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North Carolina Reads annually features five books that explore issues of racial, social and gender equity and the history and culture of North Carolina.

Welcome to Rainbow Skies!

After her mother dies in an accident, 16-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home.

Gaming, robots, books and podcasts, oh my! We invite teens to join us in #hangingout&nerdingout every week as we participate in various activities. We have games. We have robotics and coding. We have books to read.

In wartime Reykjavík, an Icelandic detective and a U.S. military policeman investigate the murder of a young woman in the dangerous "shadow district." Decades later, retired detective Konrad looks into the smothering death of a 90-year-old man.

In Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation, Poppy and Alex are best friends from college who have travelled together each summer for the last decade. But two years ago there was a rift in their friendship, and they haven't spoken since.

STEAM and Stories is a program to explore a book from the juvenile fiction section and do a related STEAM activity. 

For April, the book is The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. 

In wartime Reykjavík, an Icelandic detective and a U.S. military policeman investigate the murder of a young woman in the dangerous "shadow district." Decades later, retired detective Konrad looks into the smothering death of a 90-year-old man.

Frank Szatowski is thrilled when his estranged daughter, Maggie, unexpectedly invites him to her wedding after three years of silence.

Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one.

The Short Story Book Club for busy individuals offers a curated selection of short stories, each 100 pages or less, from the esteemed collection "The Best Short Stories of 2024" O. Henry Prize winners.

Welcome to Cinema Bookworms where we'll be comparing a book and its movie adaptation. Read the book at your leisure and watch the movie with us to discuss and compare the book vs. movie.