Teens

Photo of the Teen Scene, showing the hangout space with beanbag chairs and tables, and teen books and audiobooks

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Virtual Volunteering for Teens

New Teen Materials

Teen Programs on Event Calendar

Teen Advisory Group

Teen Artist of the Month (PDF, 1.2 MB): Apply to be featured at the Library!
Suggest a Purchase: Request books, movies and other items for the Library collection.
Follow nlpl_teens on Instagram
Subscribe to the Library on YouTube
Creativebug craft and maker lessons online
Horror Books for Teens (Indiana University LibGuide)
Print from anywhere, pick up at the library
All Online Resources
What Do I Read Next? guides for finding books and media
Award-Winning Teen Books

This Just In! for Teens

March 19–25

Lola at last JC Peterson.
How to be the best third wheel Loridee De Villa.
My flawless life Yvonne Woon.
Gone too far Natalie D. Richards.
My dear Henry : a Jekyll & Hyde remix / Kalynn Bayron.
Dear Medusa / Olivia A. Cole.
Rosewood : a midsummer meet cute / Sayantani DasGupta.

March 5–18

Thinking critically : e-cigarettes and vaping / John Allen.
Black clover / story and art by Yuki Tabata ; translation by Satsuki Yamashita & Taylor Engel.
The ancient magus' bride / story and art by Kore Yamazaki ; translation, Adrienne Beck ; adaptation, Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane ; lettering and layout, Lys Blakeslee.
The sinister booksellers of Bath / Garth Nix.
While you were dreaming / Alisha Rai.
Clock striker / [art] by Issaka Galadima with [story by] Frederick L. Jones.
The island / Natasha Preston.
Burn down, rise up / Vincent Tirado.
Delicious monsters / Liselle Sambury.
She is a haunting / by Trang Thanh Tran.
Banned books : the controversy over what students read / Meryl Loonin.
Thinking critically : climate change / Carla Mooney.
Teen Titans : Robin / writer, Kami Garcia ; artist, Gabriel Picolo with Rob Haynes ; colorist, David Calderon ; letterer, Wes Abbott.
Yona of the dawn / story & art by Mizuho Kusanagi ; English adaptation, Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane ; translation, JN Productions.
Last violent call / Chloe Gong.
Ravensong / Cayla Fay.
The memory eater / Rebecca Mahoney.
I will find you again / Sarah Lyu.
Enter the body / Joy McCullough.
The renaissance of Gwen Hathaway : a novel / Ashley Schumacher.
Stateless / Elizabeth Wein.
Boy in a white room / Karl Olsberg ; translated by Larisa Villar Hauser.
Chloe and the Kaishao boys / Mae Coyiuto.
Where darkness blooms / Andrea Hannah.
Golden boys / Phil Stamper.
I'll take everything you have / James Klise.
The jump / Brittney Morris.
Queen among the dead / Lesley Livingston.
Seven faceless saints / M. K. Lobb.
Revelle / Lyssa Mia Smith.
A long stretch of bad days / Mindy McGinnis.
Missing Clarissa : a novel / Ripley Jones.
Then everything happens at once / M-E Girard.
Retro / Sof{u00ED}a Lapuente and Jarrod Shusterman.
The half-life of love / Brianna Bourne.
In limbo / Deb JJ Lee.

February 26–March 4

Nightbirds / Kate J. Armstrong.
Lola at last / J.C. Peterson.
The wicked bargain / Gabe Cole Novoa.
Unseelie Ivelisse Housman.
Imposter syndrome and other confessions of Alejandra Kim / Patricia Park.
Overturned : the constitutional right to abortion / by Carla Mooney.
Remind me to hate you later / Lizzy Mason.
Royal blood / Aimaee Carter.

