Monroe Free Library

In 1811, while exploring the cliffs near Lyme Regis, England, 12-year-old Mary Anning made the find of a lifetime. There in the rocks was the skeleton of a strange creature. Mary's find was later named Ichthyosaurus, a reptile that lived more than 250 million years ago. Anning went on to have a long career finding and identifying dinosaur fossils. However, her work often went unrecognized by male scientists of the time, and she received little credit...

"A hot-headed cynic befriends the new kid--a shy trans boy--when she takes on a bet to get him elected student body president"--

"There's a new kid in town... Yochanan Bear, better known as Nonny, is a spunky eleven-year-old who's smart, funny, and friendly...Oh, and he has cerebral palsy. With his cool motorized wheelchair and his overeager helper Gavriel Farber at his side, he can do pretty much anything he sets his mind to. Even if it sometimes involves coping with a flat tire or putting a bully in his place. Whether Nonny is joining a marathon, trying out at a singing...

There's a new kid in the small neighborhood of Brundon Park, Chicago. Her name is Angela Moretti, she's thirteen, and she's obsessed with mysteries. So when a crime is committed on her first day at her new school, Angela decides to enlist the help of her new friends to help crack the case. There's just one catch. They'll need to use science to solve the mystery! Will these science-loving seventh graders catch the criminal before it's too late? Join...

It's always tough being the new kid in the coven. Elliot has had a rough year. His dad died, he had to move across the country, and now he's about to start high school at LA's prestigious Saint John the Baptist Academy, where his mom has accepted the position of Vice Principal. He's quickly taken in by the school's outcasts: the scholarship kids; the queer kids; and the ones who just don't really fit in with the glossy trust fund babies of SJTBA....

"In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad, and fearful of growing up. What's gone wrong with America's youth? In Bad Therapy, ... Shrier argues that the problem isn't the kids--it's...

You're in for a thrill as Obscura the Cat Sees Beyond! Obscura avoids the ghosts and the ghouls that refuse to leave her alone As the end nears, will she face her fears and vanquish her haunted home? Join the not-so-feisty feline as she navigates her haunted house in search of her owners, encountering all manner of spooky sights along the way.--Publisher.

"Wyatt Wallace is a type A, plan-following director of TV commercials, and Biz Petterelli is a child-actor-turned-magazine-writer who thrives on spontaneity. Though polar opposites, they are fully committed to their relationship and their life in Brooklyn with their dog, Matilda. They're also about to have a baby together. And they're freaking out. They've both dreamt of becoming parents, but now that it's happening, they're doubting everything. Can...

With emotions like fear, guilt and empathy eluding her, the author, trying to replace the nothingness with something, realizes, after connecting with an old flame, if she's capable of love, it must mean she isn't a monster and sets out to prove the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren't all monsters either.