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After the rain126 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
Big feelings1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Blood grove307 pages ; 25 cm
Can we talk about consent? : a book about freedom, choices, and agreement159 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Chain of ironpages cm
A court of silver flames757 pages : map ; 25 cm
The desolations of Devil%27s Acre503 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Girl A : a novel344 pages ; 24 cm
Hack your kitchen : discover a world of food fun with Science Buddiespages cm
Justice League unlimited: hocus pocus.125 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
The kitchen front : a novel406 pages ; 25 cm
Missing and endangered365 pages ; 24 cm.
The mountain : an official Minecraft novel1 volume ; 21 cm.
The Paris library : a novel353 pages ; 24 cm
Peacepages cm
Rafael258 pages ; 18 cm.
Reckless Roadxii, 467 pages ; 18 cm.
Relentlessxiv, 512 pages ; 24 cm.
Serpentine351 pages ; 25 cm.
The spring book1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
The survivors374 pages ; 25 cm
Unicorn Island217 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
The unwillingviii, 369 pages ; 25 cm
Washy wash! and other healthy habits1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Windows1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
The witch%27s heart359 pages ; 24 cm

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The 24th
Always and forever
America%27s long struggle against slavery
The climb
Come play
Country at heart
Demon%27s souls
Devil may cry 5
Doom patrol. The complete second season
Driving while black : race, space and mobility in America
Elyse
Fatman
The Greek world : a study of the history and culture
Instinct. Season two
Mafia: definitive edition
Martin Eden
Nature%27s fear factor
Possessor
Primates
Princess of the row
Santa%27s wild home
Snowpiercer. The complete first season.
Somewhere South with Chef Vivian Howard
Survivor series 2020
Synchronic
Tesla
A thousand cuts
When hope calls. Season 1
Wild mountain thyme
WWE 24 : best of 2020

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Upcoming Events for Adults

Books for Adults

100 boyfriendsvii, 180 pages ; 19 cm
The absolute book628 pages ; 24 cm
Between two kingdoms : a memoir of a life interruptedx, 348 pages : map ; 25 cm
Bride of the sea : a novel303 pages ; 22 cm
Burnt sugar231 pages ; 22 cm
The Copenhagen trilogy : Childhood; Youth; Dependency370 pages ; 22 cm
The data detective : ten easy rules to make sense of statistics323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The Divines : a novel306 pages ; 24 cm
Fake accounts : a novel265 pages ; 24 cm
Four hundred souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019xvii, 504 pages ; 25 cm
Gay bar : why we went outix, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
The good girls : an ordinary killingxxii, 314 pages : maps ; 22 cm
How the one-armed sister sweeps her house : a novel278 pages ; 25 cm
The kindest lie : a novel326 pages ; 24 cm
Kink : storiesx, 274 pages ; 22 cm
Land of big numbers236 pages ; 21 cm
Let me tell you what I meanxxxv, 149 pages ; 20 cm
Mike Nichols : a lifexiii, 673 pages, 32 unnumberered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Milk blood heat : stories202 pages ; 22 cm
Milk fed : a novel289 pages ; 22 cm
The Ratline : a Nazi war criminal on the run, family love, and a curious death in the Vaticanpages cm
Resetting the table : straight talk about the food we grow and eat354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Robert E. Lee and me : a Southerner%27s reckoning with the myth of the lost cause291 pages ; 22 cm
Smalltime : a story of my family and the mob259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Strange bedfellows : adventures in the science, history, and surprising secrets of STDsviii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
This is how they tell me the world ends : the cyberweapons arms racexxvii, 491 pages ; 24 cm
We could be heroes330 pages ; 24 cm
We play ourselves : a novel322 pages ; 24 cm
We run the tides : a novel254 pages ; 24 cm
Work won%27t love you back : how devotion to our jobs keeps us exploited, exhausted, and alone432 pages ; 25 cm

Women Behind the Camera

The babadook
The beguiled
Cameraperson
Certain women
Clemency
Clueless
Crazy ex-girlfriend. Season 1
Emma
Eve%27s bayou
The farewell
Fleabag. Season 1
Girlhood = Bande de filles
Harlan County, USA
I am somebody : three films by Madeline Anderson.
In a world
Insecure. The complete first season
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
A League of their own
Love & basketball
Mississippi masala
Never goin%27 back
Never rarely sometimes always
Orlando
Queen Sugar. The complete first season
The rider
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Top of the lake
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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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Andy Flynt
Director of Information Services
151 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864)596-3500 x.1217


