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Ace of spades422 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm
Apples never fall : a novel467 pages ; 25 cm
The bench1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Better together441 pages ; 25 cm
Blind tiger504 pages ; 24 cm
The burningpages cm
Cloud cuckoo land : a novelpages cm
Curse of the Specter Queen340 pages ; 22 cm.
Deadly summer nights289 pages ; 18 cm.
Franklin Endicott and the third key97 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
The froggies do not want to sleep1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
From Little Tokyo, with love421 pages ; 22 cm
Goosebumps. Secrets of the swamp1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Harlem shuffle318 pages ; 25 cm
An impossible promise(ON ORDER, PUB. DATE IS SEPTEMBER, 2021) pages ; 24 centimeters.
The last house on needless streetpages cm
Left for dead : a novel368 pages ; 24 cm.
Like father, like son294 pages ; 21 cm.
Lucas at the Paralympics29 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
The man who died twice : a thursday murder club mysterypages cm.
The night she disappeared : a novel401 pages ; 24 cm
Off the record311 pages ; 22 cm
RALPH COMPTON BLOOD ON THE PRAIRIE.
The Santa suitpages cm
The secret garden : a graphic novel177 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Something happened in our park : standing together after gun violence1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Under the whispering doorpages cm
What is God like1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
The wish(ON ORDER, PUB. DATE IS SEPTEMBER, 2021) pages ; 24 centimeters.
You%27re so dead382 pages ; 22 cm

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A discovery of witches. Season 2
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The house next door : Meet the Blacks 2
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The legend of Zelda: Skyward sword.
Madden NFL 21
Mortal kombat 11: ultimate
My heart can%27t beat unless you tell it to
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 : the official video game.
The perfect candidate
Phobias
Power book II: Ghost. The complete first season 1
Riviera. Season three
S.W.A.T. Season four
Ship that changed the world1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Superstars : the documentary
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Upcoming Events for Adults

Books for Adults

Bewilderment : a novelpages cm
Black girls must die exhausted : a novelvii, 353 pages ; 24 cm
The book of form and emptiness : a novelpages cm
The Christmas wedding guest409 pages ; 24 cm
The collector%27s daughter : a novel of the discovery of Tutankhamun%27s tomb357, 18 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Dark things I adore402 pages ; 24 cm
A darker realitypages cm.
Daughter of the morning starvolumes cm.
Enemy at the gates340 pages ; 25 cm.
FIRST LOVE, TAKE TWO.
High stakes363 pages ; 24 cm
It started with a dogpages cm.
The killing kind480 pages ; 24 cm
The last graduate : a novel388 pages ; 22 cm
Matrix260 pages ; 24 cm
MILE HIGH WITH A VAMPIRE.
Mom jeans and other mistakes367 pages ; 21 cm
MOON, THE STARS, AND MADAME BUROVA.
Never saw me coming389 pages ; 24 cm
Once in a lifetime208 pages ; 19 cm
RALEIGH-DURHAM.
Robert B. Parker%27s Stone%27s throw322 pages ; 24 cm.
The royal correspondent389 pages ; 24 cm
Santa cruise294 pages ; 22 cm
Stolen Lady : A Novel of World War II and the Mona Lisa.512 p.
VANDERBILT
When ghosts come home : a novel287 pages ; 24 cm
WHEN THINGS GET DARK.
Witch please362 pages ; 21 cm.

Let's Go!

Atlas obscura : an explorer%27s guide to the world%27s hidden wonders472 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 28 cm
Birnbaum%27s Walt Disney World.v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Braver than you think : around the world on the trip of my (mother%27s) lifetime285 pages ; 24 cm
The dog went over the mountain : travels with Albie: an American journeyxxv, 270 pages, 24 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Epic bike rides of the Americas.319 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 27 cm.
Fodor%27s in focus : Charleston.
Fodor%27s the Carolinas & Georgiav. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Fodor%27s Washington, D.C.volumes : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Gran tour : travels with my elders309 pages ; 20 cm
How to be a family : the year I dragged my kids around the world to find a new way to be togetherviii, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Leave only footprints : my Acadia-to-Zion journey through every national parkx, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Nala%27s world261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 22 cm
Off the rails : a train trip through lifexvi, 208 pages ; 22 cm
The open road : 50 best road trips in the USA : from weekend getaways to cross-country adventures734 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm + 1 map (folded to 22 cm)
Rick Steves%27 Great Britainv. : maps ; 21 cm.
Road trip USA : cross-country adventures on America%27s two-lane highways1 volume : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Roadtrippers Route 66 : Chicago to Santa Monicavi, 306 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
RV vacations for dummiesxii, 434 pages ; 23 cm.
The sun is a compass : a 4,000-mile journey into the Alaskan wildsvii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color portraits ; 22 cm
Ten years a nomad : a traveler%27s journey homex, 226 pages ; 22 cm
Travel goals : inspiring experiences to transform your life.300 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Try to get lost : essays on travel and placexxi, 182 pages ; 22 cm.
Ultimate travel list : the 500 best places on the planet ... ranked.336 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Underland : a deep time journey[384] pages ; 24 cm
The unofficial guide to Disney Cruise Line.volumes : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
USA.v. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
The vagabonds : the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison%27s ten-year road trip306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Vanlife diaries : finding freedom on the open road233 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm
We came, we saw, we left : a family gap year269 pages ; illustrations, maps : 24 cm
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Hoopla

Borrow videos, audiobooks, music, eBooks & comics. 5 total checkouts per month. Patrons who receive a notice that the library’s daily checkout limit has been reached should try again after midnight.

