Teen & Tween Events

Greetings from
the Teen Room!

Tween and Teen events are in person unless otherwise noted.

Click the event title or image for more information.

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Teen Study Nights

Monday, June 12 - Wednesday, June 14
Teen Study Nights
The library will be open until 11pm during finals.

We'll have extra supplies on hand, and even more in the Teen Area.

There will be snacks!

•  On Monday, 6/12 at 3pm Officer Leo, Newton Police's community resource dog, will greet students in the Teen Area.

•  On Tuesday, 6/13 at 4pm our typewriter poetry group will write motivational poems on old-school typewriters.

•  On Wednesday, 6/14 at 5pm Officer Leo will be back in action in the Teen Area.

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Find Your Voice: Summer 2023!

Have a blast this summer by joining Find Your Voice with Newton Free Library from June 12 to August 31. Rising 6th-12th graders can use our online reading log to keep track of the time spent reading. Remember, all reading counts -- read a book, magazine or e-book; listen to an audiobook; read aloud to a sibling; read aloud with your family.

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 (6/13-8/21). 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

Outside Typewriter Poetry
Tuesday, June 13 at 4pm
Registration required

Rajani LaRocca Author Talk
Wednesday, June 14 at 7pm

Anime/Manga Club

Wednesday, June 21 at 4pm


Pride Book Club
Wednesday, June 21 at 7pm
Registration required

Teen Graphic Novel Book Club
Thursday, June 22 at 7pm
Registration required

Zine Workshop!
Wednesday, June 28 at 7pm

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Proud Out Loud: Queer Book Recommendations!

Tween Reads

Camp Quiltbag by Nicole Melleby and A.J. Sass - Kai and Abigail set off for the summer to Camp QUILTBAG, an inclusive retreat for queer and trans kids, and while they stumble, they also make a pact to help each other find their footing, while navigating crushes, identities and some friendly competition.

Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy - As a voice actor for a hit animated series, 13-year-old Nikhil must find the courage to speak about what’s right when a group of conservative parents protest his openly gay status.

The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith - When a coup takes over the noble house, Hawke and Grayson are forced to flee and assume new identities before joining an order of magical women; their quest may be compromised by Grayson’s longing to stay with the women and live as a girl.

Teen Reads

Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman - Princesses, mermaids, barmaids, children and wise old women have become main characters to fulfill their own dreams and find the love, power and the happiness they desire!

The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor - When 18-year-old autistic, nonbinary Sam moves with the support of their father and a new queer club, they don’t expect to solve a decades-old murder of a teen boy that forces Same confront their past.

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes - 16-year-old Yami Flores struggles to play straight at a new Catholic school until she falls for the only openly queer girl at