Category Archives: Teens

Library Closed on Friday, November 11

Due to staff training, both branches of the Irondequoit Public Library will be closed on Friday, November 11. Regular hours will resume at the McGraw Branch on Saturday, November 12 while regular hours at the Evans Branch will resume on Monday, November 14.

New Teen Books – Week of Nov 7th

, Marcella Pixley Fifteen-year-old Lizzie Cohen recalls what it was like growing up with her imaginative but disturbed older sister Tess, and how she is striving to reclaim her own life since Tess died.

New Books – Week of Oct 31st

Mastiff (Beka Cooper, Book Three), Tamora Pierce Beka, having just lost her fiance in a slaver’s raid, is able to distract herself by going with her team on an important hunt at the queen’s request, unaware that the throne of Tortall depends on their success.

New Books – Week of Oct 17th

, James Dashner As the third Trial draws to a close, Thomas and some of his cohorts manage to escape from WICKED, their memories having been restored, only to face new dangers as WICKED claims to be trying to protect the human race from the deadly FLARE virus.

New Teen Books – Week of Oct 10th

, Susan Beth Pfeffer Willa’s life as part of a loving, blended family is torn apart when her estranged father kills his new wife and children and heads east in pursuit of her and her mother, and while in police protection, Willa learns her mom has been harboring secrets, and tries to decide whether to […]

More new books – week of Oct. 3

  City of Ophans by Avi In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works.

New Teen Books – Week of Oct 3rd

, Gabrielle Zevin In a future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family. As I Wake, Elizabeth Scott Seventeen-year-old Ava awakens with amnesia […]

On the Set of The Perks of Being a Wallflower

A movie version of the classic teen novel is currently in production. The movie stars Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Logan Lerman, and Nina Dobrov. Mtv Movies has a short interview with the 4 actors on the set of the film. I do not believe there is a release date yet (correct me if I’m wrong). […]

New Teen Books – Week of Sep 26th

Instructions for a Broken Heart , Kim Culbertson While on a school trip to Italy, Jessa opens one envelope a day from her best friend’s care package and finds instructions designed to help her get over her recent breakup with her boyfriend. Pure Red, Danielle Joseph Rising high school junior Cassia Bernard, daughter of a […]

New Books – Week of Aug 29th

, Timothy Carter Seventeen-year-old Ricky Fallon was contemplating suicide when he slipped and fell, only to find himself a Cupid in the afterlife, but between the bad boss, a pink bodysuit, and attacks from shadowy entities called Suicides, he is not feeling much love. The Fox Inheritance, Mary E. Pearson Two-hundred-sixty years after a terrible […]