The Illustrated Obituary of Moses Marques commemorates the life of Moses Marques, D.S.H.*, throughout our eighteen-year coexistence. It is a graphic elegy and a stealth memoir.
Radical Joy is an exhibit showcasing queer-identified artists through sculpture, photography, installation and paintings. The power and appeal of art is that it has the capacity to usher viewers into any number of worlds.
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Join Coach Elaine for a fitness workout in the early morning.
Participate in teen-led conversations and workshops. Learn how to educate your community on health issues and help design a social media campaign. You will earn a stipend and free metrocard for your participation. Must be ages 13-19.
Jumanji: The Next Level
News & Notes
Weed Your Garden Day at Crestwood
What comes to mind when you think of garden weeds? Probably pesky vines and plants that choke out your carefully-landscaped annuals and perennials. And not all weeds are innocuous.
Week Four: Monday July 15: Exploring Birds
“Adventure Begins at Your Library!”
To celebrate the joy of reading and bestow the spirit of adventure on your summer, the Yonkers Public Library has eight weekly themes to help you get the most out of your summer reading journey.
Teen Fiction
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The Sun is Also a Star
Now a major motion picture starring Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton! The #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist from the bestselling author of Everything, Everything will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love with each other.
Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I'm definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won't be my story.
Daniel: I've always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents' high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store--for both of us.
The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller
A National Book Award Finalist
A 2017 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
A New York Times Notable Book
A BuzzFeed Best YA Book of the Year
A POPSUGAR Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Editor's Choice
A New York Public Library Best Book for Teens
Recipient of the John Steptoe New Talent Award
A Walter Award Honor Book"Beautifully crafted."--People Magazine
"A book that is very much about the many factors that affect falling in love, as much as it is about the very act itself . . . fans of Yoon's first novel, Everything Everything, will find much to love--if not, more--in what is easily an even stronger follow up." --Entertainment Weekly
"Transcends the limits of YA as a human story about falling in love and seeking out our futures." --POPSUGAR.com
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In the Time of the Butterflies
A collectible hardcover edition of Julia Alvarez's modern Latinx classic about four sisters known as Las Mariposas, or the Butterflies, who fought to liberate the Dominican Republic from Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship, featuring a new foreword by Maxine Hong Kingston
A Penguin Vitae Edition
It is November 25, 1960, and three sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of the dictatorship of General Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas--the Butterflies.
In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s storytelling, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage, love, and the human cost of political oppression.
Penguin Vitae—loosely translated as "Penguin of one's life"—is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality. -
The Fault in Our Stars
Now a Major Motion Picture
TODAY Book Club pick
TIME magazine’s #1 Fiction Book of 2012
"The greatest romance story of this decade." —Entertainment Weekly
-Millions of copies sold-
#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
#1 USA Today Bestseller
#1 International Bestseller
#1 Indie Bestseller
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love. -
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is now a major motion picture on Netflix and the inspiration for the spin-off series XO, Kitty—now streaming on Netflix!
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)
Lara Jean’s love life gets complicated in this New York Times bestselling “lovely, lighthearted romance” (School Library Journal) from the bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series.
What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them…all at once?
Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control. -
Everything, Everything
New York Times Bestseller
My disease is as rare as it is famous. It's a form of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, but basically, I'm allergic to the world. I don't leave my house, have not left my house in fifteen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.
But then one day, a moving truck arrives. New next door neighbors. I look out the window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black--black t-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. I want to learn everything about him, and I do. I learn that he is funny and fierce. I learn that his eyes are Atlantic Ocean-blue and that his vice is stealing silverware. I learn that when I talk to him, my whole world opens up, and I feel myself starting to change--starting to want things. To want out of my bubble. To want everything, everything the world has to offer.
Maybe we can't predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It's almost certainly going to be a disaster. -
Cruzando el bosque
"Cruzando el bosque nos muestra un mundo siniestro donde lo habitual es que los monstruos campen a sus anchas y las personas se lo piensen dos veces antes de salir de casa, antes de irse a dormir y antes de respirar. Bebiendo del folclore americano y victoriano, las trece historias independientes comparten puntos en comun con el imaginario de Stephen King, Tim Burton y Neil Gaiman, con personajes cargados de personalidad y dobles (o triples) intenciones. Las trece chicas de las trece historias estan perdidas y se cruzan con demonios sin cabeza y espiritus que vuelan entre castillos del pasado o pesadillas del futuro. Tambien hay lobos y encantamientos dificiles de romper a no ser que te atrevas a hacerlo, siempre cruzando el bosque,"--Amazon.com.
