Teens: Teens also include the Young-adult genre (often abbreviated as YA) are materials and programming centered around adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 13 to 18.
Themes in YA stories often focus on the challenges of youth, so much so that the entire age category is sometimes referred to as problem novels or coming of age novel. Writing styles of YA stories range widely, from the richness of literary style to the clarity and speed of the unobtrusive. Despite its unique characteristics, YA shares the fundamental elements of fiction with other stories: character, plot, setting, theme, and style. (goodreads.com)
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Our Teen programs feature activities geared towards patrons around the ages of 13-18. For more information check out https://www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/teens.
If your teen needs a little art inspiration, we’ve included some of our new art books! Click on the title to reserve a copy via the Library’s Online Catalog. This is what I know about art by Kimberly DrewIn this powerful and hopeful account, arts writer, curator, and activist Kimberly Drew reminds us that the…
We’re swimming in tons of brand new nonfiction reads for your tween and teen! See one you like? Click on the title to be redirected to the Library Catalog to request this book! Happy reading! All thirteen : the incredible cave rescue of the Thai boys’ soccer team / Christina Soontornvat Astrology : using the wisdom…
Need a new book? We have plenty for you. We’re highlighting some new teen reads that have just hit our shelves. See one you like? Click on the title to place your hold. Amber and Clay by Schlitz, Laura Amy/ Iredale, Julia An artistic enslaved boy and a free-spirited girl become “linked together by the…
Each year, the Homewood Public Library challenges our local 6th-12th graders to an annual Six Word Story Contest. Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway placed a bet that he could write a story in just six words. If the legend is true, he won with “For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn.” Each year, our teens can…
March 8 is the global celebration of International Women’s Day. This day is dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women. We compiled 30 of our favorite teen reads that celebrate today’s trailblazing women and the women who paved the way to get here. See a title you like? Click on the title to place your…
“To quote from Whitman, ‘O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?’ Answer. That you are here — that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may…
