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YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS

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You Should Read These Recommendations

Join our Teen Librarian Courtney monthly for new recommendations! You can view our monthly YA video series “You Should Read This” over on our YouTube channel!

Miss a video? Catch it here! Click a thumbnail to be taken to the original video link or visit our YouTube playlist for even older picks.

You Should Read This:

Dystopian


Published: June 2025

You Should Read This:

Pirates


Published: May 2025

You Should Read This:

Friendship


Published: April 2025

You Should Read This:

Classics Reimagined


Published: March 2025

TEEN READS

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YA Reading Recommendations

We post reading recommendations regularly on our Facebook and Instagram pages.  We don’t want you to miss them, so you can find past reading lists here!

See something interesting?  Click a cover to be taken straight to our catalog.  Scroll for more recommendations with more clickable covers.

Dark Academia


Published: September 2025

Teen Picks

September 2025


Published: September 2025

Read A Romance


Published: August 2025

Staff Picks


Published: August 2025

Staff Picks


Published: July 2025

Staff Picks


Published: June 2025

Pride Reads


Published: June 2025

MTCBA Nominees 2025

 

Published: April 2025

Read On!

All links bring you to our catalog where you can see what and where things are available.

TEEN CRAFTS

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Are You an Arts & Crafts Fan?

Below you’ll find videos and instructions for many past tween & teen Grab & Go crafts!

Check out our Event Calendar for future programs, details, and registration! Missed the program? Scroll down for past month’s activities!

’90s Throwbacks


Published: March 2021

Programs From The Comfort of Your Home

D&D Tile Mats

Published: January 2021

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

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SAMIRA AHMED

Samira Ahmed is the bestselling author of Love, Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know, Hollow Fires, and the Amira & Hamza middle-grade duology, as well as a Ms. Marvel comic book mini-series. Her poetry, essays, and short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies including the New York Times, Take the Mic, Color Outside the Lines, Vampires Never Get Old and A Universe of Wishes.

She was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in Batavia, Illinois, in a house that smelled like fried onions, spices, and potpourri. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Samira has taught high school English in both the suburbs of Chicago and New York City, worked in education non-profits, and spent time on the road for political campaigns.

Samira currently lives in the Midwest. When she’s not reading or writing, she can be found on her lifelong quest for the perfect pastry.

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