PROGRAMS FOR TEENS
Summer Reading Program

Teens going into grades 6-12 can participate in the 2024 Summer Learning Program! Teens will track their reading and activities at simpsonlibrary.beanstack.org or on the free Beanstack Tracker app to unlock badges. If you've registered before, you can use the same account. Just log in, confirm your information, and sign up for the 2024 Teen Summer Learning Program! 
 
Teens will earn 3 tickets for each badge they unlock. You can enter your tickets into different raffles to win one of eighteen prizes. You can also earn a prize from the prize bin for each 900 minutes read.
 
Register or log into your existing Beanstack account to begin logging your progress here!
 
Registration required at least three days prior for most teen programs.
Teen Movie Monday
Snacks, movies, games, and more! This month we will be watching Enola Holmes and will have a popcorn bar.
 
This program is only for students in grades 6-12. 
Register for Monday, June 3, 2024
Dungeons & Dragons
Join us for epic adventures and one-shot campaigns.
 
This program is only for students in grades 6-12.
Register for Friday, June 14, 2024 from 6:00-8:00.
Register for Friday, June 28, 2024 from 6:00-8:00.
 
Game Night!
Join us for a night of gaming – Wii, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox 360. 
 
This program is only for students in grades 6-12.
Register for Tuesday, June 18, 2024 from 6:00-7:00.
 
100 BOOKS BEFORE GRADUATION
Students in grades 6-12 are able to sign up for our ongoing program, 100 Books Before Graduation! Your goal is to read 100 books before your high school graduation.
 
You can register for this program on Beanstack or by visiting the circulation desk on the upper level of the library. You can track your reading on your Beanstack account or by using the Beanstack Tracker app. You will receive a prize after every 25 books and a grand prize after finishing the program!
 
Questions? Contact Danette at 717-766-0171 ext. 226 or by emailing dswartley@cumberlandcountylibraries.org.
NEW BOOKS
For a full list of new books, please visit the New Items section of our website or sign up to get our monthly New Teen Books newsletter.
Plain Jane and the Mermaid
by Vera Brosgol

When her last shot at happiness is kidnapped by a mermaid, Jane, who is incredibly plain according to everyone around her, ventures underwater to rescue her maybe-fiancé, summoning her courage, confidence and inner beauty to crusade for the only thing that matters—her independence.
Have You Seen This Girl
by Nita Tyndall

Another girl has gone missing in Cardinal Creek.
Sid knows their dad didn’t do it—this time. He’s currently serving a life sentence for the five girls he murdered ten years ago. Now Sid's being haunted by the ghosts of the five girls their father killed. Except now there are six. 
The Redemption of Daya Keane
by Gia Gordon

When she discovers her longtime crush, Beckett, is the apparent poster girl for Grace Redeemer, the popular megachurch in town, Daya, who never expected to fall this hard for someone, must decide who she's willing to become to be with her.
Four Eids and a Funeral
by Faridah Àbíké-íyímídé

Returning home early for a funeral and for the summer, Said Hossain finds it hard to avoid facing his ex-best friend, Tiwa Olatunji, who pretends he doesn't exist, until they are brought together to save their Islamic center from demolition.
Twelfth Knight
by Alexene Farol Follmuth

Viola Reyes’s favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren’t exactly kind to girls like her—girls who are extremely competent and have the swagger to prove it. So Vi creates a masculine alter ego, choosing to play as a knight named Cesario to create a safe haven for herself, where she gets to know football player Jack Orsino outside of the constraints of their real life high school. ... as long as she keeps her identity a secret.
Wish you weren't here
by Erin Baldwin

Juliette and her school rival Priya Pendley, navigate a truce to peacefully coexist, but when Priya unexpectedly becomes Juliette's cabinmate at Fogridge Sleepaway Camp, their uneasy peace turns into something more.
Looking for Smoke
by K. A. Cobell

When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren’s missing sister, Mara thinks she’ll finally make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation.
Instead, a girl from the Giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered.
Because the four members of the Giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation. And all of them—Mara, Loren, Brody, and Eli—have a complicated history with Samantha.
Despite deep mistrust, the four must now take matters into their own hands and clear their names. Even though one of them may be the murderer.
Looking for more information? Visit our website.
Joseph T. Simpson Public Library
16 N Walnut St., Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055
(717) 766-0171

https://www.cumberlandcountylibraries.org/SIM