that, let’s just think about books, shall we? Tons of new books were added to our shelves in the adult department, and now we can tell you which books released in 2021 were the most checked…
The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York, when Red Fox James, a Blackfeet Indian, rode his horse from state to state, getting support to have a day honoring American Indians. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a resolution designating November as “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations have…
If you are like us, waiting for season 4 feels like FOREVER! Well, we have you back! If you just can’t get enough of all things STRANGE, turn your world inside out and dive deep into these stories that might make ease your pain (at least for a little while!)
UPCOMING EVENTS – Teen Murder Mystery Night Monday, October 11, 2021 from 6-7:15 p.m. Large Auditorium Be part of the mystery and help solve the crime! Just like a game of Clue, every character is important. Closer to the event, you will be assigned a character, so please only register if you are sure you…
Flame in the mist – Ahdieh, Renée The only daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which rivals that of her twin brother, Kenshin, or her skills as an accomplished alchemist. Since Mariko was not born…
