The Youth Advisory Committee was formed to give teens a comfortable place to express their opinions about what the Bracebridge Library is currently doing and what they would like to see the library do in the future.

Committee members gain volunteer hours from participating in the program.

The committee meets every Wednesday from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the Coulson Family Bracebridge Library.

The Visiting Library Service is a free service for some patrons who may be unable to visit the Bracebridge Library in person.

Patrons may request items such as books, audiobooks, DVDs, and magazines, among other materials. They will be delivered to their home at a pre-arranged time.

Staff who help with deliveries are required to undergo a security screening.

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Book 1
STAFF PICKS
Disability Pride Month
Book Cover – My Life Off-Key by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
No Time Like the Future
Fox, Michael J.

The actor shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how perceptions about time affect the consideration of mortality.

Book 2
STAFF PICKS
Disability Pride Month
Book Cover – Clap When you Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Heart Principle
Hoang, Helen

When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that if he wants an open relationship, then she does, too.

Book 4
STAFF PICKS
Disability Pride Month
book cover - the lost dreamer by lizz huerta
Remote Control
Okorafor, Nnedi

The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From here on in she would be known as Sankofa – a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past.

Book 3
STAFF PICKS
Disability Pride Month
The Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy: Navigating the World of ‘Normal People’
Törnvall, Clara

A playful guide to understanding the ways of ‘normal people’, The Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy flips our usual scripts about neurodiversity. Clara Tornvall has written a fun, comprehensive and accessible explanation of neurotypical, or ‘normal’, behaviour.

Book 5
STAFF PICKS
Disability Pride Month
book cover - heartless by marissa meyer
True Biz
Nović, Sara

The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. So she ventured out of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind. The unicorn learns all about the joys and sorrows of life and love before meeting her destiny in the castle of a despondent monarch and confronting the creature that would drive her kind to extinction.

Book 1
NEW FOR ADULTS
book cover - the quiet librarian
She’s a Lamb!
Hambrock, Meredith

Jessamyn St. Germain is meant to be a star. Not an actor who occasionally books yogurt commercials and certainly not a lowly usher at one of Vancouver’s smallest regional theaters. No, she is bound for greatness, and that’s why the part of Maria in the theater’s upcoming production of The Sound of Music is hers. Or it’s going to be.

Book 2
NEW FOR ADULTS
book cover - one minute more
Smoke on the Water
Estleman, Loren D.

As the smoke from Canadian wildfires chokes Detroit, PI Amos Walker is tasked with investigating a fatal hit-and-run. The victim is Spencer Bennett, a junior law associate with the Waterford Group, and he supposedly had a file of confidential documents on him when he died. But those documents have now gone missing, and the firm is dead set on Walker finding them.

Book 3
NEW FOR ADULTS
book cover - hearts on thin ice
Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk
Siddiqui, Faiz

The rise, fall, and revival of the Caesar of Silicon Valley. Elon Musk has cast himself as the savior of humanity, an altruistic force whose fortune is tied to noble pursuits from halting our dependence on fossil fuels to colonizing Mars.

Book 4
NEW FOR ADULTS
book cover - how to age disgracefully
Big Girls Don’t Cry: A Memoir About Taking Up Space
Swan, Susan

Swan examines the expectations of women of her generation and beyond using the lens of her then-unusual height as a metaphor for the way women are expected not to take up space in the world.

Book 5
NEW FOR ADULTS
book cover - never
Uptown Girl
Brinkley, Christie

In 1974, a twenty-year-old Christie Brinkley was “discovered” outside a Paris phone booth, which set off a meteoric modeling career that would land her on the covers of hundreds of magazines and cement her legacy as an All-American icon. Although she’s lived more than fifty years in the public eye, the full story of her roller-coaster life has never been told.

Book 1
NEW FOR YOUTH
book cover - you are not alone
Weird, Sad, and Silent
McGhee, Alison

A new classmate helps bullied ten-year-old Daisy find her voice.

Book 2
NEW FOR YOUTH
book cover - the pug who wanted to be a mermaid
Creepy Campfire Stories
Garcia, Anastasia

The great outdoors has never been so terrifying! Gather around the campfire with 20 spine-tingling tales that blend folklore, urban legend, and our darkest fears. Featuring iconic landscapes like the Grand Canyon and Redwood National Park, this book will haunt your dreams long after the last ember of the campfire has faded.

Book 3
NEW FOR YOUTH
book cover - operation sisterhood
Your Final Moments
Coles, Jay

Hakeem goes to Narcotics Anonymous meetings to keep his addictions in check. But when his best friend Miles kills himself, Hakeem finds the days harder and harder to get through. He loved Miles – maybe even loved loved him – and he’s haunted by the fact that there might have been something he could have done to ease his friend’s pain.

Book 4
NEW FOR YOUTH
book cover - i am golden
Lonely in Happy Town
Mielke, Kristopher

In Kristopher Mielke’s romance set in the world of gaming, a lonely teen works nights at a convenience store, only coming alive in the game Happy Town … but he soon finds himself crushing on the same girl in both places.

Book 5
NEW FOR YOUTH
book cover - little blue bunny
Steve: A Rare Egg
Collier, Kelly

Steve discovers a rare red egg, and decides to take care of it until they find its parents. After all, Steve knows a lot about caring for eggs. What could possibly go wrong?