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We're Back! - Marion County Public Library
We’re
  Back!
 On behalf of the staff of
the Marion County Public
  Library System, thank
you for your patience and
kindness as we navigate
                                       It’s time for our 2020 Summer        If you don’t have internet access
this strange new frontier!
                                       Reading Program! June 9-July         at home, please contact your
February through the end               28, patrons can join us for          branch to find out how to sign
  of April, MCPLS saw:                 “Imagine Your Story,” a fantasy      your child up for summer reading.
                                       and fairy tale themed summer
A 45% increase in checkouts            reading program. We have three       To learn more about the activities
     on Hoopla Digital                 programs this year: kids             we’ll be doing this summer, flip to
                                       (kindergarten– 5th grade),           the back page, or check out
An 18% increase in checkouts
    on Overdrive/WVDELI                t(w)eens (6th –12th), and adults.    www.mcpls.org/events

 The amount of checkouts at            This year’s program will primarily
 our library kiosk (White Hall
  Express) QUADRUPLED!                 be virtual, operating through a
                                       website called BookPoints to
We’re so grateful for your             track reading and earn “badges”
 continued support, and                for completing activities.
 are ecstatic to resume
modified library services!             Our summer reading activities
                                       will also be online, through
For the most up-to-date info, visit:
                                       services like Facebook Live,
 mcpls.org/coronavirus                 YouTube, and Zoom/WebEx.
  Curbside pick up information:
   mcpls.org/curbside                  To sign up for summer reading,
                                       visit mcpls.bookpoints.org.
                                                                                              www.mcpls.org
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May/June                                          Bestsellers                             Fiction cont.
                                                  The 20th Victim by James Patterson      A Maccallister Christmas

New                                               Across the Way by Mary Monroe
                                                  Bombshell by Stuart Woods
                                                  The Bounty by Janet Evanovich
                                                                                                 by William W. Johnstone
                                                                                          On Ocean Boulevard
                                                                                                 by Mary Alice Monroe

Releases                                          Credible Threat by J.A. Jance
                                                  Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel
                                                  Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
                                                                                          Seeing Darkness by Heather Graham
                                                                                          To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaara
Find more new releases, complete with links, at
www.mcpls.org/new                                 Girls of Summer by Nancy Thayer
                                                  Hideaway by Nora Roberts                Large Print
DVDs                                              The Hollow Ones by Guillermo Del Toro
                                                  Hush by James Patterson
                                                                                          The 20th Victim by James Patterson
                                                                                          28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
21 Bridges                                        If It Bleeds by Stephen King            Across the Way by Mary Monroe
1917                                              In the Lion’s Den                       Bombshell by Stuart Woods
Agony                                                       by Barbara Taylor Bradford    The Bounty by Janet Evanovich
The Assistant                                     The Goodbye Man by Jeffrey Deaver       Credible Threat by J.A. Jance
Bad Boys for Life                                 The Last Trial by Scott Turrow          Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel
Birds of Prey                                     Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.         Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
Bloodshot                                                   by Joyce Carol Oates          The Final Deception
Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island                        The Persuasian by Iris Johansen                   by Heather Graham
Brahms the Boy II                                 A Private Cathedral                     Furmidable Foes by Rita Mae Brown
Call of the Wild                                            by James Lee Burke            Girls of Summer by Nancy Thayer
Emma                                              Robert B. Parker’s Grudge Match         Hello Summer by Mary Kay Andrews
Exodus of the Prodigal Son                                  by Mike Lupica                Hideaway by Nora Roberts
Grace is Gone                                     Shakespeare for Squirrels               Hush by James Patterson
Gretel & Hansel                                             by Christopher Moore          If It Bleeds by Stephen King
Hallowed Be Thy Name                              Spy, Spy Again by Mercedes Lackey       The Goodbye Man by Jeffrey Deaver
Hope Ranch                                        The Summer House                        The Last Flight by Beatriz Williams
The Hunt                                                    by James Patterson            The Last Trial by Scott Turrow
I Still Believe                                   Tom Clancy: Firing Point                Masked Prey by John Sandford
The Lodge                                                   by Mike Maden                 Miss Julia Knows a Thing or Two
Lost in America                                   Truth and Justice by Fern Michaels                by Ann B. Ross
Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears                  A Week at the Shore                     Mrs. Lincoln’s Sisters
The Photograph                                              by Barbara Delinsky                     by Jennifer Chiaverni
Punching and Stealing                             Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler      The Persuasian by Iris Johansen
The Rest of Us                                                                            Seeing Darkness by Heather Graham
A Simple Wedding
Summer Romance                                    Inspirational                           Someone Like You by Karen Kingsbury
                                                                                          The Summer House
Vivarium                                          Amish Generations by Kathleen Fuller              by James Patterson
The Way Back                                      The Farm Stand by Amy Clipston          Unyielding Hope by Janette Oke
                                                  The Heart of a Hero                     The Way of Love by Tracie Peterson
Series DVDs                                               by Susan May Warren
                                                  At Love’s Command
                                                                                          A Week at the Shore
                                                                                                    by Barbara Delinsky
Creepshow Season 1                                        by Karen Witemeyer
Doctor Who Season 12
Evil Season 1
Harley Quinn Season 1
                                                  A Single Spark by Judith Miller
                                                  Someone Like You by Karen Kingsbury     BOCD
                                                  Unyielding Hope by Janette Oke       20th Victim by James Patterson
Larry the Cable Guy                               The Way of Love by Tracie Peterson   28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
Modern Family Season 11                           Unveiling the Past                   The Black Swan of Paris
Power Season 6                                            by Kim Vogel Sawyer                  by Karen Robards
Project Blue Book Season 2                        When I Meet You by Olivia Newport    Close Up by Amanda Quick
Watchmen Season 1                                                                      Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel

