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Teens & Young Adults

Lexington County Library holds a long-standing commitment to serving teens and young adults by offering exceptional collections, programs and services. Our primary goal is to foster a deep appreciation for reading and exploration. Additionally, we recognize the importance of supporting families, caregivers and educators. When you visit any of our 10 branches, you’ll discover dedicated spaces specifically designed for teens to engage in reading and discovery.

Our specially crafted areas cater to literacy and learning, ensuring that our programs deliver enriching experiences that encourage a love for books and community. For teens, we offer a range of:

 

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Topic    Black History Month

If I Could Go Back
My Perfect Family
The Great Misfotune of Stella Sedgwick
The Story of My Anger
A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery
The Hate U Give
Victory. Stand
I Rise
Freedom
And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems
The Black Kids
We Deserve Monuments
Rust in the Root
Black Birds in the Sky
The Black Girl Survives in This One
The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze
Their Vicious Games
Inheritance
Inaugural Ballers
The Book of Awesome Black Americans
The Queen’s Spade 
Ida, In Love and In Trouble
We Are the Scribes
Strange Fruit Vol. I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History

Book Spotlight    Gold Medal Reads

Medalist Vol. 1
Being Sloane Jacobs
The Bitter End
Unbroken
Victory, Stand!
Games of deception
Every reason we shouldn't
Inaugural ballers
I Felt Myself Slipping
Break the fall
The race to be myself
Ghost
Bravery
One Life
Right on track
Anything but ordinary
The running dream
Unstoppable!
Work With What You Got

Junior    South Carolina Book Awards (2025)

102 Days of Lying About Lauren
The Astronaut's Guide to Leaving the Planet: Everything You Need to Know, from Training to Re-entry
Clementine
Eb & Flow
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn
Half Moon Summer
Hoops
It's Boba Time for Pearl Li!
Land of Broken Promises
Lasagna Means I Love You
The Lost Year
Louder Than Hunger
Maid for It
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
New In Town
Parachute Kids
Remember Us
Ruptured
Something Like Home
Tagging Freedom

Young Adult    South Carolina Book Awards (2025)

All the Fighting Parts
Artifice
Bittersweet in the Hollow
Chaos Theory
Come Home Safe
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
For Lamb
From Here
Give Me a Sign
Going Dark
Gone Wolf
House of Marionne
The Library of Shadows
Promise Boys
Rez Ball
Spin
Star Splitter
Their Vicious Games
Thieves' Gambit
Warrior Girl Unearthed
Feed Your Curiosity

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Volunteers

Are you eager to lend a hand? Volunteers are needed to help organize materials and to support large programs and events. You can participate by joining the Friends or completing the volunteer application.

Teens can help at the library by shelving books, preparing crafts for children’s programs and storytimes, assisting with the summer reading program and more. Ask at your local branch for an application and additional details.

Black History Month

Every February, we celebrate the achievements and history of African Americans as part of Black History Month. Literature in particular has been a space for black authors to tell their stories and bookworms seeking good reads can choose from an array of …

Board Games Aren’t Just for Fun

Board games aren’t just for fun — they’re learning tools. Cooperation, strategy, math, science, literacy, critical-thinking … there’s a game for that. From classic to brand new, here are some board games to play with your family.

Fall Into Winter Reading

The days are getting colder and the nights are getting longer — but reading always brightens up our day — so we’re challenging you to Fall Into Winter Reading. We realize you’re busy, so we made it simple.

Kindness Project

We invite you to join in spreading kindness throughout the month of November. The library offers a series of activities encouraging local residents to be kind to others, be kind to ourselves, be kind to animals and be kind to the earth.

Witches

Witches (and wizards) wield magic with a wave of a wand, a wiggle of a nose and the snap of a finger. Whether they are from Oz, Camelot, the Discworld — or the most magical land of all, Scotland — witches and wizards have made us spell-bound.

Werewolves

Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf? Not us. Werewolves are one of the world’s most famous shape-shifters, and have enthralled us in stories — both in print and on screens. Below the glow of a full moon, werewolves frolic and stalk the night. But what else do you know about werewolves? Read these hair-raising facts, and become a shape-shifting scholar.

Notice: All locations will be closed Monday, February 16 for Presidents Day.

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