Library News: The Summer Reading Program is here

Sharon Blank is the public services librarian at the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System at 106 South Community Drive, Sylvania GA 30467. Blank can be contacted at 912-564-7526.

May is here, and that means Summer Reading isn’t far behind! The theme of this year’s Summer Reading Program is “Oceans of Possibilities” and we’ll be setting sail on a nautical adventure that will keep you and your kids entertained all summer long.

Want to make sure that everything is shipshape and ready to set off on your Summer Reading journey? Head over to https://sjrls.beanstack.com/reader365 or download the Beanstack app onto your phone so you can keep track of reading time, meet challenges and win awards once Summer Reading sets sail! If you already have a Beanstack account, you should be ready to go.

Are you a teacher, or interested in how students from traditionally underserved communities can get the help they need to make the most of their talents? Then you’ll want to head over to the Jenkins County Memorial Library on Saturday, May 7 from 12 to 2 p.m. and meet author, EGSC professor and Millen native Antre’ Drummer, who will be having a book signing to promote his new book, "Professor Pay Attention, I Need Direction."

Want to know more about what’s happening at the library? Head over to www.facebook.com/screvencountylibrary and get the first look at new books and materials, fun library memes, interesting articles and local information on everything from the reopening of the Farmer's Market to road closures.

New at the library

THE MAGNOLIA PALACE by Fiona Davis. Eight months after Lillian Carter lost her mother to the 1919 Spanish Flu pandemic, her world has fallen apart. Where she had once been one of the most in-demand artist’s models in New York, now no one wants to hire her and a brewing scandal threatens to destroy what’s left of her life.

In desperation, she takes a position as secretary to Helen Frick, daughter of industrialist Henry Clay Frick, finding herself enmeshed in family drama that culminates in a murder so scandalous that the effects are still being felt fifty years later. Taking up the chase for the unknown killer decades later is model Veronica Weber, who is hired to do a photoshoot in the infamous Frick manor - and then just as quickly dismissed, but not before finding clues that might be the key to solving a mystery that’s been half a century in the making.

Well, that’s all for now - see you at the library!

This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Library News: The Summer Reading Program is here