Kids DVDs                                         Misc. Fiction                        Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
                                                                                       Girls of Summer by Nancy Thayer
                                                  All Adults Here by Emma Straub       Hello Summer by Mary Kay Andrews
Curious George: Adventure Col-                    Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner        Hideaway by Nora Roberts
lection                                           The Black Swan of Paris              Hush by James Patterson
Jojo Siwa: D.R.E.A.M.                                     by Karen Robards             Journey of the Pharaohs
Onward                                            Dance Away With me                           by Clive Cussler
Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups                                   by Susan Elizabeth Philips   Mrs. Lincoln’s Sisters
        Charged Up                                Devolution by Max Brooks                     by Jennifer Chiavernini
Playtime with Pinkalicious                        The Friendship Room by Susan Mallery The Persuasion by Iris Johansen
PJ Masks: Power of                                Furmidable Foes by Rita Mae Brown    The Summer House
        Mystery Mountain                          The Girl From Widow Hills                    by James Patterson
Sesame Street: When You Wish                              by Megan Miranda             Trustworthy One
        Upon a Pickle                             Hello Summer by Mary Kay Andrews             by Shelely Shepard Gray
Sonic the Hedgehog                                Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams  A Week at the Shore
Think Like a Dog                                  The Lies That Bind by Emily Griffin          by Barbara Delinsky
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Non-Fiction                            GN cont.                                Vox Books
Amish Friends Farmhouse Favorites      East of West 10 by Jonathan Hickman     Non-Fiction:
        by Wanda Brunstetter           Justice League 5 by Scott Snyder        Beavers
The Black Cabinet by Jill Watts        Loveless 13 by Yum Kouga                Bike & Trike
Black Out by Candace Owens             Superman 3: The Unity Saga              Karl’s New Beak
Countdown 1945 by Chris Wallace                The President of the Earth      Light (Science Starter)
The Cult of Glory by Doug J. Swanson           by Brian Michael Bendis         Giraffes
Death in Mudlick by Eric Eyre          Warriors: A Shadow in RiverClan
Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of             by Erin Hunter                  Fiction:
        Donald J. Trump                Wonder Woman: Come Back to Me           Dress Like a Girl by Patricia Toht
        by Eric Swalwell                       by Amanda Conner                Fear the Bunny
Everything Beautiful In Its Time       Wonder Woman #1: The Just War                   by Richard T. Morris
        by Jenna Bush Hager                    by G. Willow Wilson             From My Window by Olive Wong
                                                                               I Believe I Can by Grace Byers
Federal Benefits for Veterans
                                                                               Not Quite Snow White
I Hate You Don’t Leave Me
        by Jerlod Kresman              Juvenile Fiction                                by Ashley Franklin
                                                                               The Patchwork Bike
Help Yourself Now by Jan Yager          Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
                                                by Roshani Chokshi                     by Maxine Beneba Clarke
Hold On But Don’t Hold Still                                                   Pete the Cat and His Magic
        by Kristina Kuzmic              Barney (Puppy Place #57)
                                                by Ellen Miles                         Sunglasses
Joy At Work by Marie Kondo                                                     Pete the Cat: The Petes Go
The Luckiest Man by Mark Salter         Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
                                        Brave by Jennifer Li Shotz                     Marching
The Next Great Migration                                                       She’s Got This
                                        Compass of the Stars by Thea Stilton
        by Sonjia Shah                  The Deceivers (Greystone Secrets #2)           by Laurie Hernandez
The Room Where it Happened                      by Margaret Peterson Haddix    Sorry (Really Sorry)
        by John Bolton                  Dog Diaries: Mission Impawsible                by Joanna Cotler
The Story by Max Lucado                         by James Patterson             You Made Me a Dad
The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2021      Geronimo Stilton Reporter #5:                  by Laurenne Sala
What Makes a Marriage Last                      Barry the Moustache            Wemberly Worried
        by Marlo Thomas                 June’s Wild Flight (The Last Kids on            by Kevin Henkes
                                                Earth) by Max Brallier         Where Are You From?
                                                                                       By Yamile Saied Méndez
Young Adult                             Leaving Lymon by Lesa Cline-Ransome
                                        The One and Only Bob
All the Invisible Things
         by Orlagh Collins
                                                by Katherine Applegate
                                        The Plunder Down Under                 Video Games
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes              by James Patterson             Nintendo Switch:
         by Suzanne Collins             Puppy Love Prank by Carolyn Keene      Aladdin and the Lion King
The Betrothed by Kiera Cass             Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden        Animal Crossing
Burn by Patrick Ness                    The Trials of Apollo: Camp Jupiter     Aqua Moto Racing Utopia
Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross          Classified by Rick Riordan     Assassin’s Creed I & III
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper                                              Attack on Titan 2
                                                                               Bee Simulator
Havenfall by Sara Holland
Influence by Sara Shepard
Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl
                                       Children                                Contra
                                                                               Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled
                                        Angelina Ballerina Tries Again         Party Arcade
Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe         by Katharine Hollabird
         by Sarah Mynowski              Benny Will Not Be Quiet!
Malaki Mayhem by Ashley Craig                                                  XBOX One:
                                                by Jason Tharp                 Borderlands 3
The Map From Here to There              Duck Stays in the Truck
         by Emery Lord                                                         The Divison 2
                                                by Doreen Cronin               Doom Eternal
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski      In My Garden by Charlotte Zolotow
Not So Pure and Simple                                                         Dragon Ball Z Kakarot
                                        Just Joking Jumbo Joke Book            F1 2019
         by L.R. Giles                  Lego Star Wars Character
Reticence by Gail Carriger                                                     Far Cry New Dawn
                                                Encyclopedia                   Gears 5
Stamped by Jason Reynolds               Mr. Marty Loves a Party
Tigers Not Daughters                                                           Jedi Fallen Order
                                                by Dan Gutman                  Madden NFL 20
         by Samantha Mabry              Nancy Takes the Case (Fancy Nancy)
Star Wars: Queen’s Peril                                                       My Hero One’s Justice 2
                                                by Victoria Saxxon             One Punch Man
         by E.K. Johnston               Operation Library (Boss Baby)
We Are Blood and Thunder                        by Tina Gallo
         by Kesia Lupo                                                         PS4:
                                        Pete the Cat: Secret Agent             Bloodstained Ritual of the Night
We Unleash the Merciless Storm          Pete the Cat’s Groovy Guide to
         by Tehlor Kay Mejia                                                   Call of Duty Modern Warfare
                                                Kindness                       Code Vein
Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco Pete the Cat’s Family Road Trip
                                                                               Days Gone
                                        Pinkalicious and the Pinkadorable      Death Stranding
Graphic Novels                                  Pony by Victoria Kahn
                                        Pool Party by Doreen Cronin
                                                                               Doom Eternal
                                                                               F1 2019
Amazing Spider-man #8: Threats and      Rocking the Tide by Jane Yolen         Far Cry New Dawn
         Menaces by Nick Spencer        Star Wars: Extraordinary Droid         Ghost Recon
Amazing Spider-man 2099                         by Simon Beecroft              Ghost Parade
         by Nick Spencer                Today is Beach Day by Nancy Vau        Jedi Fallen Order
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyum Sook What About Worms by Ryan T. Higgins
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June Events
                                      All events will be held virtually, due to COVID-19

