Davis County Library

10/22/2026

Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism—until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. He quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what's at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial.
Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for all. She enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in the Commonwealth. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era.
Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecution’s deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair.
But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice. Over a decade in the making, A Calamity of Souls breathes richly imagined and detailed life into a bygone era, taking the reader through a world that will seem both foreign and familiar.

10/22/2026

There are still a few spots available for our Adult Craft Club at the Syracuse Branch next week. Register for a seat at https://ow.ly/9vT550ZZUYt
We'll be making adorable tile gnome ornaments for the holidays!

10/22/2026

Join us for After Words at our Kaysville Branch at 1:00 pm. We'll be dicussing Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green.

At 5 pm join us for our virtual author talk with Cherie Dimaline. Register at https://ow.ly/Rr3p50ZXnPM

10/21/2026

𝗗í𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀 (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican tradition that honors the lives of loved ones who have passed away. Over time, the celebration has also come to include 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀 on October 27th.

We have set up an 𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 at our Shelter, a traditional altar decorated with marigolds, candles, photos, and special keepsakes to honor the pets who will always hold a place in our hearts.

𝗪𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱/𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮. Together, we can celebrate the pets who made our lives better simply by being a part of them.

** 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚: Any photos and items left for the ofrenda will stay with us at the Shelter, and we’ll bring them out each year as part of this special tradition.

10/21/2026

In a city that runs on industrialized magic, a secret war will be fought to overwrite reality itself—the first in a dazzling new series from City of Stairs author Robert Jackson Bennett.
Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks, is nothing her unique abilities can’t handle.
But unbeknownst to her, Sancia’s been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving. The Merchant Houses who control this magic—the art of using coded commands to imbue everyday objects with sentience—have already used it to transform Tevanne into a vast, remorseless capitalist machine. But if they can unlock the artifact’s secrets, they will rewrite the world itself to suit their aims.
Now someone in those Houses wants Sancia dead, and the artifact for themselves. And in the city of Tevanne, there’s nobody with the power to stop them.
To have a chance at surviving—and at stopping the deadly transformation that’s under way—Sancia will have to marshal unlikely allies, learn to harness the artifact’s power for herself, and undergo her own transformation, one that will turn her into something she could never have imagined.

10/21/2026

Step into the atmospheric and deeply moving world of storytelling with acclaimed Métis author Cherie Dimaline as we discuss her captivating body of work and her haunting Young Adult novel, Funeral Songs for Dying Girls.

Set in a cemetery shed where sixteen-year-old Winifred lives with her dad, Funeral Songs for Dying Girls follows a teen whose attempt to save her father's job leads to a fake ghost rumor—and accidentally summons a very real, opinionated spirit named Phil. Through this eerie yet heartwarming story, Dimaline crafts a haunting masterpiece about grief, survival, identity, and unexpected connections across the boundary of life and death.

Beyond her graveyard-set YA novel, we will explore Dimaline’s expansive literary career—from the groundbreaking dystopian survival narrative of The Marrow Thieves and its sequel Hunting by Stars, to the dark, magic-infused folklore of her adult novels like Empire of Wild and VenCo.

Register today to participate in this spellbinding conversation! Thursday, October 22 at 5:00 pm. https://libraryc.org/daviscountylibrary/210042

10/21/2026

Do you know what you need? A cryptid.
Do you know what the cryptid needs? A habitat, of course!
Teens are invited to grab a mystery cryptid and then construct a tiny habitat for it tonight at 6:30 at the Syracuse Branch.

10/21/2026

The cryptids are out in force and they need somewhere to live.
Teens, grab a mystery cryptid at our Syracuse Branch tomorrow and then construct it a tiny habitiat of its very own tomorrow at 6:30.

10/20/2026

10/20/2026

Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent just twenty-four hours in her early twenties with the aggravatingly attractive, idealistic artist, a chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in the city. The timing was wrong, but their connection was undeniable: they shared every secret, every dream, and made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didn’t.
At thirty-two, Fern’s life doesn’t look at all how she once imagined it would. Instead of living in the city, Fern’s back home, running her mother’s lakeside resort—something she vowed never to do. The place is in disarray, her ex-boyfriend’s the manager, and Fern doesn’t know where to begin.
She needs a plan—a lifeline. To her surprise, it comes in the form of Will, who arrives nine years too late, with a suitcase in tow and an offer to help on his lips. Will may be the only person who understands what Fern’s going through. But how could she possibly trust this expensive-suit wearing mirage who seems nothing like the young man she met all those years ago. Will is hiding something, and Fern’s not sure she wants to know what it is.
But ten years ago, Will Baxter rescued Fern. Can she do the same for him?