February 12–25

When you wish upon a lantern / Gloria Chao.
The pledge / Cale Dietrich.
Chaos theory / Nic Stone.
This time it's real / Ann Liang.
And other mistakes / Erika Turner.
Immortality : a love story / Dana Schwartz.
The Headmaster's List / Melissa de la Cruz.
My flawless life / Yvonne Woon.
Five Nights at Freddy's : Official character encyclopedia / Scott Cawthon.
Runaways by Rainbow Rowell / writer, Rainbow Rowell ; artist, Kris Anka ; color artists, Matthew Wilson ; letterer, VC's Joe Caramagna.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy : Ukrainian President and unlikely hero / Don Nardo.
Suicide : when it happens to someone you know / by Bonnie Szumski.
Always the almost : a novel / Edward Underhill.
This one's for you / Kate Sweeney
Nerdcrush / Alisha Emrich.
You can't kill Snow White / Beatrice Alemagna ; translated from the French by Karin Snelson and Emilie Robert Wong.
Chain of thorns Cassandra Clare.

February 1–11

Wildblood : a novel / Lauren Blackwood.
Stardust in their veins / Laura Sebastian.
This is not a personal statement / Tracy Badua.
The severed thread / Leslie Vedder.
The beauty trials : a Belles novel / by Dhonielle Clayton.
Boruto : Naruto next generations / creator/supervisor, Masashi Kishimoto ; art by Mikio Ikemoto ; script by Ukyo Kodachi ; translation, Mari Morimoto.
My hero academia / story & art Kohei Horikoshi ; translation & English adaptation Caleb Cook ; touch-up art & lettering, John Hunt ; designer, Shawn Carrico ; editor, Mike Montesa.
Season of the bruja / written by Aaron Dur{u00E1}n ; illustrated and colored by Sara Soler ; lettered by Jaime Martinez for AndWorld Designs.
These infinite threads / Tahereh Mafi.
Doomed : Sacco, Vanzetti, and the end of the American dream / John Florio & Ouisie Shapiro.
Hex you / P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast.

Go to New Releases

Take One, Leave One Books

Free classic books used in high school and college courses are located on the west wall in the Teen Scene. Grab a copy, and bring it back or keep it. Feel free to highlight or take notes in the books.

These aren't cataloged “library books” and don't need to be checked out, so no library card is required. Just take what you need.

Photo of the Take One, Leave One shelves

Online Resources

For access to apps, tutorials, descriptions, and more resources, visit Online Resources.

Books & Media

  • Access Biblioboard
    Digital library, carries many classic titles likely on your required reading list. No waiting, no checkout limits.
  • Access Hoopla
    Stream anything! Books for school, audiobooks for vacation, TV series, movies and more.
  • Access Libby by Overdrive
    Curated digital library for teens on Overdrive and Libby, with access to more.
  • Access LibriVox
    Listen to many of your high school required reading in one place. No waiting, no checkout limits.

Career & Test Prep

  • Access Purdue Online Writing Lab
    General writing, research and citation (including MLA, APA, and Chicago guides), avoiding plagiarism, job search writing, and more.
  • Access EBSCO Learning Express
    College-bound or job-bound? Access multiple reference sources in one interface.
  • Access Peterson's Test and Career Prep
    Prep for standardized tests, research college and graduate schools, find tuition assistance, and more. Explore careers, create or update a resume, and prepare for vocational exams.

Learning & Fun

Downloadable Full-Length SAT Tests at collegeboard.org
Preparing for the ACT® Test at act.org (PDF, 64 pages, 2 MB)
Lincoln-Way Central Scholarship Page
Lincoln-Way West Scholarship Page
Lincoln-Way East Scholarship Page

Providence Catholic High School students can find scholarships in Naviance. See College Planning at ProvidenceCatholic.org.

Indeliable Annual Poetry & Art Journal

2019 Indeliable cover

Download 2019's Indelible (PDF, 502 KB), a celebration of poetry by teens—or read it on Issuu.

2020 Indeliable cover

Download 2020's Indelible (PDF, 15.6 MB), a celebration of poetry and art by teens—or read it on Issuu.

2021 Indeliable cover

Download 2021's Indelible (PDF, 10 MB), a celebration of poetry and art by adults and teens—or read it on Issuu.