Teens

Mondays starting 12/02/2024 - 5:30 - 7:00 PM

Get ready for an exciting Dungeons and Dragons campaign, just for teens ages 13 and older. We will start on Monday, December 2 and run for three weeks. Then we will take a two-week break for the holidays, and resume on January 6th, picking up where we left off in December. 

This six-week program will be limited to 6 players, so get your reservation in as soon as possible!

No previous experience is necessary, sessions will be led by veteran DnD player and Dungeon Master Emma Knudson.

Join the library's Winter Reading Challenge this year to cozy up with some good books and winter activities for a chance to win a prize! Beginning on January 15, kids and adults alike will be able to pick up a winter reading challenge sheet at the library and start completing activities. Turn your sheet in anytime before February 15 for a chance to win a prize!

Teen Book Club - Monday, January 27

4-5 PM

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

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Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless Lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. 

She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. - Goodreads.com

Copies of the book are available now at the service desk in the library.

While juniors take their ACT's, sophomores can come to the library to take a practice diagnostic test so they can be better prepared for taking the test as juniors. We are partnering with Galin Education to offer this practice ACT test, free of charge for students. Please register online or by calling the library at 608-798-3881 to save your spot. The test will take 3-3.5 hours, with snack and stretch breaks built in.

Students should bring their own calculator. Snacks will be provided.

Song for a Whale, by Lynne Kelly

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him.

From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she's the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she's not very smart. If you've ever felt like no one was listening to you, then you know how hard that can be.
When she learns about Blue 55, a real whale who is unable to speak to other whales, Iris understands how he must feel. Then she has an idea: she should invent a way to "sing" to him! But he's three thousand miles away. How will she play her song for him?

The Tween Book club read Song for a Whale, by Lynne Kelly for their February 2021 book discussion. The author graciously agreed to answer questions from the group. Take a look at the interview, which includes a link to a fascinating article, complete with recordings of whale sounds.

Check out this interview with the author of one of our favorite reads, The True Meaning of Smekday. We have often read the book for an end of the year selection (just because we like it so much). Adam Rex offered to answer questions for our group, take a look at what he had to say.