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Author: Jessica Goodman Title: The Counselors Genre: Young Adult Publication Date: May 31, 2022 Number of Pages: 368 Geographical Setting: Rural, wooded area, Roxwood town, Camp Alpine Lake Time Period: Current day and year, 2020s, summertime Series (If applicable): N/A Plot Summary: Living in Roxwood in the middle of nowhere is our main character, Goldie Easton. Having suffered from some consequences during the school year, she looks forward to seeing her friends Ava and Imogen coming into town and working together as counselors at the local bougie camp, Camp Alpine Lake. Ready to take the summer by storm, they prepare for the campers' arrival, only for the death of a local at the camp to spook all the staff. With so many secrets being held by everyone that she knows, Goldie goes out looking for answers, and she is going to find some secrets that she didn’t wish she had found, along with almost sharing secrets that she never wished to. Subject Headings: Young A...

For libraries, we should always be promoting all kinds of books and materials to patrons because we want to encourage patrons to read and use the library in all the ways that libraries provide for them. Everyone has preferences to what they want to read to do in their free time, and we should not put them down or make them feel bad for enjoying what they like. The library supporting readers who like graphic novels is certainly more important then not since it encourages those readers to keep reading books that they like, and it encourages them to continue to visit the library in the future. With encouragement, they may be able to create a group for people to visit and read graphic novels together and share their favorites with each other, which helps to create lifelong connections with other people. The same can be said about young adult books. If we create a space that welcomes all different kinds of readers, we can have more diverse groups of people who visit the library regularly an...