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Adults Newsletter

Upcoming events & programs for adults at the Headquarters Library.

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Discussion Groups & Book Club Kits

Want to join a library book discussion group or reserve a book club kit for a book club of your own? See schedule & reservation details.

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Government Information & Law Collections

These collections serve the legal research and government information needs of Spartanburg residents. Includes Immigration & Citizenship Resources.

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Video Release Calendar

Library release dates for upcoming Movies & TV Series.

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Local Music Covers - Daryle Ryce, David Ball, Marshall Tucker, Pink Anderson

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Fitness Classes

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Andy Flynt
Director of Information Services
151 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864)596-3500 x.1217


Jess Herzog
Director of Adult Services
151 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864)596-3500 x.1277


Upcoming Events for Teens

New Teen Books

After the ink dries406 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Batman : the Deluxe edition1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Brown boy nowhere : a novel323 pages : 22 cm.
Curses426 pages ; 22 cm
Dangerous play346 pages ; 22 cm.
The dead and the dark371 pages ; 22 cm
Empowered Black girl : joyful affirmations & words of resilience150 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Firekeeper%27s daughter494 pages ; 24 cm
The great big one379 pages ; 22 cm
History of the Marvel Universe1 volume : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
How Moon Fuentez fell in love with the universe421 pages ; 22 cm
In the same boat355 pages ; 22 cm
In the wild light421 pages ; 22 cm
It ends in fire368 pages ; 24 cm
Like other girls373 pages ; 22 cm
Mercury Boys349 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Red wolf359 pages ; 22 cm
The sisters of reckoning344 pages ; 22 cm
Solo levelingvolumes : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Summer in the city of roses325 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
They%27ll never catch us330 pages ; 23 cm
Toilet-bound Hanako-kunvolumes : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Walls336 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
You & me at the end of the world358 pages : 22 cm

What If... Alternate Histories

American royals440 pages ; 22 cm
The Belles434 pages ; 22 cm
Blood rose rebellion408 pages ; 22 cm
Burn371 pages ; 22 cm
Daughters of jubilation344 pages ; 22 cm
The diviners578 p. ; 24 cm.
Dodger360 p. ;
Dread nation : rise up451 pages ; 22 cm
Elysium girls394 pages ; 22 cm
Front lines548 pages ; 22 cm
The great destroyers387 pages : 23 cm.
Ink and bone355 pages ; 22 cm.
The left-handed booksellers of Londonxiv, 393 pages ; 22 cm
Leviathan440 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Musexviii, 332 pages : map ; 22 cm
The shadow war406 pages ; 22 cm
That inevitable Victorian thing326 pages ; 22 cm
Walk on Earth a stranger436 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Wolf by wolf379 pages ; 22 cm
York. The shadow cipher476 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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Includes graphic novels, enhanced novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audio books for grades 7-12.

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Learn more about our internship for teens.

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Like @scplteens for the latest.

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Virtual Teen Program Archive

Learn to make crafts, hear from authors, and more in these virtual teen programs!

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Susan Myers
Director of Teen Services
151 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864)596-3500 x.1241


Upcoming Events for Kids

New Picture Books + Readers

Alaina and the great play1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 23 x 29 cm
Bartholomew and the morning monsters1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Clark the Shark and the big book report32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
El Cucuy is scared, too!1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Llama Llama meets the babysitter1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Mine, mine, mine, yours!1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
On the way home1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 28 cm
Perdu1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Pug & Pig and friends1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Sonny says mine!1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Ten minutes to bed little mermaid1 volume : colour illustrations ; 18 x 21 cm
Unraveled1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm

New Chapter Books

Being Clem248 pages ; 22 cm.
Black boy joy : 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Definitely Dominguita. All for one135 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
The earthquake challenge145 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Jillian vs parasite planet280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Journey beyond the burrow270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Linked246 pages ; 22 cm
Matasha295 pages ; 29 cm
Skyborn. Sparrow rising269 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Temple alley summer232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
The tiger%27s nest215 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
World in between : based on a true refugee story375 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
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TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks includes over 500 fiction and non-fiction animated & talking story and chapter books. Also included in the collection are French and Spanish books found in the Language Learning area.

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Small Talk Spartanburg County

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OverDrive eBooks & audiobooks

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Storytimes & Recurring Programs

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Virtual Programs

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Dial a Story: (864) 596-3530

Call (864) 596-3530 anytime to hear a story. Stories updated weekly.

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Early Literacy & School Readiness Resources

Resources that families, parents, caregivers & educators can use to further develop early literacy skills and school readiness.

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Book Club Kits

SCPL offers Book Club in a Bag kits for over 50 children’s fiction titles. Each kit contains 15 copies and can be checked out for 6 weeks.

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Jessica Lopez
Director of Children's Services
151 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864)596-3500 x.1263


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