National Library Week! April 4-10

April 5, 2021

New Books to Celebrate National Library Week   Come back in with browsing appointments Monday – Saturday! The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear   October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews

Chickadee Award Nominee Voting

March 15, 2021

Vote for Chickadee Award Nominees View the nominees for this year’s Chickadee Award, a Maine Children’s Choice Picture Book Project: https://sites.google.com/site/thechickadeeaward/. To participate in the Chickadee Award Nominations, voters must be in grades K-4. This year . . . read more »

Category: Event Children, News

Youth Book Club

March 15, 2021

Youth Book Club Meetings Mondays, at 7:00 p.m. (Spaces still available) The Library is holding a book club that is tackling the Maine Student Book Award reading list! We will be reading from the 4th-6th . . . read more »

Category: Event Children, Event Young Adult, News

Women’s History Month Exhibit 2021

March 10, 2021

Community Exhibit Women’s History Month March 2021 “Life Upended: Unexpected Inspiration” During the month of March, women and girls of all ages connected to the MDI community will exhibit an artifact, in process or as . . . read more »

Category: Event General, News

Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick 2019

January 26, 2021

Whew! This compelling survival story about a wildfire in Maine reads like wildfire too! How these kids survived and if they would, pulls the reader forward at breakneck speed. Evacuated from summer camp when the fire . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks 2020

January 26, 2021

I had to read this all in one gulp. At first the plot seemed implausible, but once I was further into the story, I set that judgment aside and really enjoyed getting to know Zoe . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

When You Trap a Tiger, by Tae Keller 2020

January 10, 2021

 by Tae Keller 2020 A quick enchanting read that manages to tackle the pain of growing up in a another culture and the loss of the family matriarch. The Korean grandmother has told her granddaughters . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

A Place to Belong, by Cynthia Kadohata, 2020

January 10, 2021

This is historical fiction done so beautifully, that we are changed by the observations and realizations of a young girl. She manages to find strength and hope in incredibly difficult circumstances. It’s a tough story to . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

What to read next? NEW BOOKS!

November 19, 2020

Homeland Elegies – by Ayad Akhtar Fiction A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews

50 States 50 Scares

October 22, 2020

  50 States, 50 Scares       Before you pick up one of these hair-raising, shiver-inducing novels, you’re going to want to close the curtains and check the locks (twice). By Tina Jordan Oct. 21, . . . read more »

Category: Book Lists, Book Reviews