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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Let's Split Up
When the town's "it-couple," Brad and Shelley, are found brutally murdered in a secluded manor, a brave group of teen friends takes on the mystery.
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My Roommate from Hell
A swoon-worthy YA rom-com about an ambitious college student whose plans get derailed when he discovers his roommate is the prince of hell.
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How Girls Are Made
Fallon is a fixer. Shelby is a fighter. Jobie is a failure. Fallon needs to keep herself anonymous, Shelby needs to keep her new boyfriend happy, and Jobie needs to keep her followers who keep asking for more. Each girl finds herself trapped in an inescapable situation--that will leave one of them dead.
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The Trespassers
Finley, Mya, River, and Eli were inseparable—until tragedy shattered their bond and drove Finley away. Now it’s senior year, and she’s back, hoping to reclaim the friendships she lost. But when Mya throws a house party on a snowy night, Finley realizes the group isn’t what it used to be. Then a stranger crashes the party. Then someone ends up dead. Then everything unravels.
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Heart Check
Dawson, a star hockey player, and Harper, his biggest critic, must confront their assumptions about each other while working together at an after-school job, as they navigate their differences and find unexpected common ground.
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Lemons and Lies
Valeria Morales's senior year is off to a sour start. Her twin brother, Adrian, isn't talking to her, she's realizing all her friends were actually his friends, and now she's failing math. Enter Gage Magnussen. Gage isn't looking to take on any tutoring gigs now that his standing as valedictorian is at risk after letting a catastrophic breakup distract him - not to mention his demanding parents expect Gage to coordinate their yearly charity auction alongside his cheating ex. So Valeria offers him a deal: if he helps her pass math, she'll take over event planning AND pretend to be his girlfriend. A win-win-win! But as their study sessions move to deep conversations and their fake dates begin feeling realer and realer, is it possible the lemons they've been dealt will turn into lemonade? Or will this arrangement only sting?
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Under a Fire-Red Sky
With World War II on their doorstep, four teens evade evacuation and remain in London, attempting to aid the Fire Service and keep each other safe during the Blitz.
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The House No One Sees
When seventeen-year-old Penelope enters her childhood home, the house floods her with painful memories of her mother's opioid addiction that she must confront to mend her fractured past.
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The Weaver Bride
A sweeping fantasy about a witch who must navigate a ruthless marriage competition while investigating a mysterious death and navigating a thrilling romance.
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A Feast for the Eyes
Four teens must track down a local cryptid that is feeding off secrets, before their own hidden truths are exposed.
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Gilded in Vengeance
Two years after being framed for fraud by the Society of the Charmed, an exclusive club of New York's wealthiest--and most magical--citizens, Emmy Vallillo wastes away in prison, utterly alone. Until her cell door bursts open, revealing Jack Fontaine, one of the Society's favorite sons, now imprisoned for a crime he swears he didn't commit. They make a deal: he'll help Emmy escape, if she helps destroy those who've wronged them.
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Secrets of the Blue Hand Girls (Standard Edition)
When the first letter appears in Kay Anderson's locker, it carries one instruction: dye your hand blue. Kay doesn't have time for secret societies. Still, Kay's intrigued, so she stains her palms with ink to join the mysterious Blue Hand Girls. Kay soon finds out that the group is set on exposing the shady business that Davison's founders would rather keep hidden.
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Run Away with Me
Run away with me is a profoundly romantic YA novel about two teenage boys finding each other and falling in love over one summer in Rome.
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Roar of the Lambs
Sixteen-year-old Winnie Bray is a liar. As the resident psychic at an oddities shop, Winnie truly can see the future. But her customers only want reassurance, and Winnie only wants their money. Favorable fortunes are a fast track to funding her way out of Buffalo, NewYork, for good, after all. But all of that changes when a vision sends her stalking in the remains of her family home that burned down in a fire 10 years ago.
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A Curious Kind of Magic
Seventeen-year-old Willow Stokes gets by selling fraudulent charms and magical items at her father's shoppe, but when outlander Brianna unintentionally turns her fake wares real, the girls' paths intertwine as they search for a missing grimoire and try to break Brianna's curse.
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
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Creativebug
Creativebug.com offers award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.