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April 2026 | TEEN LIBRARY NEWS |
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Friday April 3, 2026 | 4:00-5:00 PM Join the Teen Advisory Group (TAG) and have a say in making the library a more awesome place! Be involved in your community and meet new people while helping to plan teen events. We'll talk books, movies, music, and games, as well as work on team building. Snacks are provided! Apply to join. |
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Tuesday April 7, 2026 | @ Lunch! This book club meets at Corvallis High School during the school's lunch period Welcome to Book Club at Lunch! We meet in the Corvallis High school library during lunch once every month. Pick up a copy of the current book from the school library, and come discuss it during lunch on February 3rd. This month's book title is Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo. |
Wednesday April 8, 2026 | 4:00-5:00 PM Calling all teen artists! If you like to draw, paint, doodle, or collage, bring your favorite pencil and your creativity to Sketch Club! We meet on the second Wednesday of each month for an hour of studio time filled with new art challenges, contests, learning and practicing new techniques, and lots of fun. |
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Saturday April 11, 2026 | 1:00-3:00 PM With Local Author Pedro Hoffmeister! Join in on this three-part creative writing workshop for middle and high school students! Whether you write poetry, short stories, fan-fic, novels, plays, graphic novels, or something else, develop your skills in writing along with your peers. Snacks are provided! We'll have writing prompts, word games, and a supportive environment to learn and hone your craft. Registration Required! For grades 6-12. |
Tuesday April 16, 2026 | @ Lunch! This book club meets at Linus Pauling Middle School during the school's lunch period Welcome to Book Club at Lunch! We meet in the Linus Pauling school library during lunch once every month. Pick up a copy of the current book from the school library, and come discuss it during lunch on April 16th. This month's book title is The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon. |
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Thursday April 21, 2026 | @ Lunch! This book club meets at Cheldelin Middle School during the school's lunch period Welcome to Book Club at Lunch! We meet in the Cheldelin Middle school library during lunch once every month. Pick up a copy of the current book from the school library, and come discuss it during lunch on April 21st. This month's book title is The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy. |
Secrets, Spells, and Chocolate
by Marisa Churchill
At the world's greatest magical cooking school, risks matter just as much as whisks. Sylvie Jones has been dreaming of attending her mom's alma mater, Brindille School of Culinary Arts and Magic, since she was old enough to reach the stove. Unfortunately, her last name has a horrible stain on it, something that could destroy her dream. So when Sylvie is given the chance to prove her skills and put an end to the rumors that her mother cheated her way to victory at the most prestigious magical cooking competition, The Golden Whisk, she takes it. But the opportunity may not be all that it's cracked up to be. If Sylvie truly wants to make her own mark and earn a place at Brindille, she needs to uncover the truth about what happened all those years ago. But some will go to great lengths to ensure Sylvie fails, and she soon finds herself tangled in a web of deceit. With the unlikely help of frenemy Georgia Shaw and rising-star student Flora Jackson, Sylvie must find a way to get to The Golden Whisk All-Stars competition and uncover the past before time runs out. Will she be able to redeem her family's name and save her future, or will it all end in burned butter and broken dreams?
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The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel
by Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had and has always felt too ordinary within the magic that surrounded her. Enter Gansey, a rich student from Aglionby, the town's all-boys private school teeming with wealth, privilege, and trouble. Blue's always made it a point to stay away from its students, the Raven Boys. But when Gansey asks her to join him and three other Raven Boys on his quest to find a long-forgotten Welsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of their quiet Virginia town, Blue doesn't hesitate. She jumps at the chance to finally be a part of something real and full of magic, a world she was born into yet one that always stood just out of reach. Soon enough, she's swept into a strange and shifting world woven into theirs, one far more dangerous than anything they could have dreamt up--
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How to Money: Your Ultimate Visual Guide to the Basics of Finance
by Jean Chatzky
There's no getting around it. You need to know how to manage money to know how to manage life ― but most of us don't! This full-color, illustrated guidebook from New York Times bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle, and their team at HerMoney breaks down the basics of money―how to earn it, manage it, and use it―giving you all the tools you need to take charge and be fearless with personal finance.
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Opposite of Always
by Justin A. Reynolds
When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he's falling--hard. Soon she's meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. But then Kate dies. And their story should end there.Yet Kate's death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate's there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack isn't sure if he's losing his mind. Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate's death, he'll take it. Even if that means believing in time travel. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not without consequences. And when one choice turns deadly for someone else close to him, he has to figure out what he's willing to do to save the people he loves.
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Golden Boys
by Sonya Hartnett
Colt Jenson and his younger brother, Bastian, have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father, Rex, showers them with gifts -- toys, bikes, all that glitters most -- and makes them the envy of the neighborhood. To the local kids, the Jensons are a family out of a movie, and Rex a hero -- successful, attentive, attractive, always there to lend a hand. But to Colt he's an impossible figure: unbearable, suffocating. Has Colt got Rex wrong, or has he seen something in his father that will destroy their fragile new lives? This brilliant and unflinching novel reveals internationally acclaimed author Sonya Hartnett at her most intriguing and psychologically complex.
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No Parking at the End Times
by Bryan Bliss
Abigail's parents, believing the end of the world is near, sell their house, give the money to an end-of-times preacher, and drive from North Carolina to San Francisco where they remain homeless and destitute, as Abigail fights to keep her parents, her twin brother, and herself united against all odds.
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Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Number! Call or text 988 to get help for anyone feeling suicidal
or dealing with a mental health crisis. |
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