Roll for Love Grades 8+ 268 pages Harper once spent every summer at her grandparents’ farm in rural Clintville, Virginia, so her mother could escape her oppressive marriage for two and a half glorious months each year… That is, until her mom realized she could just divorce the man and have freedom all year round…
Be-You-Tiful 2025 Multimedia Contest Submissions Open!
The annual Be-YOU-Tiful Multimedia contest, proudly presented by the Eating Disorders Resource Center (EDRC), is now accepting submissions! To enter, you must be a student in the Bay Area between the grades of 6 and 12. Your entry may be in the form of an essay, poem, visual art piece, video, or other piece of media. The…
Get Ready for Finals with the Library!
It’s December, which means cold weather, holiday cheer—and, of course, the overwhelming desire to curl up and hibernate like a bear all month. But for you, the beleaguered high schooler, December means all of these things are tempered by mounting anxiety as final exams and projects loom over your head: an insurmountable wall between you…
November Teen Book of the Month — The Art Thieves
THE ART THIEVES Grades 7+ 400 pages It's the year 2052. The world is trapped in an endless, ever-augmenting cycle of droughts, superstorms, heat domes, and polar vortexes. But life goes on, at least for now. Stevie, an 18-year-old Cherokee girl, works at the gift shop of the Modern Museum of Art in Texas to…
Teens: May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
Every year during the month of May, we come together to raise awareness for mental health, to promote emotional and mental well-being, and to destigmatize and normalize matters of mental health. Mental well-being is important all year round, but this is a great time to join the national conversation about mental health, educate yourself and…
2024 SCCLD Teen Poetry Contest
Announcing the 18th Annual SCCLD Teen Poetry Contest! How does it work? One winner from each library will be chosen in the following categories: Middle School (grades 6–8) and High School (grades 9–12). Winners will receive a $50 gift card AND an exclusive winners' workshop with Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Yosimar Reyes on Saturday…
Be-You-Tiful 2024 Multimedia Contest Open!
The annual Be-You-Tiful Multimedia contest, proudly presented by the Eating Disorders Resource Center (EDRC), is now accepting submissions! To enter, you must be a student in the Santa Clara County area between the grades of 6 and 12. Your entry may be in the form of an essay, poem, video, or visual art. The deadline…
January Teen Book of the Month – Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
Our teen book of the month selection for January 2024.
September Teen Book of the Month – The Luis Ortega Survival Club
The Luis Ortega Survival Club Grades 9+ 320 pages Ariana Ruiz is under a curse: she can't talk. Well… she can talk, just not in public. Or around people she's not comfortable with. Which is everyone except her family, since not talking makes it a little tough to make friends. Being autistic and selectively mute…
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