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Teen Study Club Monday, January 5 6-8 PM Grades 6 - 12 Need a quiet place to study? Come hang out, get your work done, and enjoy the chill vibe. Whether you’re preparing for a big test or working on a project, we have plenty of space for you! Plus, there are snacks! Drop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time. Registration is not required! |
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Dungeons & Dragons Friday, January 9 from 6-8 PM Friday, January 23 6-8 PM Grades 6 - 12 Join us for epic adventures and one-shot campaigns. New players welcome! |
Teen Advisory Group
Saturday, January 10 from 2-3 PM Grades 6 - 12
Earn community service hours, gain leadership skills, and make a difference. Help the library by sharing your ideas on events and improvements! Registration is not required. |
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Third Thursday Thursday, January 15 at 6:00PM Grades 6 - 12 On the Third Thursday of every month, teens are invited to try a new art project! This month, we will make calming glitter jars. While the program is scheduled until 7:00 pm, teens are free to leave when they've finished their project. |
Tween Scene Monday, January 26 at 6:00PM Grades 4 - 8
Make new friends and try new activities on the fourth Monday of each month. This month, we will have a Lego Challenge! Join us for a fun evening! |
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Teens in grades 6-12 can earn prizes for reading! To play, read books in the categories listed in the Teen Winter Reading Challenge reading log. Record the title of the book that you read. Bring your reading log to the Main Level circulation desk by January15 to pick up your prizes!
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100 BOOKS BEFORE GRADUATION |
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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 at 717-766-0171 ext. 226 or by emailing dswartley@cumberlandcountylibraries.org |
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16 Forever
by Lance Rubin
It's the morning of Carter Cohen's 16th birthday, and everything's going his way. He's psyched and ready to get his driver's license, his little brother's not hogging the bathroom, and, man, something smells good for breakfast...But when Carter bounds downstairs, Mom bursts into tears. It happened again. It's Carter's 16th birthday--for the sixth time. Every time he's supposed to turn 17, he loops back a year. His memory gets wiped clean, his body ages backward--the rest of the world moves on, just not him. Maggie Spear, on the other hand, has been dreading this day ever since she and Carter started dating. When she spies him in the halls and he doesn't seem to know her at all, it's obvious that it's over between them. She can't be in a relationship with someone who is just going to forget her again and again. Since Carter doesn't remember that they're together, then it's probably better if she just pretends that they never were. Except Carter senses that there's more to their story than Maggie's letting on, and Maggie's keeping secrets of her own--but in the process of trying to let the other go, they find themselves falling in love all over again. With Maggie soon leaving for college and Carter's birthday quickly coming around again, will they be able to find a forever that isn't stuck at 16? Filled with tender moments, silly banter, and lots of teenage angst, 16 Forever is the latest YA page-turner from New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Lance Rubin.
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A Barista's Guide to Love & Larceny
by Caroline Bonin
An overworked college student with a secret ability helps to investigate a harmful product while falling for a new crush, in this cozy romantic fantasy by debut author Caroline Bonin!
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Beth Is Dead
by Katie Bernet
Told in multiple perspectives, the March sisters discover Beth's body in the woods and work together to identify her killer, until they start to suspect each other.
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Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar
by Anahita Karthik
Come for the road trip of a lifetime. Stay for the kissing!-- Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries seriesBuckle up for a wild ride with this cheeky and charming rom-com where one girl's quest across India to seal her first kiss turns into finding first love in the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of Axie Oh and Jenny Han! Krishna Kumar may have gotten into her dream college, but that doesn't mean she's stopped being a bi disaster. Even after spending her whole summer in India flirting with her gorgeous neighbor Amrit, she has nothing to show for it. And now, her fate is sealed: she's destined to be the only freshman who's never been kissed.But when her flight home is delayed right as a distinctly flirty text from Amrit lights up her phone, Krishna is determined to seize her last chance at a perfect first kiss with Amrit, even if it means asking her cousin-turned-nemesis, Priti, for help. Because Amrit is miles away at a family wedding--and Priti's best friend, Rudra Desai, is the only one with a car.The unlikely trio set off on a road trip to crash a wedding and save Krishna's summer. But as she starts to fall for the quiet yet irresistibly hot and charming Rudra, who everyone knows is unrequitedly in love with Priti, Krishna realizes her heart better catch up to her head before she skips right past her first kiss and falls directly into her first heartbreak.
