Category: Tweens & Teens

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Contact the Youth Services Director for a availability of hours. You can earn hours by helping at children’s events, creating book trailers, co-sponsoring youth events, or by preparing questions and co-leading one of the teen book discussions. Call Kathy Watson at (603) 362-5234 or send her an email at kwatson@kimballlibrary.com.

T/ween Book Discussion: Wednesday, 2/5/25 at 6 PM

The book of the month is One of Us is Lying, by Karen M. McManus. Pay close attention and you might solve this:On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walked into detention — Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, Cooper, and Simon.  One of them never made it out of that classroom alive.  The death wasn’t an accident.  Now, the remaining four high-profile classmates are suspects in the murder. They all have… Read more

It’s official, the KIDS WON! Ms. Kathy KISSED the PIG!

Congratulations to the Kimball Library youth! You registered and encouraged your friends until they signed up for this year’s Summer Reading Program. True to her word, Ms. Kathy made an appointment at Schafer Acres to give Chuck the Pig a big smooch. Easy enough, right? Apparently not! Chuck played hard to get and Ms. Kathy had to chase him all around his pen. FINALLY she was able to convince him… Read more

A Thank You to Our Sponsors

The Kimball Library would like to say a very special thank you to:     Altitude Trampoline Park The Chawla family The Elizabeth Smith Estate The Friends of the Library Hannafords Market Basket P.A.C.E The Red Sox Organization Xtreme Craze for their support of this year’s Adventure Begins at your Library Summer Reading Program. Without your generosity, none of this would be possible!  … Read more

T/ween Book Discussion: Wednesday, 12/4/24 at 6 PM

The book of the month is Sunshine : A Graphic Novel, by Jarrett Krosoczka. When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn’t it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn’t it be grim? In this powerful follow-up… Read more

Gingerbread House Building (Families): Monday, 12/9/24 between 5 and 7 PM

Celebrate the holiday season by making your own gingerbread houses to take home with you! We will provide a kit to each family for decorating. This is a MAKE and TAKE event. (You may not pick up a kit and leave, you need to build it here.) Because of everyone’s busy schedules, we are providing an open window between 5 and 7 PM. You can come anytime during that time… Read more

T/ween Book Discussion: Wednesday, 1/8/25 at 6 PM

The book of the month is You’d Be Home Now, by Kathleen Glasgow. The quiet one, the obedient one, the reliable one. Emmy has spent her life being told exactly who she is. Not strong-willed like her beautiful sister Maddie, and not in rehab like her wild brother Joey. But when a tragic accident changes life in her small town forever, can Emmy keep up the act? A journey of… Read more

T/ween Book Discussion: Wednesday, 12/4/24 at 6 PM

The book of the month is Sunshine : A Graphic Novel by Jarrett Krosoczka When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn’t it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn’t it be grim? But instead of the… Read more

T/ween Book Discussion: Wednesday, 11/6/24 at 6 PM

The book of the month is The Lost, by Natasha Preston. In the town of Aurora, teenagers keep disappearing, and everyone assumes they’re just a bunch of runaways. But Piper and her best friend Hazel suspect something more sinister is going on.  Their search for answers will find them suddenly locked away in a secluded building in the middle of a privately owned forest. But the building isn’t only meant… Read more

T/ween Book Discussion: Wednesday, 10/2/24 at 6 PM

The book of the month is Attack of the Black Rectangles, by A. S. King. At first, Mac thought the blacked out words in his classroom copy of The Devil’s Arithmetic were just a mistake, but then he and his friends discover what the missing words are.  Someone is trying to hide the full story, but who? So many adults want Mac to keep his words to himself. Mac’s about… Read more

T/ween Book Discussion: Wednesday, 9/4/24 at 6 PM

The book of the month is The Raft, by S. A. Bodeen. Robie, an experienced traveler, is on a flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll.  A storm hits, and soon she finds herself and the plane’s co-pilot, Max, trapped on a raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  They have no water, and their only food is a bag of Skittles.  There are sharks.  There is an island. … Read more