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High School Book Club | Grades 9-12

A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen

2024-12-12 19:00:00 2024-12-12 20:00:00 America/Chicago High School Book Club | Grades 9-12 Book pick up and registration begins October 10 at the Youth Services Desk. Fantasy thriller follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive. R Main Library - Lake Room

Thursday, December 12
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-12-12 19:00:00 2024-12-12 20:00:00 America/Chicago High School Book Club | Grades 9-12 Book pick up and registration begins October 10 at the Youth Services Desk. Fantasy thriller follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive. R Main Library - Lake Room

Main Library

Lake Room

Book pick up and registration begins October 10 at the Youth Services Desk. Fantasy thriller follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive. R

Ren Monroe has spent four years proving she’s one of the best wizards in her generation. But top marks at Balmerick University will mean nothing if she fails to get recruited into one of the major houses. Enter Theo Brood. If being rich were a sin, he’d already be halfway to hell. After a failed and disastrous party trick, fate has the two of them crossing paths at the public waxway portal the day before holidays; Theo’s punishment is to travel home with the scholarship kids—which doesn’t sit well with any of them.

A fight breaks out. In the chaos, the portal spell malfunctions. All six students are snatched from the safety of the school’s campus and set down in the middle of nowhere. And one of them is dead on arrival.

If anyone can get them through the punishing wilderness with limited magical reserves it’s Ren. She’s been in survival mode her entire life. But no magic could prepare her for the tangled secrets the rest of the group is harboring, or for what’s following them through the dark woods…

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AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | High School (Grades 9-12) |

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Mon, Jan 12 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jan 13 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jan 14 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jan 15 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jan 16 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Sat, Jan 17 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jan 18 12:00PM to 5:00PM

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Mon, Jan 12, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lake Cook Room
In this interactive program, William Pack, professional magician, storyteller and author, explores the real science of how our brains trick us into seeing and believing things that don’t exist. R

Mon, Jan 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Activity Room
Read a story to a licensed therapy dog in the library. Siblings and caregivers are asked to wait outside the reading room during the program. A signed waiver is required to participate. R
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Mon, Jan 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Launch Pad
Try out some metallic watercolors in this easygoing explorative session. R
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Tue, Jan 13, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Activity Room
Explore the world around us with stories, rhymes and lots of music and movement. TR

Tue, Jan 13, 10:30am - 11:30am
Lake Room
Registration and book pickup begins Sunday, December 7. An homage to Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a gripping family saga set in Chicago during the late 20th century. R
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Tue, Jan 13, 10:45am - 11:15am
Youth Activity Room
Explore the world around us with stories, rhymes and lots of music and movement. TR

Tue, Jan 13, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Launch Pad
Learn about the property of lightfastness in paint and drawing materials and how it can affect your creative work. R
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Tue, Jan 13, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Lake Room
Learn to sew a padded book sleeve in this beginner friendly class. Basic sewing machine skills are required to participate. R
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Tue, Jan 13, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Youth Activity Room
Chase away the winter blues and make calming peppermint candles to decorate your room. R

Tue, Jan 13, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cook Room
Using simple materials like fabric, rice, and essential oils, you’ll learn to sew and assemble pocket-sized warmers that can be heated in a microwave oven and used all season long. R

Tue, Jan 13, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Join Chelsie Tamms, the designer and brand strategist for Lettering Works, in identifying the ways to only say "yes" to the best (and biggest opportunities) while also staying profitable. R
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Wed, Jan 14, 9:00am - 12:15pm
Lake Cook Room
District 214 Read to Learn Adult Literacy Program.

Wed, Jan 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Activity Room
Book pickup November 12-January 7 at the Youth Services Desk. Jared, Simon, and Mallory discover that there’s a magical and maybe dangerous world existing parallel to their own. R
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Wed, Jan 14, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Launch Pad
Learn jewelry making techniques using our collection of beads and jewelry supplies to create a unique piece to take home. R
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Wed, Jan 14, 6:00pm - 6:45pm
Cook Room
Explore different forms of play and build motor skills at this self-paced program. Dress to get messy. Sensory accomodations available. TR

Wed, Jan 14, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Training Lab
Digital Buddies is a Literacy Mentoring Program for high school students interested in helping others learn basic tech skills. Students receive training to guide others with basic computer use. R