City library news. 2-4-26 “Winter Reading Blast” began on Monday, February 2nd at the Lake Andes Public Library. Children’s Book Award nominees for grades K-5 will be available for children to read at the library or have them read to them by library aides. A point value has been assigned to each book and points can be redeemed for various prizes, snacks, craft activities and gift cards or Roblox cards. We have not forgotten our older kids. Grades 6-12 are able to select from a list of authors and their books to choose a reading selection from.

New Selection at the Library: 'A Scar like a River'. From bestselling author Lisa Graff, this important coming- of-age story follows a 13 year-old with a mysterious scar on her face, and a big secret she feels pressured to keep. Fallon Little has a secret, and it's not how she got the enormous scar that divides her face in two. Thirteen year-old Fallon has only ever told one person what really happened on the day she got her scar. Why would she? The truth is dark, and Fallon has much brighter things to focus on, like being cast as the lead in the school play, and hanging out with her two best friends, Trent and Kaia. But when Fallon's uncle Geebie dies, his funeral ignites a wildfire of events that Fallon can't manage to tamp down. The school play is spiraling out of control, Fallon's impossible Aunt Lune comes to live with them, and Trent and Kaia must just be into each other that there isn't room for Fallon in their group anymore. And when secrets even worse than the one about Fallon's scar threaten to come to light, Fallon might not have the strength to keep them buried for much longer.