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Austin Public Library facilities and the Austin History Center will be CLOSED Saturday, May 25, through Monday, May 27. Recycled Reads, the Austin Public Library’s used bookstore, will be open Saturday and Sunday, but will be closed on Memorial Day.

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Recommended Youth Books

Newbery 2011
  • Cover of the book Moon over Manifest
  • Cover of the book Turtle in paradise
  • Cover of the book Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama
  • Cover of the book Dark emperor & other poems of the night
  • Cover of the book One crazy summer
Newbery 2007
  • Cover of the book The higher power of Lucky
  • Cover of the book Penny from heaven
  • Cover of the book Hattie Big Sky
  • Cover of the book Rules
Maverick Reading List 2012
  • Cover of the book Astronaut Academy : zero gravity
  • Cover of the book Zita the spacegirl
  • Cover of the book Anya's ghost
  • Cover of the book Hopeless Savages : greatest hits 2000-2010
  • Cover of the book Earth One

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Mysteries-Thrillers
Cover of the book The other side of dark
The other side of dark
By Sarah Smith.
Since losing both of her parents, fifteen-year-old Katie can see and talk to ghosts, which makes her a loner until fellow student Law sees her drawing of a historic house and together they seek a treasure rumored to be hidden there by illegal slave-traders.
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