Black History Month

I think it best to let the books - and the voices within them - speak for themselves. Access the entire reading list here.

The Nook Cooks!

So I've been thinking about this idea for a while, and when I asked my N.A.G. students about it, they were super stoked, SO - here's the results of the first Nook Cooks class! We make family-friendly meals, desserts and snacks - and then EAT THEM! The only caveat? You have to help prepare the …

New for January 2019

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw Three sisters, drowned as witches in Sparrow, Oregon, in the 1800s, return each summer for revenge but Penny, seventeen, is determined to stop them to save the boy she loves. Questions I Want to Ask You by Michelle Falkoff Pack receives a letter on his eighteenth birthday from the …

RosieCon

When: March 16, 2019 Where: Ben Davis High School Campus, Indianapolis What: RosieCon is a teen-centered book festival featuring author signings, panel discussions and exhibitions centered around teens and YA lit. Who: 24 YA authors will attend, including Sonya Sones, Meg Medina, Jay Coles, Veronica Rossi, Jeff Zentner and John Corey Whaley! Oh, you mean …

Winter Break

As it inches closer and closer to Christmas, we will pause our regularly scheduled programs while the schools are out for the holidays. There will be no activities in The Nook from December 24 through January 7. BUT! Come back beginning January 8 for our Spring Semester lineup of after-school fun!

Nook Advisory Group December Meeting

Hello members of the Nook Advisory Group! Our December meeting is nearly upon us! We'll meet on December 17 at 6:30 pm. We have lots to do! We'll discuss and sign up for volunteer days for January and February, create schedules for craft days so we can get the word out about which crafts we're …

Changes for 2019

We've been pretty regular over the past 18 months or so with our school-year programs, but we've noticed a few hiccups in the process, so beginning January 1, 2019, we're gonna change things up a little and hope that some of our hiccups smooth out. BIGGEST CHANGE: Beginning January 1, The Nook area will be …

The Best of 2018

What books made the cut in 2018? Here's the rundown of a selection of award winners plus the most-checked-out books here at PPL! Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson Piecing Me Together is the story of Jade, who feels like an outsider at her private high school. She would rather participate in the Study Abroad …

The Other Wes Moore

The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore This is our book discussion book for our Teen Book Club that meets at the high school once a month. We just finished our group discussion yesterday, so I thought I'd post my own thoughts here. This was a tough read, not only because of the subject matter …

New for November 2018

Five new titles fresh from Tech Services for you to check out at PPL! The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White - Elizabeth Lavenza is on the verge of being thrown into the streets . . . until she is brought to the home of Victor Frankenstein, an unsmiling, solitary boy who has everything--except a …