Weekly Kids Events                                                 Beyond the Book Club
Join us for weekly scheduled videos for kids on Facebook           We will stretch our reading skills this month by trying a new
and YouTube, Tuesdays at 10:30 am!                                 genre – graphic novels – with They Called Us Enemy by
                                                                   George Takei. This selection was a New York Times
June 9: “Once Upon a Time” Kick-off Video,                         ‘bestseller, and winner of the 2020 Asian/Pacific American
   followed by LIVE with Mr. Cox to learn how to                   Award for Young Adult Literature. We have two print
   sign up for summer reading and earn badges                      ‘copies, but it is also available to borrow digitally with your
                                                                   Marion County Public Library Card and the Hoopla or Libby
June 16: “The Other Side of the Story”                             apps.
   Join us for this special day with Christian Cox as he
   retells familiar stories told from the alleged “villains”       For the “Beyond the Book” activity, we will watch and
   side. This special story time will highlight how a              discuss the documentary film To Be Takei: A Star’s Trek
   traditional story can be told many different ways and           for Life, Liberty and Love. This film is available to stream
   from different perspectives.                                    with your Marion County Public Library Card on BOTH the
                                                                   Hoopla and Kanopy apps. (Please watch the movie in
June 23: Puppet Show                                               advance of the discussion)

