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Always on Tuesdays at 4 PM (unless otherwise noted).

Find out what else is going on at Inwood.

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Frightening, Fantastic, and Far-Out: Teen Genre Writing Group

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Frightening, Fantastic, and Far-Out: Teen Genre Writing Group

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This event takes place in person.

Please join me for Frightening, Fantastic, and Far-Out, a writing group for tweens and teens who are interested in genre fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, thriller, supernatural, and paranormal. This group meets every other week to discuss the elements of craft and work on our writing together. Whether you’ve been writing for years or you’re just getting started, you’re invited. Best for ages 10 to 17.

No registration is required. All you have to do is show up. We will meet on the following dates:

December 21

January 4

January 18

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This event is online only.

On December 28, grab your seasonal hot drink of choice and join me to discuss your favorite winter reads during December's Bring Your Own Tea (BYOT) Open Book Discussion. Register now.

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This event is online only.

Take a break and join Belmont and Inwood staff for Books & Puzzles! We'll have an open chat about teen/YA books we're reading/loving and work together to complete a virtual jigsaw puzzle.

Register for upcoming dates by clicking the link(s) below:

December 29 at 3:30 PM

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Enjoy these books published in October and November, available now as e-books:

Any Sign of Life

Little Thieves

Not Here to be Liked

Our Way Back to Always

Tonight We Rule the World

We Light Up the Sky

All of Us Villains

Jade Fire Gold

Skin of the Sea

The Reckless Kind

Year of the Reaper

You've Reached Sam

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Hello. It's me! Michelle. Your librarian.

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Hello. It's me! Michelle. Your librarian.

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Check out some of the books that I've been reading recently.

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Enjoy these recently published horror reads for spooky season:

A Lesson in Vengeance

Burden Falls

Dagger Hill

Eat Your Heart Out

House of Hollow

Small Favors

The Corpse Queen

The River Has Teeth

The Taking of Jake Livingston

The Woods Are Always Watching

To Break A Covenant

White Smoke

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Cover of "A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking."

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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

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Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can’t control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt’s bakery making gingerbread men dance.

But Mona’s life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona’s city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of Mona’s worries…

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Added November 2021.

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Address:
4857 Broadway
New York, NY 10034

Phone Number:
(212) 942-2445

Regular Hours:
Monday | 10 AM–7 PM
Tuesday | 10 AM–7 PM
Wednesday | 10 AM–7 PM
Thursday | 10 AM–7 PM
Friday | 10 AM–5 PM
Saturday | 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday | CLOSED

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Please note: We have (temporarily) moved!

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Please note: We have (temporarily) moved!

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Our branch at 4790 Broadway is under construction. Learn more.

While the branch is closed, you can find us at a small temporary site about one block north.

Our current address is:
4857 Broadway
New York, NY 10034

Finding us is easy! We are:

Approximately 404 feet north of our old location (and across the street)

Between Academy Street and West 204th Street

Across the street from Amistad and Muscota

Next to Probus (the clothing store)

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May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Celebrate by reading these books with Jewish protagonists:

Color Me In

The Fever King

In the Neighborhood of True

It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories

Little & Lion

Our Year of Maybe

Sick Kids in Love

The Survival List

You Asked for Perfect

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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. It's a great time to read these books with AAPI protagonists (if you haven't already):

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Butterfly Yellow

Darius the Great is Not Okay

The Henna Wars

I Love You So Mochi

I’ll Be the One

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Not Your Sidekick

Patron Saints of Nothing

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MakeCode Arcade is a 2D pixelated game development environment that is free and entirely online.

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A Room Away from the Wolves by Nova Ren Suma

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A Room Away from the Wolves by Nova Ren Suma

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Bina has never forgotten the time she and her mother ran away from home. Her mother promised they would hitchhike to the city to escape Bina's cruel father and start over. But before they could even leave town, Bina had a new stepfather and two new stepsisters, and a humming sense of betrayal pulling apart the bond with her mother—a bond Bina thought was unbreakable.

