Teens

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Events for Teens

This event is in the "Virtual" group.

March Madness Bracket Tournament

All Day 3/16 - 4/7
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Entertainment & Games
Event Details:

All ages. Do you have the perfect March Madness bracket, or are you preparing for your bracket to be busted? Let’s see how you stand up to the competition! Submit your bracket to the Google form link for a chance to win a gift card.

This event is in the "Oxford Library" group.

Spring Break Scavenger Hunt

All Day 3/29 - 4/6
Oxford Library
Library Branch: Oxford Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Entertainment & Games
Event Details:

Ages 11 - under. Drop by anytime to complete a scavenger hunt and earn a prize.

This event is in the "Virtual" group.

Teen Writing Contest

All Day 4/1 - 4/30
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Community Interest
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18. Calling all teen writers! Enter your original short story or poem for a chance to win a prize. Visit www.lanepl.org/teenswrite for details.

This event is in the "Hamilton Library" group.

*Movers & Shakers

10:30am - 11:00am
Hamilton Library
Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time

Suggested ages 12 - 24 months 
Enjoy fun stories, songs and rhymes!

Disclaimer(s)

* Participants must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

This event is in the "Oxford Library" group.

*Toddler Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Oxford Library
Library Branch: Oxford Library
Room: Oxford Helen Weinberger Activity Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 2 - 3 
Explore fun stories, songs and rhymes in this interactive story time.

Disclaimer(s)

* Participants must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

This event is in the "Fairfield Library" group.

LGBTQIA+ Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Fairfield Library
Registration
Library Branch: Fairfield Library
Room: Fairfield Computer Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

A new book club featuring a wide range of queer books with prominent LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC representation. Readers will have a chance to connect with community partners in a safe space, learn from others and share experiences.

Resources for Teens

Teen Book Cloud

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An online database offering a robust selection of YA/Teen Graphic Novels, Enhanced Novels, eBooks, classic literature, videos, educator resources, and audiobooks. The collection is available online around the clock. No downloads, no waiting!

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Comics Plus

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Comics Plus Library Pass is a digital library of more than 20000 comic books, graphic novels, and manga titles.

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Freegal Music

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Millions of songs from Sony Music Entertainment and others. Works with iPods, iPhones, Blackberries and more. No software to download. Now with free streaming and 5 downloads per week

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Staff Picks for Teens

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The Last Bookstore on Earth

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two teen girls fall in love and fight for survival in an abandoned bookstore weeks before another cataclysmic storm threatens to bring about the end of the world in this unforgettable YA debut. Perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Last of Us.

“A thoroughly original, intimate, and sometimes harrowing meditation on survival, forgiveness, and learning how to love again at the almost end of the world.”Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author

The world is about to end. Again.

Ever since the first Storm wreaked havoc on civilization as we know it, seventeen-year-old Liz Flannery has been holed up in an abandoned bookstore in suburban New Jersey where she used to work, trading books for supplies with the few remaining survivors. It’s the one place left that feels safe to her.

Until she learns that another earth-shattering Storm is coming . . . and everything changes.

Enter Maeve, a prickly and potentially dangerous out-of-towner who breaks into the bookstore looking for shelter one night. Though the two girls are immediately at odds, Maeve has what Liz needs—the skills to repair the dilapidated store before the next climate disaster strikes—and Liz reluctantly agrees to let her stay.

As the girls grow closer and undeniable feelings spring up between them, they realize that they face greater threats than the impending Storm. And when Maeve’s secrets and Liz’s inner demons come back to haunt them both, they find themselves fighting for their lives as their world crumbles around them.

“A hauntingly beautiful story of love, loss, and the raw fight for survival.” —Jarrod Shusterman, New York Times bestselling author of Dry

“Hopeful, thrilling, and twisty…the snarky sapphic dystopian of our dreams.” Jennifer Dugan, author of Some Girls Do

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(S)Kin

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her groundbreaking contemporary fantasy debut--a novel in verse based on Caribbean folklore--about the power of inherited magic and the price we must pay to live the life we yearn for.

"Our new home with its

thick walls and locked doors

wants me to stay trapped in my skin--

but I am fury and flame."

Fifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and slowly sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. But Brooklyn is no place for fireball witches with all its bright lights, shut windows, and bolt-locked doors.... While Marisol hoped they would leave their old traditions behind when they emigrated from the islands, she knows this will never happen while she remains ensnared by the one person who keeps her chained to her magical past--her mother.

Seventeen-year-old Genevieve is the daughter of a college professor and a newly minted older half sister of twins. Her worsening skin condition and the babies' constant wailing keep her up at night, when she stares at the dark sky with a deep longing to inhale it all. She hopes to quench the hunger that gnaws at her, one that seems to reach for some memory of her estranged mother. When a new nanny arrives to help with the twins, a family secret connecting her to Marisol is revealed, and Gen begins to find answers to questions she hasn't even thought to ask.

But the girls soon discover that the very skin keeping their flames locked beneath the surface may be more explosive to the relationships around them than any ancient magic.

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Heir (A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick)

**A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick**

"Heir is a tour de force of fantasy that will leave readers breathless and boneless and aching for more." – Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon A Broken Heart

Prepare for a ruthless and romantic new fantasy from #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winning author Sabaa Tahir that introduces a new generation of characters set in the same world as the unforgettable An Ember in the Ashes series.

An orphan.
An outcast.
A prince.
And a killer who will bring an empire to its knees.

Growing up in the Kegari slums, AIZ has seen her share of suffering. An old tragedy fuels her need for vengeance, but it is love of her people that propels her. Until one hotheaded mistake lands her in an inescapable prison, where the embers of her wrath ignite.

Banished from her people for an unforgivable crime, SIRSHA is a down-on-her-luck tracker who uses magic to trace her marks. Destitute, she agrees to hunt down a killer who has murdered children across the Martial Empire. All she has to do is carry out the job and get paid. But when a chance encounter leads to an unexpected attraction, Sirsha learns her mission might cost her far more than she’s willing to give up.  

QUIL is the crown prince of the Empire and nephew of a venerated empress, but he’s loath to take the throne when his aunt steps down. As the son of a reviled emperor, he, better than anyone, understands that power corrupts. When a vicious new enemy threatens the survival of the Empire, Quil must ask himself if he can rise above his tragic lineage and be the heir his people need.

Beloved storyteller Sabaa Tahir interweaves the lives of three young people as they grapple with power, treachery, love, and the devastating consequences of unchecked greed, on a journey that may cost them their lives—and their hearts. Literally.