                                                                   Registration required: www.mcpls.org/events
June 30: “Knights & Princesses”
  Join Queen Julie & the brave subjects of the Fairview
  Public Library as they battle the dreaded Bubble Monster         June 17: Discussion: The Called Us Enemy
  to save the Marion County Public Library Kingdom!                June 24: Discussion: To Be Takei

And then…Imagine!                                                  Friday Night Flicks
We need your help to create some imaginative stories this          Join us for a virtual movie “get-together” from the comfort
summer and you can earn a Storyteller's badge in the pro-          of your own home; accompanied by a live Facebook chat
cess! Miss Julie will start a tale every other Monday at           on the Marion County Public Library Facebook page.
10:30 am, and then you can imagine a wonderful ending.
                                                                   June 5: Shakespeare in Love (R, 8 pm)
You can use words, pictures or both to finish the tale.
Watch the prompt on our Facebook page or YouTube
                                                                   June 19: The Brothers Grimm (PG-13, 8 pm)
Channel, then submit your stories to
summer2020@mcpls.org.
                                                                   Tabletop Game Group
                                                                   Missing our Wednesday Night Tabletop Game Group? Not
June 15, 29: 10:30 am                                              to fear, WNG is happening virtually! Please contact Dan
                                                                   Ward at dward@mcpls.org for more information on how to
Take & Makes                                                       join the fun! Part of the WV Nerd Herd, North Central WV's
                                                                   Boardgaming Community.
These are projects that you pick up at your branch to
create. Available first come, first serve, while supplies last.
                                                                   June 3, 10, 17, 24: 5 pm
                                                                   Note: you will need a mic or headset in order to play
T(w)eens: Dragon Eye
Magnet Take & Make
Available starting June 15, while supplies last
                                                                  Check out our online
Kids: Sword Take & Make                                           calendar to register
Available starting June 22, while supplies last.                  for events and get
Learn how to make your sword by watching the tutorial on          the most up-to-date
Saturday, June 26 at 10:30 am (Facebook and YouTube)
                                                                  information!

Adult Craft: Fairy Jar                                            Follow the QR code,
Join us virtually on Thursday, June 18 at                         or visit:
4 pm to make a Whimsical Fairy Jar! Sign up                       http://bit.ly/2uydBHl
by visiting www.mcpls.org/events or by
calling your branch.

Craft kit must be picked up the week of
June 8-13. Class will take place on Zoom.
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