Felix is a cunning thief. Loren is a temple attendant. Thrown together, the boys have to piece together their fates to make it out of a burning city. A stunning queer YA fantasy debut set in ancient Pompeii.
Give him your heart. Grasp your destiny. Get out alive.
A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse...
There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story.
Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. But for now, she’s trapped in her impoverished village in southern China, practicing an illegal form of alchemy to keep food on the table—resurrecting the dead, for a price.
Save the world or end it.
A strange darkness is growing in the Ward. Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea.
Fate knocks on her door, in the form of a mythical immortal and a lethal assassin, who tell Corayne that she is the last of an ancient lineage—with the power to save the world from destruction.
Seventeen-year-old Kira Fujikawa has never had it easy. She’s bullied by the popular girls in school. Her family ignores her. And she’s also plagued with a secret: She can see yokai, the ghosts and demons that haunt the streets of Japan. But things accelerate from bad to worse when she learns that Shuten-doji, the demon king, will rise at the next blood moon to hunt down an ancient relic and bring the world to a catastrophic end.
You have one hour to complete a variety of logic puzzles to solve an ancient riddle!
Work with others and combine your wits with this escape room-style museum mystery. Paper crafts will also accompany the larger puzzle story.
This event is recommended for grades 4 and up.
Current TAG volunteers can earn 30 minutes of community service credit by attending this program and using the code word in an after-program survey.
Use small gems to creat diamond painting stickers. This event is for students entering grades 4+. Free tickets are required and will be given out half an hour before the program.
This relaxing art technique involves painting flowing lines in one stroke or creating patterns within a space. This program is for students entering grades 4+. Participants in the teen summer reading program can earn a point for attending with the event code!
Spend an afternoon relaxing afternoon with paint-by-numbers. Choose between cats, coffee, flowers, or cafe scenes. This program is for students entering grades 6+. Participants in the teen summer reading can get a point for attending with the event code!
Free tickets are required and will be handed out half an hour before the program.
Step into the boots of a paleontologist in this hands-on archaeology experience. Students will master excavation techniques to recover lost dinosaur bones, apply critical thinking to reconstruct skeletal structures, and learn the art of curation by designing their own museum exhibits. — Presented by Arrayscape Gaming. Minecraft logins will be provided. This program is for students grades 4+ Registration is Required. Click here to register.