Eight years later, after too many lies and with trouble on her heels, Bina finds herself on the side of the road again, the city of her dreams calling for her. She has an old suitcase, a fresh black eye, and a room waiting for her at Catherine House, a young women's residence in Greenwich Village with a tragic history, a vow of confidentiality, and dark, magical secrets. There, Bina is drawn to her enigmatic downstairs neighbor Monet, a girl who is equal parts intriguing and dangerous. As Bina's lease begins to run out, and nightmare and memory get tangled, she will be forced to face the terrible truth of why she’s come to Catherine House and what it will cost for her to leave...

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Added October 2021.

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Wren Southerland’s reckless use of magic has cost her everything: she's been dismissed from the Queen’s Guard and separated from her best friend—the girl she loves. So when a letter arrives from a reclusive lord, asking Wren to come to his estate, Colwick Hall, to cure his servant from a mysterious illness, she seizes her chance to redeem herself.

The mansion is crumbling, icy winds haunt the caved-in halls, and her eccentric host forbids her from leaving her room after dark. Worse, Wren’s patient isn’t a servant at all but Hal Cavendish, the infamous Reaper of Vesria and her kingdom’s sworn enemy. Hal also came to Colwick Hall for redemption, but the secrets in the estate may lead to both of their deaths.

With sinister forces at work, Wren and Hal realize they’ll have to join together if they have any hope of saving their kingdoms. But as Wren circles closer to the nefarious truth behind Hal’s illness, they realize they have no escape from the monsters within the mansion. All they have is each other, and a startling desire that could be their downfall.

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Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family’s kingdom for the first time. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey, when their crew discovers a mysterious prisoner on a burning derelict vessel.

Tasked with watching over the prisoner, Tal is surprised to feel an intense connection with the roguish Athlen. So when Athlen leaps overboard and disappears, Tal feels responsible and heartbroken, knowing Athlen could not have survived in the open ocean.

That is, until Tal runs into Athlen days later on dry land, very much alive, and as charming—and secretive—as ever. But before they can pursue anything further, Tal is kidnapped by pirates and held ransom in a plot to reveal his rumored powers and instigate a war. Tal must escape if he hopes to save his family and the kingdom. And Athlen might just be his only hope…

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Celebrate National Poetry Month in April with these books in verse:

The Black Flamingo

Blood Water Paint

Every Body Looking

Home Is Not a Country

The Poet X

Punching the Air

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March 31st is the International Transgender Day of Visibility. You can borrow these books by trans and non-binary authors today:

Birthday

Blanca & Roja

Cemetery Boys

Dreadnought

Felix Ever After

I Wish You All the Best

Pet

Stay Gold

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Everyone can create professional designs with Canva. It's easy to use and free.

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Learn how the Library can help you keep your school skills sharp—and learn something new. Whether learning to code or remixing music or just looking for help on school projects, our online resources have everything you need to succeed.

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Find primary and scholarly sources in our online databases.

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malindo Lo

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malindo Lo

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Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the feeling took root—that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly everything seemed possible.

But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.

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This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.

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TeenLIVE events at The New York Public Library feature thought-provoking conversations, real debates, and exciting performances with your favorite authors, artists, filmmakers, musicians, fashionistas, and more.

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Find lists, recommendations, and other topics related to teen books and media in our blog.

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Shelf Help is The New York Public Library’s personalized book selection service. Fill out this form and our book experts will put together a bundle of five books for you to borrow based on your reading interests. You can use this form for yourself, or for a family member or friend!

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Earn points by naming unique objects starting with the given letter in each category to win.

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Skribbl.io is a free multiplayer drawing and guessing game.

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Read these classics by women to celebrate Women's History Month in March:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

The Awakening

The Bell Jar

The Color Purple

Frankenstein

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Jane Eyre

Kindred

The Left Hand of Darkness

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Orlando

Passing

Pride and Prejudice

Speak

Wuthering Heights

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The Library will be closed on the following dates:

December 24

December 25

December 26

December 31

January 1, 2022

January 2

January 17

February 21

See also: Library Closing Information.