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Olympic Reads

Celebrate the start of the Summer Olympic Games with some movies, biographies that embrace the games! Visit our Booklist page to download this and other custom booklists prepared by our librarians! You can also scroll below to dive into our Olympic list!

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July Adult Events at HPL

Check out these adult events happening in July! 7/1 | 6-7:30pm | English (ESL) Conversation Circle Would you like to practice your English with native speakers in a relaxed and informal environment? Join us for a friendly chat–Monday evenings at 6 pm.  7/2 | 10am-12pm | Classic Matinees Every Tuesday morning in July we will […]

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Polite Society [DVD]

Ria Khan wants nothing more than to become a famous stuntwoman, so she puts all of her prodigious determination and energy into making a name for herself online.  She is bullied at school and discouraged by her parents for this dream, so she relies heavily on her older sister Lena.  Lena has dropped out of […]

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Gale in Context: Environmental Studies

In celebration of this year’s summer reading theme, Read, Renew, Repeat, we’re highlighting the Gale in Context: Environmental Studies database. This resource provides information and sources on a variety of issues relating to the environment and humans, in categories like global change, energy, populations, pollution, Earth systems, and more. All you need is your library […]

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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver employs her exceptional talent for character development and world-building for the eponymous Damon “Demon Copperhead” Fields, set in Appalachia from the 1990s to today, in her retelling of Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield. For readers of the Dickens tale, it is fun exercise to compare the new and the old versions of the classic […]

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The Reappearance of Rachel Price

In Holly Jackson’s latest young adult mystery, Bel Price’s family is the focus of a new documentary being filmed based on the disappearance of her mother, Rachel Price. Rachel Price disappeared 16 years ago without a trace. Her car was found on the side of the road, running, with the heat on and the doors […]

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“Wren Martin Ruins It All” By Amanda DeWitt

There are two things that Wren Martin hates more than anything: The Valentine’s Day Dance at Rapture High, and his Student Council Vice President, Leo Reyes. When Wren becomes Student Council President (by a technicality, but that’s not important) he’s determined to make the school better by doing away with the Dance and using the […]

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Full of Pride

Celebrate Pride Month with some movies, biographies, and non-fiction books that embrace the LGBTQ+ community! Visit our Booklist page to download this and other custom booklists prepared by our librarians! You can also scroll below to dive into our Pride list!

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June Adult Events at HPL

Check out these adult events happening in June! 6/1 | 11am-12pm | Spanish Conversation Practice Are you looking to improve your conversational Spanish in a supportive and friendly environment? Join us! Come practice your Spanish speaking and learn some vocab, the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month, 11am-12pm.  No registration required. 6/1 | 1-4pm […]

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LEGO Link-Up Program

Calling all LEGO builders! This summer at the library, we have a new weekly program. Every Tuesday at 4PM, stop by the library for an hour of LEGO building fun! We will have both LEGO’s and DUPLO blocks available. You can build your own masterpiece by yourself or collaborate with the other builders at the […]