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June 24, 2024| View as Webpage

ChiRP! Begins!


Lower Level Closes July 1st



The Library's Lower Level, including the Teen Room, will close July 1st and our renovation project will begin!


Youth collections will be largely unavailable from July 1st - July 26, 2024 as we transition the collection to the Main Level and storage.

  • This week (today through 6/29) is a great time to pick up books directly from the Teen Room.
  • Lexington Public Schools Summer Reading titles are currently available in the Teen Room and they will be available on the Main Level starting July 1, 2024.
  • YA holds will be available on the Main Level starting July 1, 2024.


Want to learn more about the Children's Room Project? More details are available at www.carylibrary.org/chirp


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During this period of disruption, we encourage you to explore the resources and services offered by our neighboring libraries in the Minuteman Library Network. Your Cary Library card provides access to the entire network, which includes 42 libraries serving communities in MetroWest and Greater Boston. 

What's Next for Teens at Cary?

June brings a wrap on the 23-24 school year and we are now readying the Teen Room for a yearlong hiatus during ChiRP. Before we pack everything up, join us for a final hurrah on June 26th. We will be having some fun playing Minute-to-Win-It Games & enjoying tasty cool treats. Registration not required. Just stop by and join in the chaos!

Party with Minute-to-Win-It Games

June 26

2-5 PM

Teen Room

minute to win it

Thanks to generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation and in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium, we are pleased to offer two virtual author visits for tweens and teens in July!

girl's face

Learning the Power of Poetry

with Elizabeth Acevedo

July 23, 2-3 PM

registration required

virtual

gr 9-12

You’re invited to learn about the power of poetry with Elizabeth Acevedo! In this exciting author conversation and Q&A, Acevedo will provide a short reading from her National Book Award winning and New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse, The Poet X, serving as the backdrop to this amazing chat!

boy in front of crowd

Graphic Novels are Life!

Telling Your Own Story with Dan Santat

July 30th, 2-3 PM

registration required

virtual

gr 5-8

Join this year’s winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Dan Santat, as he inspires tweens and teens to tell their own stories through graphic novels. His winning book, A First Time for Everything, is a graphic memoir based on his own awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life.

What to Read Next?

It is still PridMonth!

Check out some new fiction that recognizes & celebrates LGBTQIA+ voices!

two women kissing

Song of Irie

by Asha Ashanti Bromfield

fox bear faces

Call Forth a Fox

by Markelle Grabo

two boys sitting in spotlight

My Fair Brady

by Brian D. Kennedy

women with swords

Off With Their Heads

by Zoe Hana Mikuta

two boys facing each other

Infinity Kings

by Adam Silvera

two boys of color holding hands

Canta Contigo

by Jonny Garza Villa

Justin's Graphic Novel Recommendations for PridMonth

baseball player with rainbow shadow

Out of Left Field

by Jonah Newman

A coming out story with a baseball backdrop. (gr 8+)

faces pirates fish

Tiger, Tiger v1

by Petra Erika Nordlund

Drawn in greyscale. Swashbuckling, pirate adventure with a protagonist that exudes charm. (gr 8+)

boy on roof

Homebody

by Theo Parish

Non-binary coming out memoir full of optimism. (gr 7+)

batman and others


Batman: Wayne Family Adventures

by C.R.C. Payne

ill. by StarBite

Batman's extended family of superheroes with a focus on family drama and slice of life.

(gr 8+)

big cat shasing little mice


Scurry

by Mac Smith

Anthropomorphic survival adventure story. Great for fans of the Warriors book series by Erin Hunter. (gr 6+)

two people with pink and green hair

Rainbow! Volume 1

by Sunny

ill. by Gloomy

Queer coming of age story that doesn't shy away from some heavier themes. (gr 7+)

Welcome to the Teen Room - Rising 6th Graders

This summer, in anticipation of our library renovation, books for tweens and teens will move to the main floor for about a year. Stop by the library before the end of June to visit the Teen Room. Come back in late July to discover our temporary home in the library!


Below are a handful of titles from our list of 20 great books for rising 6th graders.

big cat and small witch

A Cat From Our World and the Forgotten Witch

by Hiro Kashiwaba

girl with people around her

Mani Semilla Finds her Quetzal Voice

by Anna Lapera

two girls holding hands and sprots equipment

The Problem with Gravity

by Michelle Mohrweis

girl and dog in headlights

Izzy at the End of the World

by K.A. Reynolds

girl in snow in front of building with man in distance

The Night Raven

by Johan Rundberg

boy underwater

Flying Through Water

by Mamle Wolo

Notes from the LLC

The Teen Library Leadership Council is open to teens grades 7-12. We meet 1-2 times a month during the school year (September - June) on Wednesdays from 5-6PM. The LLC plans events and serves as an advisory group for the library. Every month, a sub-group of LLC members highlights three book recommendations from the teen suggestion box.

cartoon fish swimming together

Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishaguro

sci fi man and ship

Ender's Game

By Orson Scott Card

The Thief

by Megan Whalen Turner

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