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


Upcoming Events for Teens

New Teen Books

MeToo and you : everything you need to know about consent, boundaries, and more200 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
As far as you%27ll take me314 pages ; 22 cm
The Castle School (for troubled girls)pages cm
City of the uncommon thief380 pages : map, illustration ; 24 cm
The electric kingdom421 pages : color illustration ; 22 cm
Follow your arrowpages cm
The Gilded Ones.432 pages
Good girl, bad blood416 pages : illustrations , map ; 22 cm.
Home is not a country215 pages ; 22 cm
I THINK I LOVE YOU.
Infinity Reaper.592 p.
INITIAL INSULT.
The iron raven332 pages ; 24 cm
Like home403 pages ; 22 cm
List of Ten368 p. ; 209 x 140mm
Love is for losers344 pages ; 22 cm
Nubia. Real one205 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Once upon a quinceañerapages cm
A phở love story406 pages ; 22 cm
Prepped310 pages ; 22 cm
The queen%27s secret306 pages : map ; 22 cm
Quincredible1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Reaper of souls436 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
The shadow war406 pages ; 22 cm
A shot at normal341 pages ; 22 cm
The valley and the flood357 pages ; 22 cm
We are the ashes, we are the fire383 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Yolkpages cm

90s Rewind

Althea and Oliver364 pages ; 22cm
The black kids362 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Concrete rose360 pages ; 22 cm.
Fireworks328 pages ; 22 cm
Folded notes from high school : a novel349 pages ; 22 cm
The future of us368 p ; 22 cm.
Girl252 p. ; 21 cm.
Let me hear a rhyme380 pages ; 21 cm
The mall307 pages ; 22 cm
The miseducation of Cameron Post470 p. ; 22 cm.
The ocean in my ears285 pages ; 22 cm.
The perks of being a wallflower213 p. ; 18 cm.
Rani Patel in full effect314 pages ; 23 cm
Rebel Girls413 pages ; 22 cm
Skyscraping347 pages ; 22 cm
Spud331 p. ; 22 cm.
Tape363 pages ; 23 cm
Those who prey402 pages ; 22 cm
We were promised spotlights274 pages ; 22 cm

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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

Books for Kids

All of the factors of why I love tractorspages cm
Arthur and the forgetful elephantpages cm
BINDU%27S BINDIS.
Bubbles : a Narwhal and Jelly board book1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Early one morning1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
The Electric Slide and Kaipages cm
An equal shot : how the law title IX changed Americapages cm
Hidden wonders!pages cm.
Home is in between1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
A house for every bird1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
I am a bird1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
I like trains1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
I see you see1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
IT%27S BIG BROTHER TIME!.
Laxmi%27s mooch1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Libby loves science : mix and measure40 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
LOST PACKAGE.
MARS! EARTHLINGS WELCOME.
My first day1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
My monster and me1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
The old boat1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Raindrops to rainbow29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Rectangle time1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Rissy no kissiespages cm
SARAH%27S SOLO.
Seven special somethings : a Nowruz story1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Stand like a cedarpages cm
Stay healthy with Sesame Street : understanding coronavirus32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm

Books for Tweens

ALLERGIC.1 volume : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
Ancestor approved : intertribal stories for kids310 pages ; 22 cm
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers
Cathedral of bones353 pages ; 22 cm
Chef Yasmina and the potato panic140 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
The deepest breath186 pages ; 22 cm
Houdini and mepages cm
INFAMOUS RATSOS : ratty tattletale.
J. D. and the Great Barber Battle.128 p.
Kidstory : 50 children and young people who shook up the worldpages cm
Kingston and the magician%27s lost and found275 pages : map ; 22 cm
KNIGHT OF THE CAPE.
The last rabbit279 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Life in the balance265 pages ; 22 cm
The memory thiefpages cm
One jar of magic340 pages ; 22 cm
Pearl Harbor194 pages, 22 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Peter Lee%27s notes from the field305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Power up214 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
SECRETS OF CAMP WHATEVER 1.
Simon and Chester : super detectives!1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Simon B. Rhymin%27pages cm
Spin with me321 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Strong as fire, fierce as flamepages cm
SUMMER OF BRAVE.
Twelve nights315 pages ; 22 cm.
Winterborne Home for mayhem and mystery342 pages ; 22 cm
Wow in the World: the How and Wow of the Human Body : From Your Tongue to Your Toes and All the Guts in Between.192 p.

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Virtual Programs

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Basics Bag Request

Every month, swing by the Library to stock your bag with activities that will empower your child to explore...

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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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