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Better the Devil
by Erik J. Brown
A harrowing, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller about a queer homeless teen who, in a bid for safety, assumes the identity of a boy who went missing ten years ago...only to find that his new home is anything but a safe haven--from All That's Left in the World author Erik J. Brown! Perfect for fans of Karen McManus, Holly Jackson, and Ryan La Sala.When a runaway teen is arrested for shoplifting, he's desperate not to be sent back to the hyper-religious parents he knows will never accept him. While at the police station, he notices a resemblance to the aged-up photos of Nate Beaumont, a child who went missing ten years ago--and, in a moment of desperation, he takes Nate's identity in hopes that it will help him make a quick getaway. Before he can run again, Nate's family arrives and welcomes him home to a life he never had. As Nate watches and waits for his chance to escape, he finds that the Beaumonts are nurturing and loving, very different from his own parents.But soon unsettling things start to happen--vandalism, alarms going off in the middle of the night--and it becomes clear that someone knows Nate isn't who he says he is...and that the real Nate wasn't kidnapped, but murdered.As he starts to unravel the mystery, he gets ever closer to the devil he may know--and learns he might be their next victim.
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Freddie and Stella Got Hot
by Maggie Horne
Jenny Han meets Mean Girls in Freddie and Stella Got Hot, Maggie Horne's YA rom com about getting revenge and falling in love.
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Fustuk: A Graphic Novel
by Robert Mgrdich Apelian
Inspired by Armenian and Persian mythology, this delectable YA graphic novel follows the youngest of three dysfunctional siblings who strike a magical deal to save their mother's life. Beautifully realized and deftly told. Fustuk wonderfully balances the past and present, the magical and the mundane, lovingly presented in equal measure.--Trung Le Nguyen, creator of The Magic Fish Seventeen-year-old Katah Fustukian has always felt like the odd one out in his family of chefs. Unlike his older siblings, he is useless in the kitchen, and too young to have known their late father--a legendary Hye chef who'd made a name for himself in the Pars Empire. But with his mom's illness worsening, Katah hopes that his vision-like dreams are a sign of magic stirring within him--especially after they lead him to Az, a powerful div with some mysterious connection to his family. In an attempt to save their mom's life, he and his siblings strike a deal: Az's help in exchange for a dish that rivals their father's. But after the siblings clash over what to cook, Katah will have to make sense of his magic and family history--and wager far more than a single meal to meet Az's demands... Creator Robert Mgrdich Apelian weaves together multiple timelines in an inventive, fantastical story of Armenian family and food, speaking to diasporic culture and how those within it relate to their different worlds.
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Gaslit
by Megan Davidhizar
When a night of babysitting turns fatal, a girl burdened with survivor's guilt becomes increasingly convinced that someone is responsible for the gas leak that killed her family member--and that she was the intended target all along.
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I Don't Wish You Well
by Jumata Emill
A teen investigative podcaster decides to dig into the truth behind a grisly murder spree that rocked his hometown five years ago, but soon discovers that this cold case is still hiding deadly secrets--in this chilling thriller perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Five years ago, the infamous Trojan murders turned the small town of Moss Pointe, Louisiana into a living nightmare. Four teen boys--all star players on Moss Pointe High's football team--were murdered one after the other by a Trojan-mask wearing killer. Eventually, the murderer was unmasked. But the community has never forgotten--and some folks in town still wonder whether the police got it right. Eighteen-year-old Pryce Cummings is one of them. An aspiring journalist, Pryce is pretty sure he just stumbled upon evidence that throws the killer's guilt into question. It's the perfect story for his own podcast, and a reason to go back to the hometown he's avoided since coming to terms with his sexuality while at college. But in Moss Pointe, digging into the past is anything but welcome. There's so much more to what happened there five years ago, and Pryce is ready to crack it all wide open . . . if he lives to tell the tale.
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If All the Stars Go Dark
by S. G. Prince
After his graduation, eighteen-year-old Keller Hartman joins an elite galactic unit, and despite his partner Lament Bringer's initial distrust, the two work together with a team of specialists to uncover a cult leader's dangerous secrets while navigating growing feelings between them.
