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March Teen Events

Candle Making Workshop Saturday, March 7 Sessions at 10am, 10:45am, 11:30am, 1pm, 1:45pm Create and decorate your own candle while earning your Potions badge as part of our Winter Reading Program. Learn more and sign up here!

Check It Out Book Group Wednesday, March 18 7-8pm The Check It Out Book Group is for teens in grades 6-12. There's no assigned book to read - instead come prepared to talk about your favorite books, the book you just read, or what's on your TBR (to be read) pile. Learn more and sign up here!

Dungeons & Dragons Friday, March 27 5-9pm Join us for an evening of D&D - run by teens for teens. Pizza and snacks will be provided. Learn more here!

Youth Media Award Winners

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults: Winner: Dig by A.S. King Honor Books: The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens: Winner: The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe Honor Books: The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad Frankly in Love by David Yoon Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Winner: Free Lunch by Rex Ogle Finalists: The Great Nijinsky: God of Dance by Lynn Curlee A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust by Albert Marrin A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the 'Children's Ship' by Deborah Heiligman

Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh Dominicana by Angie Cruz Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe High School by Sara Quin and Tegan Quin

In Waves by AJ Dungo Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston The Swallows by Lisa Lutz

Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: 2020 Winner: Steve Sheinkin Bomb: The Race to Build-and-Steal- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery Lincoln's Grave Robbers

See all of the Youth Media Award Winners.

New Teen Fiction

Fresh Ink: An Anthology

What I Carry by Jennifer Longo

How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian

Diamond City by Francesca Flores

We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding

Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith

Devil Darling Spy by Matt Killeen

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

Spell Hacker by M.K. England

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson

What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel

Little Women: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition by Louisa May Alcott

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

The Queen's Assassin by Melissa De La Cruz

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne

Straight on Till Morning: A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed

Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian

Standing Strong by Gary Robinson

A Purse Full of Tales: Folk Tales from Korea

The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves

Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal

No True Believers by Rabiah York Lumbard

The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid by Kate Hattemer

Miss You Love You Hate You Bye by Abby Sher

All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli

Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon

10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston

Michigan vs. The Boys by Carrie S. Allen

The Liar's Daughter by Megan Cooley Peterson

Creep by Eireann Corrigan

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa Sheinmel

Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher

Dig by A. S. King

Pretty in Punxsutawney by Laurie Boyle Crompton

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Mike by Andrew Norriss

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert

I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Life is Short and Then You Die: First Encounters with Murder

The Justice Project by Michael Betcherman

Malice by Pintip Dunn

Lords of Badassery by Reinhardt Suarez

Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Salt by Hannah Moskowitz

The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco

Envy by Anna Godbersen

Here to Stay by Sara Farizan

500 Words or Less by Juleah del Rosario

Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

Life Before Legend: Stories of the Criminal and the Prodigy by Marie Lu

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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New Teen Nonfiction

The Shakespeare Book

The Anger Workbook for Teens

Knitting Magic: The Official Harry Potter Knitting Pattern Book

World of Pop! Volume 8

The Upset: Life (Sports), Death... And the Legacy We Leave in Trouble: The Tyler Trent Story

The Cosplay Journal Vol 3

Creative Journaling: A Guide to Over 100 Ideas and Techniques for Amazing Dot Grid, Junk, Mixed Media, and Travel Pages

5-Minute Mindfulness Meditations for Teens

Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir) by Jackson Bird

Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye

Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America by Gail Jarrow

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New Video Games

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Switch

Jumanji: The Video Game Switch

Astroneer XBox One

Battlefield V PS4

Dead by Daylight PS4

The Witcher III: Wild Hunt PS4

New Manga

My Hero Academia Smash!! *New Series*

Emma

A Witch's Printing Office *New Series*

My Hero Academia Ongoing Series

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New Graphic Novels

Scott Pilgrim

By Night

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

Stranger Things: Zombie Boys

Shadow of the Batgirl

Miles Morales Vol. 2

Scooby Apocalypse

Giant Days

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New Tween Fiction

The Everything I Have Lost by Sylvia Zeleny

Parked by Danielle Svetcov

Chirp by Kate Messner

Baylor's Guide to Dreadful Dreams by Robert Imfeld

Middle School's a Drag: You Better Werk! by Greg Howard

It's the End of the World As I Know It by Matthew Landis

New Around the Library

Paint Chip Poetry: A Game of Color and Wordplay

Think Circle

Azul: A Game

You All Grow Up and Leave Me: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession by Piper Weiss

D&D Eberron: Rising from the Last War

False Knees: An Illustrated Guide to Animal Behavior

Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing

No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

A Fire Story by Brian Fies

Gender: A Graphic Guide

Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown

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