The Women of the Copper Country : a novel

In July 1913, twenty-five-year-old Annie Clements spent her whole life in the mining town of Calumet, Michigan, where men risk their lives for meager salaries and have barely enough to put food on the table for their families. The women labor in the houses of the elite, and send their husbands and sons deep underground each day, dreading the fateful call of the company man telling them their loved ones aren’t coming home. So, when Annie decides to stand up for the entire town of Calumet, nearly everyone believes she may have taken on more than she is prepared to …

The Paris Wife : a novel

Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness—until she meets Ernest Hemingway in Chicago in 1920. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group—the fabled “Lost Generation”—that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.  Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking, fast-living, and free-loving life of Jazz Age Paris. As Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history and pours himself into the …

Parable of the sower

When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions.  Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community …

Michigan Notable Authors visit YDL

Published: May 2, 2023

This year, the Michigan Avenue branch is a stop on the 2023 Michigan Notable Books tour!

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Celebrate National Library Week 2023!

Published: April 19, 2023

April 23-29 marks National Library Week 2023, a week dedicated to honoring libraries, library workers, and their impacts on their communities. This year’s theme is “There’s more to the Story.”

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Get excited for a Michigan Notable Books talk with Ghassan Zeineddine and Sally Howell!

Published: March 28, 2023

Ghassan Zeineddine and Sally Howell, two of the editors for Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging, will join us to read and discuss their work.

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NoveList K-8 Plus

Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, books made into movies, and more. Read reviews and learn about the author. Create your own reading wish list. Includes tools for teachers, such as Lexile levels and Common Core standards.

2023 Family Read brings virtual visit from national award-winning author

Published: March 6, 2023

Lisa Yee, who has won multiple national awards for her writing, will pay a virtual visit in April to  Ypsilanti as part of the 2023 Ypsilanti District Library Family Read activities.

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Bring YDL Storytimes home!

Published: February 28, 2023

If you haven’t attended a storytime at the new Superior Branch of the Ypsilanti District Library yet, you’re missing the chance to bring home a free book!

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New titles are available in Libby!

Published: February 9, 2023

Two new library consortia have been added to YDL’s Libby collection, which means you have access to more materials.

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Maizy Chen’s Last Chance

Join us for a chapter by chapter read aloud of Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds.

Check out our favorite reads of 2022!

Published: December 22, 2022

Kickstart your 2023 reading list with these staff book recommendations!

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Fencing with the King : a novel

Amani is hooked on a mystery―a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father’s books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect occasion to investigate arises: her Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King of Jordan, invites her father to celebrate the king’s sixtieth birthday―and to fence with the king, as in their youth. Her father has avoided returning to his homeland for decades, but Amani persuades him to come with her. Uncle Hafez will make their time in Jordan …

Happy National Book Month!

Published: October 7, 2022

If you love reading as much as YDL does, you’re probably excited for October, and National Book Month!

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Celebrate Banned Books Week with YDL

Published: September 13, 2022

Books are challenged for surprising reasons. Dinosaurs Divorce by Laurene Kransy Brown and Marc Brown was challenged for possibly creating anxiety for children of married couples. Bruce Coville’s My Teacher Glows in the Dark was contested for including “farting” and “armpit farts” in the text. Harry Potter is continually challenged for promoting witchcraft. Censorship is the suppression of ideas or information because a particular person or group of people does not like the idea in question. Censors believe that because they find a particularidea objectionable, no one should have access to information about that idea. Book challenges are often initiated …

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Discover what your YDL Card can do for you!

Published: September 13, 2022

This September, celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month by checking out all the perks that come with a YDL card, including our brand new Library of Things Collection.

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Join us for the Superior Library Book Brigade

Published: August 30, 2022

October 8 is moving day for the collection at the current Superior branch!

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Vote for the 2023 Washtenaw Reads Title!

Published: August 9, 2022

The Washtenaw Reads Screening Committee has selected 3 titles for consideration as this year’s Washtenaw Reads book. Discover each title and vote for your favorite.

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Welcome to Fine-Free

Published: May 31, 2022

Exciting news! Effective June 1, YDL will no longer charge fines for late materials.

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Read popular titles from YDL

Published: May 19, 2022

A recent Book Riot article dug in to what books people around the country are reading the most–and you can find almost all of them at YDL!

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