Teen Scene
July 2025
 
“Make Your Summer Legendary!” It’s the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge at the Main Burlingame Public Library and Easton Branch Library!
June 1-August 15, 2025
For Teens Grades 7-12
Get a free book when you pick up your first reading log at the Burlingame Main Library or Easton Branch Library starting May 19
Teen finishers get a $15 Barnes & Noble gift card when they finish for the first time.
All finishers are entered into a drawing to win a $1,000 college scholarship!
Optional Write to Win:
Write a meaningful review of a book you read this summer, bring it to the Main Burlingame Library or Easton Branch to enter for a chance to win gift cards (one review per person per day)
Gift cards:
Sunright Boba
Salt & Straw
Gigglemugs
Five Guys
Tpumps
CrepeVine
In-N-Out
Sweet Citrus
Pizza My Heart
This program is funded by the Burlingame Library Foundation
 
 
 
 
Tuesdays at 6:30 PM on the Lawn in Front of City Hall*
*In case of bad weather, program will be moved inside the library 
Special Easton Family Fun Night: Wednesday June 25 at 7PM: Ventriloquist Steve Chaney
 
Teen Tuesdays at the Burlingame Public Library
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 3:00-5:00 PM
Popcorn and Popsicles: Teen Beach Movie Screening
Registration Required https://burlingame.libcal.com/event/14801206 
This program is funded by the Burlingame Library Foundation.
 
 
Bring in a plant or cutting to share with other gardeners and take a plant or cutting home. Indoor and outdoor plants welcome. And chat with fellow gardeners and get advice. If you have questions email Cynthia at rider@plsinfo.org. 
If you can't make this date the next one will be on September 27th.
 
Dungeons & Dragons Campaigns
Friday July 18 and Friday August 22, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Lane Room
Jump into Dungeons & Dragons this summer.   Newcomers are welcome. New campaigns each session. Please visit website for more information. For ages 14+.
If you already have a D&D group and just want a place to play, your party is also welcome and you can play your own game.
Registration is required: https://burlingame.libcal.com/event/14680521
 
Bring your broken items and we'll provide tools, workspace and coaches to help you fix it.
Please email Cynthia at rider@plsinfo.org if you have questions.
Registration is required please: sustainsmc.org/fixit
Some sites do not allow for a hyperlink so: https://www.smcsustainability.org/events/repair-advice-workshop-with-fixit-clinic-burlingame-public-library/
This program is funded by the Burlingame Library Foundation & the San Mateo County Sustainability Department.
 
Recent Releases
Adventures of Mary Jane
by Hope Jahren

Starring the red-headed spitfire from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this brand-new imagining of the classic story follows Mary Jane on her own dangerous and unpredictable journey down the Mississippi River in pre-Civil War America—and the blue-eyed, pony-tailed boy she can't stop thinking about. 
The Boy Lost In the Maze
by Joseph Coelho

Blending the ancient myth of Theseus with the quest of a modern-day teen searching for his father, this unputdownable novel-in-verse follows 17-year-old Theo as he realizes he must be resourceful and strong like his mythical hero after he is tricked and double-crossed by a search-agency scam artist and a depraved lawyer. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
Break to You
by Neal Shusterman, Debra Young, and Michelle Knowlden

When Adriana finds her missing journal, it has fellow incarcerated teen Jon’s handwriting in it. Swapping the journal, the two bare their souls until they’re yearning for a risky in-person meeting. This emotionally intense novel balances a love story with an unflinching view of the juvenile detention system.
The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee
by Ellen Oh

While grappling with her family’s narrow vision for her future, Mina draws a webcomic inspired by K-dramas and superheroes. When a freak storm sends her into her own webcomic, she must defeat the villain she created and return to reality. This novel grounds its high-drama plot in sincere emotional growth.
Dungeons and Drama
by Kristy Boyce

Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway...but when Riley takes her mom's car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad's game shop. Riley can't waste her time working...so she convinces Nathan--a nerdy teen employee--to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she'll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous...Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought. 
Retro Reads
Check out these awesome books from the not-so-distant past.
 
The Brightwood Code
by Monica Hesse

In 1918, phone line operator Edda forgot a secret code, and 34 United States soldiers perished. Back home, an anonymous phone caller reciting the code prompts Edda and her neighbor Theo to uncover what the caller wants. This suspenseful mystery sheds light on a little-known aspect of World War I history.
Dragonfruit
by Makiia Lucier

Exiled for her father’s crime, Hanalei studies seadragons and their magical eggs. After escaping kidnappers wishing to exploit her expertise, she returns to her home island of Tamarind. Can she restore justice by finding a dragon egg to save Tamarind’s princess? Read-alikes: Rati Mehrotra’s Flower and Thorn; Joanna Ruth Meyer’s Wind Daughter.
Brownstone
by Samuel Teer

In 1995, Almudena spends the summer with the father she’s never met. Despite not speaking the same language, they build a relationship while renovating the rundown building where he lives. This moving graphic novel’s theme of transformation plays out in Almudena’s life and her father’s gentrifying neighborhood.
Black Girl You Are Atlas
by Renée Watson; illustrated by Ekua Holmes

With poems and mixed media illustrations, this lyrical collection shares stories from author Renée Watson’s upbringing as it invites Black girls to claim their power. Watson uses varied poetic forms including haiku, tanka, and pantoum to celebrate sisterhood. Read-alikes: Angela Shanté’s The Unboxing of a Black Girl; Nikita Gill’s These Are the Words.
Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
Burlingame Public Library
480 Primrose Rd
Burlingame, California 94010
650-558-7400 x3

www.burlingame.org/library