Newton
Massachusetts
Newton Free Library : This Week's Teen and Tween Events : March 20 - April 9, 2023
Schools and Libraries
March 21, 2023
From: Newton Free Library
Super Smash Bros Tournament for Grades 5-8
Thursday, March 23 at 1pm
Spend the early release afternoon competing against your friends and other gamers
Grades 5-8
Registration required
Teen Career Exploration: Medical Industry
Thursday, March 23 at 6pm
Talk to professionals in the fields you're interested in exploring! This month: medical industry
Grades 7-12 & their adults
Registration required
Thursday, March 30 at 7pm
Join us once a month as we discuss all things illustrated! This month: Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo
Grades 8-12
Registration required
A Virtual Author Visit with Steve Sheinkin!
Wednesday, April 5 at 10:20am
Registration required to receive the Zoom link.
For all ages!
Wednesday, April 12 at 4pm
Meet and hang out with lovers of all things anime!
Ages 12+
Wednesday, April 12 at 11am
Registration required
Tuesday, April 18 at 7pm
Registration required
Wednesday, April 19 at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm & 5pm
Registration required
Friday, April 21 at 2pm
Registration required
Tween Reads
Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman - Hop in the saddle with Flor, a legendary bandit, and Grace, a young trans woman on the run from the Confederate army, as they make their way through New Mexico territory and attempt to thwart the Confederacy along the way
One Life by Megan Rapinoe - Join Olympic gold medalist, two-time Women's World Cup champion, and trailblazing activist Megan Rapinoe in the fight for equality and justice.
Mighty Justice by Dovey Johnson Roundtree, adapted Jabari Asim - Dovey Johnson Roundtree was one of the first black women to break the racial and gender barriers in the US Army, and an attorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, D.C.
Teen Reads
Problem Solvers: 15 Innovative Women Engineers and Coders by P.J. Hoover - These 15 women are coders and engineers who have faced impossible problems and found solutions. They are each doing amazing work in technical fields while facing unique challenges that are not equally faced by men.
A Mighty Long Way by Carlotta Walls LaNier and Lisa Frazier Page - Nine Black students were chosen to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in 1957. At fourteen years old, Carlotta Walls was the youngest member of the brave group, The Little Rock Nine.
I Am Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya - A powerful meditation on the damaging effects of masculinity from a trans girl--a writer with celebrated indie roots and a knack for dismantling assumptions and challenging the status quo.