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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.

Storytime Programs at the Austin Public Library will resume beginning June 16.

Youth Services

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School Crunch Time by: teen.services

Are you getting loads of homework piled on at the end of year? Wondering how to prep for the ACT or SAT? Need help with your geometry homework? Have an embarrassing question about your health? We've got answers for you!! Check out our databases, which is just a fancy library term for electronic resource.

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Recommended Youth Books

Newbery 2006
  • Cover of the book Criss cross
  • Cover of the book Whittington
  • Cover of the book Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow
  • Cover of the book Princess Academy
  • Cover of the book Show way
Printz 2008
  • Cover of the book The white darkness : a novel
  • Cover of the book Dreamquake : book two of the Dreamhunter duet
  • Cover of the book One whole and perfect day
  • Cover of the book Repossessed
  • Cover of the book Your own, Sylvia : a verse portrait of Sylvia Plath
2X2 Reading List 2012
  • Cover of the book No sleep for the sheep!
  • Cover of the book Perfect square
  • Cover of the book The woods
  • Cover of the book The cazuela that the farm maiden stirred
  • Cover of the book Cat secrets

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Cover of the book College handbook 2012
College handbook 2012
By College Board.
Presents information on 2,200 4-year colleges and universities and 1,700 2-year community colleges and technical schools.
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