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Teen Room
• News & Updates •
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Schedule Reminders:
The Library will be closed in observance of Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11.
The library will close at 1:00 pm Wednesday, November 25 and be closed Thursday, November 26 in observance of Thanksgiving.
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Request a Book Bundle
Looking for some good books to read, but not sure what to read next? Request a book bundle! Tell us about what you like to read, and we'll pick some books for you to try!
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Crafternoon: Polymer Clay
Unleash your creativity with this always soft clay (that can be permanently hardened in your oven at home). We'll provide ideas and tools for a variety projects, your imagination is the limit!
Tuesday, November 10, 3:30 - 5:00 pm or while supplies last
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Teen Movie Friday!
Come in and join us for a snack and some laughs with our Friday afternoon movie viewing.
We'll be showing either the 2002 or 2025 film about a Hawaiian girl with an extraterrestrial pet! Rated PG.
Friday, November 13, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
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Switch 2 Gaming!
Join us in the Teen Room for an afternoon of gaming fun! Teens interested in finding a like-minded community ready to game are invited to play our Switch 2 games (including Smash and Mario Kart).
Thursday, November 19, 3 - 5:00 pm
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Friday, November 27, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
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Pop Up Art School Presents Block Printing - Winter Theme
Carve away stress with this beginner-friendly block printing workshop. Participants will choose from a selection of winter-themed images, or design their own, and transform it into a print by carving an easy-cut rubber block.
Each participant leaves with their carved block for future use, along with a collection of their own hand-printed pieces.
Registration Required
Monday, November 30, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
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Plot Twists
(Grades 5 - 6)
Readers in grades 5 and 6 are invited to our newest book club bridging the Cary Children's and Teen Rooms!
November's book is The Incorruptibles by Lauren Magaziner. Copies are available to pick up from the Children's Room.
Registration Required:
Monday, November 2, 6:00 - 7:00 pm
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Middle School Book Club (Grades 6 - 8)
Middle schoolers, please read our November book,This Could All Go Bad by Spencer Hall before our meeting, where we will discuss it and also plan for future book clubs!
Copies are available to pick up from the Teen Room.
Registration Required:
Thursday, November 19, 6:00 - 7:00 pm
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High School Book Club (Grades 9 - 12)
Readers in grades 9 - 12 are invited to read, discuss, and interact!
Our November read will be The Red Car to Hollywood by Jennie Liu. Copies will be available to pick up from the Teen Room
Registration Required:
Monday, November 23, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
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Massachusetts Center for the Book
2026 - 2027
Student Reading Challenge
A new student reading challenge is happening! Limited paper passports are available at the Library, stop by to pick up yours! Create an account in Beanstack to log your reading as you go through the year to be eligible for prizes.
Prizes awarded by the MA Center for the book to readers who completed 4, 8, and 12 months of reading! *If you want to be eligible for prizes, you must use Beanstack to log your reading.
Read a book that meets the prompt for the month, come back and report your reading and get a sticker for your passport!
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• Justin's Graphics Corner •
Looking for some good graphic novels? Check out Justin's latest recommendations!
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Tiger Girls
Written by Felicia Low-
Jimenez
Illustrated by Claire Low
Recommended for Grades 8+
In a world where everyone born bears their Chinese zodiac, but if you happen to be a girl and bear the tiger zodiac you are feared by society and purged in this survival dystopia.
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Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1: Red Wave
Written by Gail Simone
Illustrated by David Marquez and Javier Garrón
Recommended for Grades 9+
A new X-men era starts here! Rogue leads the X-men to guide a new recruit of mutants who are being hunted and destroyed. If you're looking for a fresh jumping point into X-men, with a good mix of new and old characters and fantastic art, try this out!
Available on Hoopla
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Superman, Batman: Public Enemies
Written by Jeph Loeb
Illustrated by Ed McGuinness
Recommended for Grades 8+
When President Lex Luthor publicly accuses Superman of crimes and assembles a legion of powerful superheroes to bring him in, Superman can only turn to one person, Batman. An ideal pick up for someone who doesn't want to deal with any continuity and just a one off story.
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• Laura Recommends •
Worlds that aren't what they initially appear is a connecting theme for November's recs.
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Holloway
by Elana K. Arnold
Grades 9+
This lyrically written book was deservingly named a 2026 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature. The author uses exquisitely beautiful language to share autistic teen Nora's journey through art, the COVID-19 pandemic, difficult family relationships, grief, and an unexpected journey through time that leaves her with unforgettable experiences.
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You're Dead to Me, Reed Walker
by Gwenyth Reitz
Grades 9+
What first appears to be a rom-com turns decidedly darker in this genre blender. Rivals perfect-student salutatorian Tessa and frustratingly funny, cool valedictorian Reed discover themselves to be in the afterlife following a year-end party. Both know their deaths were suspcious and set about posthumously solving what happened.
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Breathing Underwater
by Amber Lee Nash
Grades 8+
Competitive swimmer Tess is excited for the upcoming race that will secure her college scholarship when she experiences a seizure in the pool. Tess struggles through medical diagnostics, her urgency to get back in the pool, and to maintain autonomy in her own life. She also reevaluates her relationships with friends, family, and new neighbor, Charlie.
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• LLC Recommends •
The Teen Library Leadership Council book recommendations are back! Be sure to see their bulletin board in the Teen Room. Here are suggestions for teens, by teens!
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
In an unfortunate turn of events, Arthur Dent wakes up one morning to Earth being obliterated for an intergalactic highway system. On top of that, his friend Ford Prefect tells him he's an editor for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Ford's alien home plant orbits Betelgeuse IV. Thrown into the chaotic galaxy, join the two men as they are faced with everything from Vogons to depressed robots, and even Zaphod Beeblebrox: the dimwitted President of the Galaxy, all while trying to figure out the importance of the number 42.
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson
Five years after high school student Andie Bell is murdered, her boyfriend Sal Singh is blamed for the crime and apparently dies of suicide. The town considers the case closed, but 17 year old Pippa Fitz-Amobi decides to reinvestigate the case, convinced Sal was innocent. As she investigates she uncovers dark local secrets, and one that puts her own life in danger.
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The Naturals
By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Natuals. A group of extraordinarily talented teenagers who all have one thing in common: they excel at reading people. Body language, speech patterns, numbers, lies, they can detect them all.
At the age of 12, Cassie Hobbs entered her mother's dressing room to find the room covered in blood and her mother gone. Her mother was presumed dead, yet she can't move on from that traumatic experience. Luckily, Cassie gets recruited to the FBI, where she joins The Naturals, and finally has the chance to seek the answers she desperately wants.
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