Keith Summey North Charleston
Teen E-Newsletter - April 2026
 
Pansies in Sunlight
They say, "April showers bring May Flowers," but here at KSNC April showers bring some new and interesting programs. We are partnering with the Japan-Association of South Carolina to teach teens about Japanese fashion. For any teens who love true crime, we are giving them an opportunity to sit and chat with like-minded individuals in Spilling the Tea with Teens. Our T.A.B group is hosting another wonderful teen-led program by teaching their peers to make rubberband bracelets. Last, but not least, we are also hosting a rock painting program for teens who want a chill afternoon to craft. 
 Highlighted Teen Programs
 
Fashion of Japan
Date: Wednesday, April 1
Time: 4:00-5:00PM
 
Description: Teens, learn about the vibrant fashion culture of Japan with the chance to try on authentic Japanese clothing with the Japan-Association of South Carolina! For teens in grades 6-12.
Spilling the Tea with Teens: True Crime Conversations
Date: Thursday, April 16
Time: 4:00-5:00PM
 
Description: Join us as we listen to true crime podcasts and discuss cases while enjoying crafts and treats. Teens are free to bring their own personal crafts while listening to podcasts and discussions. For teens in grades 6-12.
 Upcoming Teen Programs
 
Gaming Afternoon: PlayStation 5 VR2
Date: Thursday, April 2
Time: 4:00-5:00PM
 
Description: Join us for an afternoon of gaming with the PlayStation 5 Virtual Reality 2 headset. For teens in grades 6-12.
Fuzzy Fridays
Date: Friday, April 3, 17, & 24
Time: 4:00-5:30PM
 
Description: Come join us for a cozy time and decompress after a long week of school. We'll have hot tea, hot chocolate, snacks and fuzzy blankets for teens to enjoy while they watch a movie. For teens in grades 6-12.
KSNC T.A.B Presents Rubberband Bracelets
Date: Monday, April 13
Time: 4:00-5:00PM
 
Description: A teen instructor will show participants how to make a simple, colorful rubberband bracelet in this hands-on workshop. For teens in grades 6-12.
Teen Advisory Board: Voices of Tomorrow
Date: Tuesday, April 14
Time: 4:30-5:30PM
 
Description: Join our Teen Advisory Board at the KSNC Library and be a part of something amazing! As a member, you’ll have the opportunity to share your ideas, help plan events, recommend books and media, and shape the future of teen programming at the library. This is your chance to make your voice heard, meet new friends, and earn volunteer hours while gaining valuable leadership skills. Open to all teens in grades 6-12 who want to make a positive impact in their community. We will meet once a month on Tuesday from 4:30-5:30pm.
Group of Students Having Discussion about a Project
Spin Art
Date: Wednesday, April 15
Time: 4:00-5:00PM
 
Description: Come create fantastic spin art with fellow teens! For teens in grades 6-12.
Level Up! Teen Gaming Club
Date: Tuesday, April 21
Time: 4:00-5:00PM
 
Description: Gamify your library experience at KSNC's Level Up! Teen Gaming Club. Teens will join their peers for an opportunity to talk about their favorite games and gaming topics. Games can be digital or tabletop, giving all teens a chance to share their passions. Meetings can include teens playing video games, VR games, tabletop games, trivia, and more! For teens in grades 6-12.
Butterflies for Earth Day
Date: Wednesday, April 22
Time: 4:00-5:00PM
 
Description: Come learn how to create string art butterflies and learn about the importance of pollinators! For teens in grades 6-12.
Teen Eats: Spring Fruit & Yogurt Parfait
Date: Tuesday, April 28
Time: 4:00-5:00PM
 
Description: Teens will make a colorful spring fruit and yogurt parfait using fresh fruit, yogurt, and a simple no‑bake granola. For teens in grades 6-12.
Crafternoon: Rock Art
Date: Wednesday, April 29
Time: 4:00-5:00PM
 
Description: Decorate a rock with acrylic paint markers to take home. For teens in grades 6-12.
 Resources for Teens 
 
About L2: Limitless Learning
Starting February 4, 2026, all L2 accounts passwords will be updated to the student's 6-digit birthday (ddmmyy). 
 
