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Summer At The Library

Summer has begun and boy, do we have ways to keep you and the kids engaged! For a look at what programs we have coming up, be sure to check out our evens calendar for all the details. Each of our reading challenges are listed below or grab a printed copy from the desk...
Used book sale and farmer's market happening July 3 and 4. We are accepting registration for vendors now!

2026 Friends of the Library Used Book Sale and Farmer’s Market

This year's sale will run Friday, July 3 (2pm-7pm) and Saturday, July 4 (9am-2pm). Our friends' group does one book sale a year and this is it! We are selling books removed from the public library and school libraries as well as donations from the community. This sale...
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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Throughout her life Sybil Van Antwerp has used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings around half past ten Sybil sits down to write letters—to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to...
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2026 Reading Challenge

Our 2026 challenge list is complete. Printed copies can be picked up at the library, or use the link below to view the virtual form. Read one book in each categoy in 2026 to complete the challenge. Fill out the virtual form each month so that we can track your success...

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

“The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.”  Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their...
Book Review-Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone

Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone

Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman’s life is turned upside down when she meets a grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again, in this heartwarming, slow-burn romance by the author of Ready or Not  Lenny’s a bit of a mess at the moment. Her...

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Goodreads Choice Award  Nominee for Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction (2024)  A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. ...
Help wanted: library assistant

Help Wanted: Library Assistant

The library is looking to fill a part-time (12 hours/week) library assistant position.  Applicants should be well organized, friendly, tech-savvy, and interested in working in a team environment.  Responsibilities include managing the circulation desk, handling...
Book Review-The Secret Book of Flora Lea

The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction (2023) When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are...
Book Review-In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

Six friends.  One college reunion.  One unsolved murder.  A college reunion turns dark and deadly in this chilling and propulsive suspense novel about six friends, one unsolved murder, and the dark secrets they’ve been hiding from each other—and themselves—for a...

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