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Book Review: Hooky

Hooky by Miriam Bonastre Tur

Hooky is a 3-book fantasy series written and illustrated by Miriam Bonastre Tur. It follows the story of 2 young witch siblings, Dani and Dorian, in a world with magic and witches. Beware, there is budding romance in it. This is also only a review of the first book.
The series starts off with Dani and Dorian missing the bus to magic school and deciding that they will stay with a tutor for the next 9 months. But very early on, the story kind of strays from that topic because the twins then proceed to accidentally steal a dragon egg and make enemies of powerful witches in the first few chapters. What’s even weirder is that they don’t seem to be that bothered by it in the next few chapters. They also get into interesting, but dangerous situations like for example almost getting burned at the stake and making friends with princess Monica of one of the non-magic kingdoms opposed to magic. But besides that fact, things are doing okay for them for the most part as they had made a few more friends like Nico, a town troublemaker and former apprentice of the Soothsayer (a.k.a Master Pendragon who they have been staying with) and Mark, a waiter at a local cafe who has a history with Nico.
Throughout the story they have a lot of hijinks which strain the group relationship at times. Oh! And there is a prophecy that one of the siblings will become the ruler of the witches. Overall, it’s a good story with very interesting characters and their dynamics with other characters. It has a few moments which really pulled at my heartstrings and made me almost want to cry because of how sad they are.

Reviewed by Teen Volunteer, 6/26/2025.

New Mobile App is Live!

Check out the new library app with new features – Minuteman Mobile!

The new app is streamlined, easy to use, and incorporates lots of user experience improvements. Now you can search the catalog, manage your account, place holds, and access eBooks and audiobooks more easily than ever before – all from your mobile device. The Minuteman Mobile app is available now in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store and is replacing the previous Minuteman Library Network app by June 1st.

Python Programming Returns!

Join us on Thursday, May 22nd for Introducing Computer Graphics to the Blind Viewer, One Pixel at a Time. 

Instructor and Python guru Charles (Ray) Smith will describe and demonstrate methods available to aid the completely visually impaired in discovering the world of simple computer graphics. While initial interest and work was concerned with the teaching of computer programming to the visually impaired, the results may be useful to a larger community. The presentation will demonstrate several simple figures created by simple python programs plus the extensions we produced to give the visually impaired a view of these figures.

Registration is required. Please register by visiting this link.

Join the Sunflower Challenge!

The 3rd annual Belmont Public Library Sunflower Challenge, inspired by legendary local gardener Elvira Repetti, is back! For over 65 years Elvira planted sunflower seeds locally each spring – and you can do the same!

Once your sunflowers start to bloom, send us pictures of them and we’ll share them far and wide. Send pictures to [email protected] or tag @belmontlibma on Facebook or Instagram on your own post to share the love.

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