Adventure Pass temporarily shut down in 2025

Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Iowa Adventure Pass program will temporarily shut down in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can still make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. The service will return at a later time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Weather update for 12/14/2024

All locations of the Des Moines Public Library will be open normal hours Saturday, December 14, and all locations will serve as emergency warming shelters during open hours. 

Banned Books Week Discussion: "Verify" by Joelle Charbonneau

Program Type:

Book Clubs

Age Group:

Teens, Adults, All Ages
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Allowed Ages: 12 to Over 25

Event Details

Celebrate Banned Books week and the NEA Big Reads pick Fahrenheit 451 with the book Verify by Joelle Charbonneau. 

Verify is about Meri Beckley, who lives in a peaceful world without print and without lies. But when her mother is killed and no one around her has any answers, Meri finds that her idyllic world is not at all what it seems. A dystopian thriller with themes of censorship, this read is great for teens, adults, and fans of Fahrenheit 451 and 1984!

Register online and *pickup a copy of the book at Central Library, then join us on Zoom for the book discussion! 

All ages.

*Please note, there are a limited number of library copies available for pick up. An e-book and e-audiobook version are also available via the library website.