Just for Tweens and Teens
Are you looking for help with a project? Looking for resources? Curious about learning a skill? In search of something to do?
If so, check out our YA section and programs! Books marked with a red YA sticker are intended for readers from 12 to up to 25 (but adults enjoy many titles as well!). In addition to print books, audiobooks, graphic novels and table games, we also have lots of digital content too! If you can’t find just what you want, we can often get it quickly through the Interlibrary Loan Program.
Upcoming Tween and Teen Events
Junk Journaling
Junk Journaling
Junk Journaling
Online Resources
- The YA Shelf is a community of YA authors and readers dedicated to finding great YA books.
- Reading Rants – Even more reviews and author information. Another great place to find a new book to read, or discover an author you might be interested in.
- YALSA’s Teen Book Finder from the American Library Association is a free online database and app to help teens, parents, librarians and library staff, educators, and anyone who loves YA literature access nearly 4,000 titles recognized YALSA’s awards and lists on their smartphone.
- Common Sense Media – Provides book reviews by parents and kids that include educational value, positive messages, positive role models, violence and scariness, and language.
- Rated Reads – Has a limited number of reviews, but has a clear rating system for violence, language and sexual content.
- The Literate Mother – Provides clear ratings for language, violence, sexual content and adult themes for youth and young adult literature.
- Library of Clean Reads – Reviews children, middle-grade, YA, and adult fiction and non-fiction books.
- Homespun Light – Posts reviews of books from pre-tween to adult that the reviewer considers “clean”.
- Pluggedin – A part of Focus on the Family – reviews books (and other media). They provide a plot synopsis and the detail any material that might be considered questionable.
- The Fussy Librarian – Will send you reading recommendations based on your preferences (subject and content) once you sign-up.
Purdue OWL – If you are looking for information on how to write a better paper, including everything you need to know to use MLA format, this is the place.
CNN – All the latest news and current events.
PhET — Free online simulations for science and math.
Wikipedia – Need to know the basics? On pretty much anything? This is a good place to start but go to the links provided for source material to make sure the information is accurate (and to use the information in homework).
How Stuff Works – Learn how stuff works. The title pretty much sums that up.
Khan Academy – Video tutorials on almost every school topic, including basic to advanced math, science, history, and computers. Incredible free homework help!
Scholarship America – Search the database to find scholarships that may help you get to — or stay in — college.
Experiments with Google – Scroll through a showcase of amazing coding experiments using Chrome, Android, AI, AR and more.
Geocaching – Auburn has a lot of geocaches around the lake. Happy hunting!
Snopes – Learn about all the urban legends you’ve ever seen, and many you haven’t. Some of them are even true
IMDB – The Internet Movie Database. Gives you everything you need to know about movies, TV shows, actors and actresses.
Reading Challenges
Sign up for fun reading challenges and win prizes! Different challenges are offered throughout the year on the Beanstack, an easy-to-use online platform!