Thanks to a continued partnership between the Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) and Charleston County School District (CCSD), Charleston County students have been automatically registered for a free L2 (L Squared) account.
 
L Squared gives students the ability to borrow books, movies, and other items from any of our library locations around Charleston County. The account also gives students access to digitally borrow materials that are available for downloading or streaming online including ebooks, movies and music. In addition, you can connect to more than 100 subscription databases for free. 
 
L Squared was created to better connect students to the library's free resources and services, and using the program is simple. Check out the FAQs below for information on how to use L Squared, what students can access with the account, and more. Have more questions? Just email lsquared@ccpl.org or contact your local library branch. 
 
View the L Squared letter sent from CCSD to students for the 2025-26 school year. 
 
OPT-OUT NOTICE: Parents/guardians may choose to opt their student(s) out of the L2 program by completing the form linked below or by contacting or visiting a local CCPL branch. Opting a child out of the program will forfeit their access to CCPL’s physical and digital resources as well as Internet access on public computers. Wi-Fi remains accessible to all personal devices on site. Parents/guardians who opt their child out may still register them for an age-restricted CCPL Youth Card by contacting their local branch. Opting out of the L2 program does not affect a student’s educational programming with CCSD.
 
E-Resources
Did you know with your CCSD student I.D. you can access CCPL's online databases and resources for free? (Not to mention checkout books and DVD's with your I.D. and access our computers) 
 
We have online resources for school help, research as well as leisurely ones that allow you to stream music, e-audiobooks, videos and more. Check out these CCPL digital resources for teens: 
 
 
Homework Help
  • Explora for Middle Schools
  • Middle Search Plus
  • African American History
  • World Almanac for Kids Intermediate 
  • Study SC
  • Tutor.com Student Center 
  • Hispanic Life in America from NewsBank
  • Black Life in America from NewsBank
  • Asian Life in America from Newsbank
  • Writer's Reference Center
  • Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
For Leisure...
  • Libby & Libby for Teens
  • Hoopla
  • Teen Bookcloud
  • Freegal Music 
  • Kanopy
  • Flipster
  • NoveList Plus
Other Gems...
  • Mango Languages
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
  • LearningExpress Library 
  • Gale Business: Entrepreneurship 
  • Hobbies & Craft Source
  • Ancestry Library Edition
 New Books
 
The Gravewood by Kelly Andrew
The Gravewood
by Kelly Andrew

From New York Times bestselling author Kelly Andrew comes the first in a darkly romantic duology that explores disability, obsession, and the twisted limits of loyalty.Shea Parker has lived her entire life in the shadow of the Gravewood, an impassable forest that's cut off her town from the rest of the world. With resources limited and supplies scarce, Shea is forced to carefully ration her hearing aid batteries. When her stash runs out, she'll be left in the silence.Desperate, Shea turns to the only person who can help -- Oliver Lysander, the volatile leader of a vampiric gang that rules the Gravewood.The arrangement between Shea and Lysander starts off simply enough. She gives him her blood. He tracks down batteries. They don't cross any lines. They don't make it personal. But when Shea's best friend is lured into the Gravewood, her disappearance brings her older brother home from the frontlines. Asher Thorley is willing to do whatever it takes to find his sister, even if it means holding Shea's ugliest secrets over her head.Ever an opportunist, Lysander renegotiates the terms of their deal. If Asher takes out Lysander's vampire rival, Lysander will help him find his sister. And if Shea agrees to Turn, Lysander will give her a cure for her ailing mother. For the first time ever, Shea finds herself leaving home. Swallowed up in the dreamlike dark of the Gravewood and traveling in the company of killers, it isn't long before she risks becoming one herself.
Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore
by Diana Peterfreund

