Normal Public Library provides many enriching events and resources for teens. Find items from our teen collections and helpful online resources.
Activities
We have lots of activities going on every month for teens to enjoy. Whether you are into technology, poetry, crafts, anime, or more, there is something for you at NPL!
Learn more about current activities here.
Teen Spaces
The library is a great place to meet up with friends or spend some time studying.
We hope you will check out our Teen Department next time you are at the library.
Teen Mobile Maker Space
Our Teen Mobile Makerspace is an area that encourages participation in hands-on collaborative learning, sharing, and creating through the use of technology and do-it-yourself materials. Teens, take a look at the makerspace during your next visit.
Thanks to our Giving Tuesday campaign in 2015, we are pleased to offer our Teen Mobile Makerspace.
Collection
The library has a fantastic collection of the latest books for teens and we work hard to maintain a great selection of graphic novels.
You will also find tons of music and movies to check out and a huge selection of media to download & stream.
Top Titles for Teens
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Love Makes Mochi
Seventeen-year-old goth fashion designer Lilyn travels to Tokyo to study under a legendary tailor, but as she struggles to blend her dark aesthetic with traditional Japanese style, she finds both inspiration and unexpected romance with Yua, her mentor's rebellious, rainbow-haired daughter.
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Dragon Cursed
Since the dragons emerged-along with the scourge that ravaged our lands and people-there's only one human city that remains standing: Vinguard. But the hellfire from above is nothing compared to the threat from within
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Love on Ice
When seventeen-year-old Harper catches the star hockey player Easton stealing their rival school's mascot, she makes a deal to keep quiet if he agrees to be her date to the prom.
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The Sun and the Starmaker
On her wedding day, eighteen-year-old Aurora has a chance encounter with the current Starmaker, who senses a powerful magic within her and brings her back to his ice castle to master her abilities, where growing attraction and buried secrets collide as a deadly frost approaches.
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Divergent
Book 1 in the Divergent series
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
A Hunger Games novel
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games.
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The Ruins of Gorlan
Book 1 in the Ranger's Apprentice series
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
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Turtles All the Way Down
Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate.
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Catching Fire
Book 2 in the Hunger Game series
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
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Insurgent
As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves.
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Mockingjay
Book 3 in the Hunger Games seriesAgainst all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe.
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One of Us Is Lying
Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Before the end of detention on is dead.
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Sunrise on the Reaping
Book 5 in the Hunger Games series
As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. When you've been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?
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The Hate U Give
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. What Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
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Unwind
Book 1 in the Unwind Dystology
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to survive until they turn eighteen.
Outreach
Our Teen Librarian regularly visits McLean County's Juvenile Detention Center to introduce teens there to books that they might enjoy. She also visits schools in Normal during the students' lunch breaks to introduce them to great books through our Books & Bites program.
Explore & Learn
America's News
Black Freedom Struggle Website
Brainfuse HelpNow
Creativebug
Creativebug.com offers award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.