Teen Services

Teen Programs

Teens! Get Ready for Prom and Special Occasions
Wednesday, May 1 @ 6 pm
Learn how to dress your hair, put on makeup and style your nails! Start off with manicures by Mrs. Kathy. Learn how to manicure, decorate and take care of your nails like a professional. Free nail kits! Includes nail file, buffer block, orange wood stick, nail polish and a variety of decorations.

Then be the model for demonstrations of great hair styles. Have your make-up done by a professional. Learn how to make the most of your hair and face. Registration required.

Fun Fountain Fondue
Wednesday, June 12 @ 6 pm
It doesn't get any better! Dip fruit in your choice of milk, dark or white chocolate.

Summer Book Buddies
Wednesday, June 26 @ 5:30 pm
A guide for Book Buddies. Please make every effort to attend. Important information on how to read aloud, listen to your book buddy, select which books to read and how to interact with your buddy for an enjoyable reading experience.

Teens Top 10 Books

Over 2,000 online ballots were cast and the results, combined with the results of a separate vote of the TTT groups, determined the final ranking of the ten top books of the year, as selected by teen readers. Find out what your peers are voting for this year's Teens' Top 10. For prior Teens' Top 10, check out this list:

Best Books for Teens 2011
Best Books for Teens 2010
Best Books for Teens 2009
Best Books for Teens 2008
Best Books for Teens 2007
Best Books for Teens 2006
Best Books for Teens 2005
Best Books for Teens 2004
Best Books for Teens 2003
Best Books for Teens 2002
Best Books for Teens 2001

Teen Reads
THE place for teens to talk about their fave books and find the hottest new titles! Check out Teen Reads now.

Favorite Teenage Angst Books
Come and visit Favorite Teenage Angst Books @ The Grouchy Cafe for a celebration of teenage angst and personal discovery.

Reading Rants
For out of the ordinary teen booklists, Reading Rants is the place to go.

2013 Printz Honor Books

And the 2013 Printz Award Goes To...

In Darkness

by Nick Lake

"Shorty" is a Haitian boy trapped in the ruins of a hospital when the earth explodes around him. Surrounded by lifeless bodies and growing desperately weak from lack of food and water, death seems imminent. Yet as Shorty waits in darkness for a rescue that may never come, he becomes aware of another presence, one reaching out to him across two hundred years of history. It is the presence of slave and revolutionary leader Toussaint L'Ouverture, whose life was marred by violence, and whose own end came in darkness. What unites a child of the slums with the man who would shake a troubled country out of slavery? Is it the darkness they share... or is it hope?

About the Michael Printz Award
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association.

For other award winning books, check out:

The John Newbery Award
The Newbery Medal was named for the 18th Century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the American Library Association - Association for Library Service to Children, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for children.

The Alex Award
The Alex Awards, are funded by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust, which are announced annually in conjunction with National Library Week, honor the top 10 adult books for teenagers published during a calendar year.