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Heartstopper
Charly y Nick van al mismo colegio, aunque nunca se habían cruzado hasta el día que los hacen sentarse juntos en su grupo de estudio. Muy pronto se vuelven amigos y más pronto aún Charlie comienza a sentir cosas por Nick... aunque sabe que es un imposible. Pero el amor obra de formas inesperadas, y Nick está más interesado en Charlie de lo que ninguno de los dos puede llegar a creer.
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Uzumaki: Espiral
"ESTE PUEBLO ESTÁ CONTAMINADO CON ESPIRALES... Kurouzu, un pequeño pueblo rodeado por la niebla en la costa de Japón, está maldito. Según Shûichi Saitô, el novio de la joven Kirie Goshima, su hogar está encantado, no por una persona, sino por un patrón: UZUMAKI, la espiral, el secreto hipnótico que da forma al mundo. Una obra hipnótica y mortal de Junji Ito, autor referencial en el manga seinen (adulto) de terror. Reedición en formato integral de lujo. Tomo único." --Amazon.com.
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El libro del cementerio. La novela gráfica / The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel
Nadie Owens, más conocido como Nad, es un chico normal. Sería del todo normal si no viviera en un cementerio, entre fantasmas que lo educan y lo crían, y si no tuviera un tutor que no pertenece ni al mundo de los vivos ni al de los muertos.
Una de las obras juveniles más celebradas del maestro Neil Gaiman convertida en novela gráfica.
Más de 200.000 ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo.
En un cementerio un niño puede encontrar muchas aventuras, y si Nad se va, vivirá bajo la amenaza de Jack, el hombre que mató a toda su familia. A pesar del peligro, Nad quiere abandonar el cementerio para ir al colegio de los vivos y descubrir algo más sobre el asesinato de su familia. Pero cuando usa sus dotes para el Miedo contra dos abusones y se acerca demasiado al tal Jack, pondrá en riesgo más cosas de las que se puede imaginar.
En esta adaptación de P. Craig Russell, cada capítulo está ilustrado por un gran talento del mundo de los cómics, lo que permite disfrutar de su genialidad y de la diversidad de estilos. Juntos, dan una nueva vida a El libro del cementerio, la premiada novela superventas de Neil Gaiman, en esta novela gráfica espléndidamente ilustrada.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
This edition of The Graveyard Book includes sketches from the illustrator, handwritten drafts, and Neil Gaiman’s Newbery acceptance speech. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. It’s a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom.
IT TAKES A GRAVEYARD TO RAISE A CHILD.
Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod’s family.
The Graveyard Book, a modern classic, is the only work ever to win both the Newbery (US) and Carnegie (UK) medals. -
The Walking Dead: Dias Pasados
Available for the first time in the US, the first volume of The Walking Dead saga is presented in Spanish. The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled: no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally start living.
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Tomboy. Una chica ruda / Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
Tomboy. Una chica ruda acompaña a una galardonada artista y autora a través de los años de su infancia y adolescencia, y explora, con humor, honestidad e intensidad, lo que significa "ser una chica".
Su autora, Liz Prince, ha sido ilustradora para Adventure Time, Steven Universe y Regular Show.
Al crecer, Liz Prince no era una niña muy femenina que digamos, no se ponía tutús rosas ni jugaba a ser una dulce princesa como las demás niñas de su vecindario. Pero tampoco era exactamente uno de los chicos. Era más bien algo en medio. Pero con las presiones de la secundaria, la preparatoria, los papás, la amistad y el romance empujándola hacia todos lados, ese "en medio" no era precisamente un lugar fácil en el cual estar.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Growing up, Liz Prince wasn't a girly girl, dressing in pink tutus or playing Pretty Pretty princess like the other girls in her neighborhood. But she wasn't exactly one of the guys either, as she quickly learned when her Little League baseball coach exiled her to the outfield instead of letting her take the pitcher's mound. Liz was somewhere in the middle, and "Tomboy" is the story of her struggle to find the place where she belonged.
Tomboy is a graphic novel about refusing gender boundaries, yet unwittingly embracing gender stereotypes at the same time, and realizing later in life that you can be just as much of a girl in jeans and a T-shirt as you can in a pink tutu. A memoir told anecdotally, Tomboy follows author and zine artist Liz Prince through her early childhood into adulthood and explores her ever-evolving struggles and wishes regarding what it means to "be a girl."
