October 2025 | TEEN LIBRARY NEWS

 Events, books, and library services for teens in grades 6-12

Teen Library Events in CORVALLIS
Teen Advisory Group
Friday October 3, 2025 | 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.
 
 

Teen Sketch Club

 
WEDNESDAY October 8, 2025 |
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 will now be meeting 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. 

Teen Murder Mystery: Chamber of Screams Haunted House
Tuesday October 14, 2025 | 4:30-6:30 PM
Registration Required 
Registration opens October 4th @12
 
This murder mystery party is To-Die-For! You're invited to join the fun and help solve a sinister slaying at this haunted house themed murder mystery. Participants will be given a character to act as throughout the event, motives, and clues to help solve this crime! Snacks are provided! For grades 6-12. 
 
If you register for the waitlist - you will be able to come to the event, but will receive your character info at check-in. Registrants on the main list will receive their character info via email, at least 3 days in advance. Developing a costume based on your character is highly encouraged!
 
 

Middle School Book Club at Cheldelin
The flip side by Jason Walz
Thursday October 16, 2025 | @ 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 school library during lunch every 3rd Thursday of the month. Pick up a copy of the current book from the school library, and come discuss it during lunch on October 16th. This month's book title is The Flip Side by Jason Walz.
The Life of a Library Girl: Taylor Swift Party
Saturday October 18, 2025 | 2:00-4:00 PM
 
 
Calling all Swifties!
Join us at the library for a listening party to celebrate Taylor Swift's brand new album The Life of a Showgirl! It will be an afternoon full of Swiftie Fun! Make and trade friendship bracelets, snap a picture in our photo booth, decorate a tote bag or sunglasses and grab a Taylor themed snack!
Middle School Book Club at Linus Pauling
The Flicker by H. E. Edgmon
Tuesday October 21, 2025 | @ 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 every 3rd Tuesday of the month. Pick up a copy of the current book from the school library, and come discuss it during lunch on October 21st. This month's book title is The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon.

Emily's Picks for October:
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
 
 
Ascendance of a bookworm : I'll do anything to become a librarian! Part 1, If there aren't any books, I'll just have to make some! Volume 1 by Miya Kazuki
 
 
COMING SOON to the library!
The Wildest Dreams Bookshop
by Gracie Page

Sometimes real life is better than fiction ...Seventeen-year-old Anna’s summer is not off to a good start. She’s pretty sure she’s flunked her exams, and her boyfriend, Max, has unceremoniously dumped her.So when her aunt invites her to come work and live at her seaside bookshop, Anna takes her up on the offer—what other choice does she have? At least there she can hide out, maybe get her mess of a life back on track without the distractions of everyone she knows.But there are plenty of other kinds of distractions in this sleepy little town: the infuriatingly hot local surfer who keeps crossing her path, for instance, plus the celebrity book launch Anna unwittingly agrees to host at the bookshop.It might not be any less messy than her real life, but this summer is going to be anything but boring!
The Wildest Dreams Bookshop by Gracie Page
Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch by Rhianna Pratchett
Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch
by Rhianna Pratchett

The ultimate illustrated guide to being a witch—caring about and standing up for those who are powerless—in Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld universe. 
Fearful / : A Powerless Story
by Lauren Roberts

Set during the time of "Fearless," a mysterious figure arrives in the kingdom of Ilya to witness the fight for the throne and the price it costs those sworn to defend the land.
Fearful / :  A Powerless Story by Lauren Roberts
White lies : how the South lost the Civil War, then rewrote the history by Ann Bausum
White lies : how the South lost the Civil War, then rewrote the history
by Ann Bausum

"This powerful and unflinching examination of racism in America by award-winning historian Ann Bausum deconstructs the warped history of the Civil War for teen readers, perfect for fans of STAMPED and JUST MERCY"
Legendary frybread drive-in : intertribal stories
by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"Featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of interconnected stories serves up laughter, love, Native pride, and the world's best frybread"
Legendary frybread drive-in : intertribal stories by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It rhymes with Takei by George Takei
It rhymes with Takei
by George Takei

"In a moving, emotional graphic memoir, the Star Trek actor, activist and social media star shares his personal journey from a closeted youth in the 1950s to coming out at 68, revealing how love, fear and activism shaped his identity"
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Number!
Call or text 988 to get help for anyone feeling suicidal
or dealing with a mental health crisis.
Find out more here: https://988lifeline.org

Have a great week!
 
-Emily Schilling
Teen Services Librarian