The first book in an exciting YA series about a teen girl, descended from Edgar Allan Poe, who must navigate the haunting legacy of her ancestor while learning to harness her own strength and intelligence, especially as she begins to commune with the dead. What happens when your tell-tale nightmares turn into reality and the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe won't seem to let you alone? For as long as she can remember, sixteen-year-old Ellen Poe's family has claimed to be long-lost descendants of Edgar Allan Poe. But when she moves in with her aunt in a Poe-themed B&B, the nightmares that have always haunted her begin bleeding into Ellen's waking hours. When she stumbles upon a journal in the house, none other than Edgar Allan Poe himself begins visiting her. Has the journal somehow released his ghost? And what does he want with Ellen? Through secret messages in his writings, she learns that the two share the same psychic ability to interact with spirits--which is what ultimately drove him mad. This thrilling series for young adult readers follows Ellen on her quest to learn more about her abilities, the afterlife, and the clues Poe has left for her (ciphers and cryptograms galore), in an effort to not suffer his same fate. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore by Diana Peterfreund
Wild Darling by Alexandra Moody
Wild Darling
by Alexandra Moody

Alexandra Moody's BookTok sensation DARLING DEVILS series is back with the most devilish Darling brother of all in a wholesome, banter-filled ice-hockey romance perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, slow-burn chemistry, and happily ever afters Enemies. Teammates. Something dangerously close to more . . .Parker Darling is ready to take center ice, but the Ransom Devils' new coach already hates him for a dumb mistake Parker made years ago--with the help of that new coach's daughter.Kenzie Foster loves hockey. If only her hockey-coach dad hadn't forbidden her from playing--thanks to Parker Darling.When the Devils' goalie gets injured, Parker is determined to lead the team back to greatness. Kenzie, meanwhile, sees a wide-open net just waiting to prove her dad wrong.Parker and Kenzie will need to work together to reach their goals--but does that mean risking another big mistake?Enemies to lovers: Parker and Kenzie are responsible for each other's biggest problems. But the reason they got into trouble in the first place was their chemistry--which is still too hot to ignore. Girl power: Parker Darling isn't the only hockey player in this story. You'll be rooting for Kenzie as she beats out the boys for the star goalie spot. Hockey romance galore: Fall in love with all four Darling siblings with the other books in the DARLING DEVILS series
 
For more teen titles coming out in April, check out Book Birds.
 
 
After School Food Programs
 
Kids and teens can enjoy free after-school snacks and meals at select library branches through the Kids Café Program! The program is in partnership with the Lowcountry Food Bank and provides access to healthy food options. The program also offers hot and cold suppers at a few branches.
 
The Kids Café Program runs from Sept. 8, 2025 through May 15, 2026. Meals and snacks are available to kids ages 5-18, Monday through Friday, from 3 - 5 p.m. (*unless otherwise noted) at the following library locations. Check out the schedule and locations below:
 
Serving Hot Suppers
  • St. Paul’s Hollywood (5130 Hwy 165, Hollywood) 
Serving Cold Suppers 
  • Main (68 Calhoun St, Charleston) 
  • Keith Summey North Charleston (3503 Rivers Ave, North Charleston)
Serving Snacks 
  • West Ashley (45 Windermere  Blvd, Charleston)
  • Hurd/St. Andrews (1735 N. Woodmere Dr, Charleston) 
  • Dorchester (6325 Dorchester Rd, North Charleston) 
  • Otranto (2261 Otranto Road, North Charleston) *Snacks at Otranto Road Library will be served from 2:30 -4:30 p.m. 
  • John’s Island (3531 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island) *Snacks at John’s Island Library will be served from 2:30 –4:30 p.m.
  • Dart Library (1067 King St. Charleston)
Other After-school Food Programs (not affiliated with the Lowcountry Food Bank) 
This program is brought to you by the Charleston Friends of the Library.
  • Baxter-Patrick James Island (1858 South Grimball Rd) - Serving Snacks: Monday – Friday, 3-5 p.m.
 
Keith Summey North Charleston Library
3503 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405
843-744-2489

www.ccpl.org/