From staunchly refuting anything she perceived as being "girly" to the point of misogyny, to discovering through the punk community that your identity is whatever you make of it, regardless of your gender, Tomboy is as much humorous and honest as it is at points uncomfortable and heartbreaking. -
Mafalda: Femenino Singular / Mafalda: Feminine singular
Por primera vez recopiladas en un libro, todas las tiras «feministas» de Mafalda.
Mafalda, la irreverente niña que ha deleitado a generaciones con su visión humorística del mundo en que vivimos, es una de las más ilustres feministas de nuestra época.
Cincuenta años después de su nacimiento, cuando movimientos como Time's Up o #MeToo han dado eco a mujeres de todo el mundo y la lucha por los derechos de las mujeres está más que nunca en el candelero, su lectura del mundo sigue en plena vigencia. Las viñetas del genial Quino adquieren hoy una fuerza extraordinaria y nos ayudan a tomar conciencia del camino recorrido y por recorrer para conseguir la igualdad de género.
Las viñetas recogidas en este volumen dan buena cuenta del carácter feminista de esta niña que a sus seis años reivindica la curiosidad, la educación, el espíritu crítico y el papel de la mujer en el mundo, y que no está dispuesta a convertirse en un ama de casa de clase media dedicada a los quehaceres domésticos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
For the first time ever compiled in a book, these are the feminist Mafalda strips.
Mafalda, the saucy and smart-alecky girl who has delighted generations with her humorous vision of the world we live in, is one of the most notorious feminists of our time.
Fifty years after her birth, when movements like Time's Up or #MeToo have echoed women’s voices throughout the world, and the struggle for women's rights is in the spotlight, her interpretation of the world is now more realistic than ever. Quino’s famous vignettes have an extraordinary force today, and they help us be aware of the path already traveled and the one still to travel in order to achieve gender equality.
The vignettes compiled in this volume offer a good look into Mafalda’s feminist character, a girl who at six years-old, embodies curiosity, education, critical thinking, and the role of women in the world. She is not willing to become a middle-class housewife devoted to household chores. -
Stray Dogs
It’s scary being the new dog.
In this suspenseful new series, readers meet Sophie, a dog who can’t remember what happened. She doesn’t know how she ended up in this house. She doesn’t recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened, but she just…can’t…recall…Wait! Where’s her lady? Now Sophie has to figure out where she is, what’s happening, and how she’s going to survive this.
They say there’s no such thing as a bad dog—just bad owners.
STRAY DOGS is a heartbreakingly adorable suspense thriller by My Little Pony comic artists TONY FLEECS and TRISH FORSTNER. It’s Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs. Collects STRAY DOGS #1-5.
Select praise for STRAY DOGS:
"What do you get when you crossbreed Silence of the Lambs with All Dogs Go to Heaven? Well, you get STRAY DOGS."—Forbes
“It's not something that comes around every day, and if you enjoy trying new twists on classic comics premises, this should be at the top of your list.”—ComicBook.com
"STRAY DOGS manages to somehow be a convincing collision between 101 Dalmations and CRIMINAL. Noir, charming and a really great take on quasi-real dog psychology."—KIERON GILLEN
“A charming, compelling comic with the best kind of sinister center.”—Multiversity Comics
“May catch your eye with its Disney-like style, but it will grab you with a riveting and shocking story that will keep you coming back for more.”—Horror DNA
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A Sinner of the Deep Sea, Vol. 1
The ocean covers about 70 percent of the earth’s surface—a whole world, yet unknown to humanity...and in its depths a nation, thousands of meters beneath the waves. There, the mermaid Jo has been whiling away her days in peace. But that tranquility is shattered when her friend Ryuu is imprisoned for breaking the gravest of undersea laws: Their existence must be kept hidden from the people above. But why would Ryuu let the secret slip? And who did she tell? The curtain rises on Jo’s adventure to save her friend—and on a story of love...?!
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Let's Eat Together, Aki and Haru, Volume 1
Join Aki and Haru as they tackle one of the most perilous tasks two college roommates can face — feeding themselves! Easygoing Aki has mastered the art of affordable home-cooking to keep his good friend Haru upbeat and motivated throughout the school year. From homemade ramen to fried chicken to plum liqueur, each season offers a whole new menu! Chewing their way through life's ups and downs, the boys and their friends share in the simple joys of food and youth. Take a hearty bite out of this sweet and refreshing slice of life story!
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