Teen & Tween Events

Greetings from the Teen Room!

Tween and Teen events are in person unless otherwise noted.

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Super Smash Bros Drop In
Tuesday, July 11 at 4pm

Spend an afternoon playing some Super Smash Bros at the library! We'll have one console going, but feel free to bring your own Switch while you wait to play.

For those entering grades 6-12

Anime Draw Along!
Wednesday, July 12 at 4:30pm

Join us to draw anime characters!  

For those entering grades 6-12

Registration required

Summer Reading 2023

Tweens and teens entering 6th-12th grade in the 2022-23 school year can win prizes! Register and log your reading on Beanstack to be entered in a drawing to win a prize each week of summer reading (now through 8/31). Write a book review on Beanstack; complete an adventure; or attend a library program (and fill in the relevant adventure on the site). Prizes will include experiences such as a kayak outing and cool stuff to enjoy like gift certificates to bookstores.

You can find registration, summer programming and everything else summer at newtonfreelibrary.net/summer.

Coming Up for Teens and Tweens

DIY Air Plant Pods!

Wednesday, July 19 at 3pm

Registration required

Engineering Club

Thursday, July 20 at 7pm

Registration required

Take & Make: Beaded Windchimes

Friday, July 21 at 10am

Registration required

Rebel Revolt Escape Room

Wednesday, July 26 at 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm & 8pm

Registration required

Watercolor Summer Sunsets

Wednesday, August 2 at 4pm

Registration required

Minute To Win It: End of Summer Celebration!

Wednesday, August 16 at 6:30pm

Book Recommendations: Spotlight on Summer Reads!

Tween Reads

Undercover Latina by Aya De Leon - Latina teen spy Andréa Hernández-Baldoquín goes undercover as a white girl to befriend the estranged son of a white supremacist. Her first solo mission is to trap this terrorist endangered by her crush on the target’s friend.

Long Distance by Whitney Gardner - Following a move to Seattle, Vega’s sent to a strange camp called Camp Best Friend, where she discovers new friends and out of this world experiences.

Gloom Town by Ronald L. Smith - Twelve-year-old Rory and his friend Izzy try to foil the plans of Lord Foxglove, for whom Rory works as a valet, and his inhuman accomplices from taking over the world.

Teen Reads

Forest Hills Bootleg Society by Dan Baker - Selling bootleg copies of a saucy anime movie to teens, four best friends shake up their conservation town and their friendship as they try to replicate their hustle.

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala - After his twin Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars takes her place at the elite Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy. At the academy, he finds himself hunted by the Honeys, a group of beautiful but terrifying girls.

Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen - Ever Wong embarks on a strict education program in Taiwan called Chien Tan. Instead of a strict academic program, she finds Loveboat: a summer full of friendships, hookups and nightlife.