The battle is on! Come support your Deer Park battle team on March 23rd at Connetquot HS from 6-9pm. The Advanced Battle of the Books is a countywide competition of teens in grades 9-12 from all participating Suffolk County public libraries. The titles for the 2018 Advanced Battle of the Books are: Highly Illogical Behavior…
At first glance this book wouldn’t be my first option but my teachers strongly urged me to read it and I see why they did. Each chapter alone was like an adventure of its own. The main charecter Jack was by far my favorite character. He was loyal to the end with a heart of…
Burn Baby Burn, by Meg Medina takes place during the summer of 1977, when NY is being forced in order surrounded by the military. My favorite character is Nora because she very strong and hard working person, and what her city is facing right now is difficult to overcome. I would rate this story 5…
I’m reading Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin. In this book, a genderfluid named Riley decides to go to a new school, as well as start a blog. The school and the blog change Riley more then her own gender identity, and will turn her from a bullied kid to a voice to the…
The main character Anna is going through a tough time. Her mother is in the hospital for bipolar disorder. She had to go live with her dad. On top of that her friend has decided not to be her friend anymore. With everything going on she is lost. I would give this book 7/10 becauseit’s…
You know the word cliff, right? Like the edge of a mountain. Well that is the name of the main character in this novel. Cliff Sparks is a senior in high school. He thinks he’s the guy who would never get a girlfriend. He does not know what he wants to do after high school,…
Book Discussion and Author Visit with Siobhan Vivian (Program code: dpy652 **This program will be a joint adult and YA program**)Sunday, March 4; 1-3:30pmJoin us for a book discussion and meet and greet with New York Times Best Selling YA author Siobhan Vivian. She will take us behind the scenes as we discuss her latest…
Sasha has been through it all. When she was five, her mother ran away. When she was eight, her father passed away due to an incident in the mines. After that, she has been left with her brother Michael, and no known family left. Sasha and her brother have always dreamed of leaving Caboose, West…
When We Collided by Emery LordA summer like this one will never be forgotten by Jonah and Vivi. Two, both very different individuals will learn about each other, and help one another. Jonah Daniels has never really had any changes happen to him, except for when his father passed away. Now, he must take care…
In the novel Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse, the main protagonist Hanneke is a black market dealer during World War II. Germany then invades the Dutch’s line of defense, killing Hanneke’s boyfriend Bas. While all of this misfortune is happening to her, one of her clients- Mrs. Janssen -who usually asks for…
This book is a very interesting historical fiction book about the time of slavery. It’s about a girl named Isabel who is a slave and wants to be free. She wants to leave the plantation she lives on but, she can’t do that alone. She has to find her lost little sister Ruth and run away with her.…
