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Recommended reading for racial justice

Recommended reading for racial justice

For those of you who are interested in learning more about becoming antiracist, investigating historical and modern-day racism, and exploring social justice, we have many fiction and nonfiction e- and audiobooks available on Sora. Below are just some of the titles you can check out anytime (even during the summer) from your computer or mobile […]

The Updated Pleasure Reading Guide Is Here!

The Updated Pleasure Reading Guide Is Here!

Great news, Readers! The Casti Library Pleasure Reading Guide is now updated for 2020! We’ve hand-selected a variety of books that we love for inclusion on the list. Fiction, non-fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, adventure, historical fiction, mystery… this list has it all! Titles are available in Sora as ebooks and/or audiobooks that you can check out […]

New eBooks on Sora

New eBooks on Sora

We’ve been adding lots of new ebooks and audiobooks to Sora. Below are just some of the new titles we’re excited about, and there are even more to discover in the app!

Creativebug: Online Arts & Crafts Classes

Creativebug: Online Arts & Crafts Classes

Crafters! Creativebug offers online video arts and crafts workshops so you can learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print, and more. This is a subscription service, but Santa Clara County Library cardholders can access Creativebug for free! All you need is a library card. Click here to fill out a library card application. […]

Comics Relief: A Free First Second Virtual Festival

Comics Relief: A Free First Second Virtual Festival

16 April 2020

Attention comics fans and creators! On Saturday April 18 8am-2pm, graphic novel publisher First Second is hosting a FREE virtual comics festival featuring Lily Williams, Karean Schneemann, Lucy Knisley, Ngozi Ukazu, Lisa Brown, Kat Leyh, and Gene Luen Yang. You may be familiar with many of First Second’s awesome graphic novels like Stargazing, Best Friends, […]

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Collections in Sora

Collections in Sora

02 April 2020

Looking for your next ebook or audiobook in Sora? Try browsing the collections in Sora. Collections are curated lists of books that are grouped together based on genre, format, theme, or appeal term. If you’ve scrolled through the Explore tab in Sora, you may have already seen collections like “Great 6th Grade Reads”, “Queer & […]

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Celebration of Casti Authors

Celebration of Casti Authors

16 March 2020

The 5th Celebration of Casti Authors was a great success! A huge thanks to everyone who shared their work. Check out some photos from the event.

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March Bay Area Literary and Author Events

March Bay Area Literary and Author Events

02 March 2020

Kate O’Shaughnessy launches her new book, The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane. Tuesday March 3, 7:00pm Books Inc. 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley More information here Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl celebrate their newest book, RAD American History A-Z: Movements and Moments that Demonstrate the Power of the People. Books Inc. Thursday March 5, 7:00pm […]

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Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest

Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest

28 February 2020

Comic creators and appreciators: throughout the month of March, Peninsula Libraries will be hosting a Comic Arts Fest! Check out events like author visits, comics and storytelling workshops, DIY screen printing, a small press comics expo, and a documentary screening of She Makes Comics featuring interviews with some of the most influential women in the […]

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February Bay Area Author and Literary Events

February Bay Area Author and Literary Events

03 February 2020

Adalyn Grace in conversation with Tomi Adeyemi about Adalyn’s new novel, All the Stars and Teeth. Wednesday, February 5 7:00-9:00pm Kepler’s Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park More information here. Evelyn Skye and Stacy Lee discuss Evelyn’s new book, Cloak of Night, sequel to Circle of Shadows. Tuesday, February 11 7:00-9:00pm Kepler’s Books 1010 […]

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  • (Gr 9 Up) Three teenagers, Autumn, Shaye, and Logan, all have one commonality -- they have each experienced a recent loss. Through different coping mechanisms, each of them reconcile with loss and subsequent grief and heartache. The intersection of their lives is emotionally intense and character-driven, and a story you will not want to miss out on. Available at the Castilleja Library or as an ebook online.
  • (Gr 7 Up) The children at Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children have always gone missing -- disappearing into the shadows, never to be seen again. For the first time, Nancy, a young girl who went missing, has returned. Nancy's return ignites an investigation to discover the origin source of the disappearances. In this atmospheric tale, new magical realms and gateway fantasies are explored. Available at the Castilleja Library or as an E-Book or Audiobook online.
  • In a magic competition to find the next headliner for the Conquering Circus, tricks become dangerous, rival magicians mysteriously disappear, and ambitious showgirl Kallia, her nightclub manager Jack, and competition judge Daron are forced to face their deepest secrets.
  • Three misfits come together after they witness a tragic cloud hopping (a person with a jet pack who can hop through clouds) accident. In their journey they learn about their family history, themselves, and each other.
  • (Grades 8+) Summer Everrett makes a small choice that changes her entire summer, splitting her future into two stories. The reader follows both plots as we see the ramifications of her choice.
  • (14-adult) Jewish pediatrician Janusz Korczak's orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto was founded on nurturing and respecting children. He couldn’t bear the idea of leaving his orphans as WWII quickly approached, eventually dying with his children in the gas chambers. Filled with photos, this biography of a compassionate humanitarian whose activism was the start of the human rights movement also covers topics linked to the war, including eugenics, the beginnings of anti-Semitism, Hitler, and Nazism.

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