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Love Goes Viral
by Alexander Berman
An aspiring pop star crafts a fake relationship with a small-town boy to rehab her image, until her ex and her real feelings get in the way in this sweeping romance perfect for fans of Lynn Painter. Love Thompson went viral. Now she has it all--fifty million followers, brand deals, a Hollywood address, and the fast track to the music career she's always dreamed of--until...she doesn't. After Love takes the blame for her influencer boyfriend's mistake, the fallout goes more viral than the video that rocketed her to fame. By the next morning, she's already lost sponsorships, ten million followers, and her debut single. Love needs to rehab her image, and that means dating someone a little more homegrown. Enter Austin Grey. Austin is about as homegrown as it gets. His only followers are the regulars at his family's struggling diner that he's doing his best to save. But everything changes when he gets a DM from a star he never expected to cross paths with again. When Love walks back into Austin's life, she thinks this is a purely online scheme with an expiration date. But as genuine feelings start to develop that keep them coming back to each other again and again, will either of them be willing to take a chance on something real?
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Oxford Blood
by Rachael Davis-Featherstone
High-achieving Eva dreams of attending Oxford, but her dream turns into a nightmare when her friend George dies during interview week and suspicion falls on Eva.
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The Swan's Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story
by Roshani Chokshi
Eighteen-year-old Prince Arris hopes to escape the cursed fate of his predecessors, each of whom dies shortly after marriage, so he strikes a deal with Demelza, a seventeen-year-old veritas swan maiden who can separate truth from lies.
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A War of Wyverns
by S. F. Williamson
Rebellion happens in the shadows. In the sequel to the New York Times bestseller A Language of Dragons, language is the greatest weapon in a war between humans and dragons--and one translator has the power to change the world. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel.Who is Vivien Featherswallow?It's the question on the lips of every human and dragon in Britannia, and even she doesn't know the answer. Is she the Swallow, the face of the rebellion against the corrupt government and invading Bulgarian dragons? Is she a brasstongue, a translator on the cusp of discovering a new dragon language? Or is she just Viv, the girl who lost the love of her life after playing spy?Viv isn't sure, but she knows she has to fight back.Armed with a machine that allows her to listen to dragons' thoughts, a diary with the clues of a never-before translated dragon tongue, and her own need to avenge her lost love, Viv seeks out the elusive Hebridean Wyverns. If she can find them and convince them to join the war, the rebellion might have a chance.Viv will soon realize that while translation is a weapon, it might not help her on her journey to victory--or to finding herself.
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Children of the Night (When Monsters Wake Book 1): A Graphic Novel
by Victoria Setian
One of Publisher's Weekly Top 10 Comics for Fall 2025 A thrilling, spine-chilling YA graphic novel from debut author Victoria Setian and Bloom artist Savanna Ganucheau--a modern spin on the classic horror novel Dracula Mina Murray is followed by death--at least, that's the rumor in her small town of New Whitby. An aspiring photojournalist, she has a knack for finding herself in unsettling situations to find interesting shots, like on the deck of the recently crashed boat the Demeter. While exploring the wreckage, Mina comes across large cases of dirt and debris--and the decaying body of the ship's captain. Intrigued by the ghastly scene, Mina tries to unearth more information about the abandoned ship, the captain, and the missing crew. Instead, she finds herself roped into her high school's newspaper club covering the big school dance her BFF, Lucy, is coordinating. It's a major bummer, but all might not be too bad if it gets her closer to Jon, her crush and guitarist for the local punk band the Romeros. But instead of catching Jon's eye, Mina enters the orbit of Raf, the brooding (and frankly, hot) transfer student who has everyone under his thrall. As Raf's popularity grows and the dance draws near, sinister events begin to shake the core of the school: The head of the newspaper club gains an unseemly appetite for flies. Jon is getting close to Raf. And Lucy falls ill . . . with strange puncture wounds on her neck. Mina starts to suspect that new student is hiding a dark and terrible secret . . . but will she be able to figure it out before it's too late?
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A Wild Radiance
by Maria Ingrande Mora
When a girl with the ability to conduct electricity discovers that the powerful House of Industry is not the benevolent organization they present to be, she teams up with two boys-former lovers-who are standing against the harm the House has caused in the name of progress.
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Rick Riordan Presents: It Lurks in the Night
by Sarah Dass
Maya and her best friends' final Caribbean boat trip before graduation takes a dark turn when they are stranded on a mysterious island, and after one friend is found dead, they must confront dark secrets, betrayals, and the rumored supernatural forces tied to the island.
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Room to Breathe
by Kasie West
When her father is investigated by the FBI, Indys life begins to fall apart including her friendships but when she finds herself locked in her schools bathroom with one of her ex-best friends, Beau, the two have one final chance to understand what went wrong.
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Joseph T. Simpson Public Library
16 N Walnut St., Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055
(717) 766-0171
https://www.cumberlandcountylibraries.org/SIM
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