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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    Stories Through the Ages

Allies
The Wednesday Wars
Dreamland Burning
Remember My Story
We are not Free
47
I Must Betray You
The Book Thief
Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School
The Fountains of Silence
Code Name Verity
The Enigma Girls
Woods Runner
Exclusion and the Chinese American Story
Angel of Greenwood
The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin
The Luck of the Titanic
The Color of a Lie
Three Summers:
Under a Painted Sky
Girl in the Blue Coat

Book Spotlight    Tales With a Twist

Cinder
Unbirthday
Red Wolf
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
A Blade So Black
The Wrath and the Dawn
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
A Touch of Gold
Her Dark Wings
House of Salt and Sorrows
Her Radiant Curse
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night
Midnight Strikes
Peter and the Starcatchers
The Guinevere Deception
Kill the Beast
Never Never
When you wish upon a star
Cursed Princess Club Vol. 1
Veil of Winter
Briar Heart
Dust
Don
Piper
Poisoned

Junior    South Carolina Book Awards (2024)

Attack of the Black Rectangles
Black Bird, Blue Road
The Bluest Sky
Camp Famous
Dream, Annie, Dream
A Duet for Home
Ellen Outside the Lines
Hummingbird
The Last Mapmaker
Meet Me Halfway
Playing Through the Turnaround
Rain Rising
A Song Called Home
Sweet and Sour
The Whispering Fog
Those Kids from Fawn Creek
We Were the Fire
What Happened to Rachel Riley
Where the Sky Lives
Yonder

Young Adult    South Carolina Book Awards (2024)

Abuela, Don’t Forget Me
Ain’t Burned All the Bright
All My Rage
Belladonna
Daughters of a Dead Empire
Dead Flip
The Do-Over
The Drowned Woods
The Getaway
I Must Betray You
The Ivory Key
Lawless Spaces
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
Overground Railroad
Rust in the Root
Spells for Lost Things
Star Child
Victory, Stand!
Wrecked
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.

It’s NaNoWriMo Time

Fall is finally here. That means football, pumpkin spice, temperatures below 90 degrees and — for the month of November — NaNoWriMo. NaNoWri—WHAT? National Novel Writing

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.