Our collection and services are specifically geared for grades 6-12. We have books, games, and computers in our Teen Room, with graphic novels, manga, anime, audiobooks, and music located directly outside of the room. We also offer downloadable movies, books, music, and comics, as well as a full calendar of programs and events. Looking for some great teen reads? We can help you there, too!
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Born HIV-Positive, Simone has lived her life with safety as a number one priority. Now at a new school, with new friends and a new job as the student director of the school's performance of RENT, she finds herself preoccupied with trying to safeguard her secret. But, as she begins to fall in love and finds that someone seems to have a vendetta against her, she realizes that honesty is the best and, ultimately, [...]
Friday Fast Picks: Family and Gratitude
Family and Gratitude I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai This is the memoir of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school. Raised in a changing Pakistan by an enlightened father from a poor background and a beautiful, illiterate mother from a political family, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. I Am Malala tells [...]
They Say It’s Your Birthday! Friday Fast Picks
(Next week, Friday Fast Picks Librarians Katie and Marissa both have birthdays! Enjoy our Birthday Fast Picks!) Scorpio: October 23 - November 21 (Other astrological signs also available! Search "It's Written in the Stars" series title.) Are you a typical Scorpio? Are you adventurous and optimistic, a natural-born pioneer? Look to the stars for answers! -- Birthday by Meredith Russo Born in the same hospital on the same day, Eric and Morgan grow up together as [...]