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Board Game Collection and Community Puzzle:

Come by and play any of our board games with your friends in the Teen Center or work on the community puzzle. 

Board Games and puzzles CANNOT leave the Teen Center. Make sure to check out the Board Game Club if you are interested in meeting new players. 

Adults and Children:

The Teen Center is a safe place for teens to read and socialize together. For that reason, only teens* are allowed to hang out in the Teen Center. *A parent, guardian, or sibling is welcome to stay and play a board game with a teen.

Adults and children under 5th Grade are allowed to come in for materials.

Children under 11 must be accompanied by an adult or a teen who is 15 years or older. 

Monthly Teen Program Calendars (ALL BRANCHES)

Copy a single event to your Google Calendar: Click on the event you are interested in attending to view the details of the event. Click on the copy to my calendar button below the event details

Teen Center
Registration Required

Age Group: Teen (6th-12th Grade)

Interested in writing novels, poetry, comic books, or any other type of writing? Join us as we kick off a new monthly club dedicated to writing. Hone your writing skill as we practice and get feedback from your peers. Snacks will be provided.

Registration is Required. Register Online by clicking the links below.

Tween Book Club 

Ages: 10-12 Years Old

Love to read? Join us for a brand new book club for TWEENS only. The Library provides each tween a copy of the book to read and we will discuss the book together! This is also a time to socialize, give book suggestions, and eat snacks!

Registration is required. Once you have registered, you can come by the Teen Center to pick up your copy of the book.

The In-Between by Rebecca K.S. Ansari

About the Book:

Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from his friends, constantly annoyed by his little sister, Jess, and completely fed up with the pale, creepy rich girl who moved in next door and won’t stop staring at him. So when Cooper learns of an unsolved mystery his sister has discovered online, he welcomes the distraction.

It’s the tale of a deadly train crash that occurred a hundred years ago, in which one young boy among the dead was never identified. The only distinguishing mark on him was a strange insignia on his suit coat, a symbol no one had seen before or since. Jess is fascinated by the mystery of the unknown child— because she’s seen the insignia. It’s the symbol of the jacket of the girl next door.

As they uncover more information— and mounting evidence of the girl’s seemingly impossible connection to the tragedy—Cooper and Jess begin to wonder if a similar disaster could be heading to their hometown.

City Spies by James Ponti

Saturday, November 23:
2:00 - 3:00 PM

Teen Center
Registration Required: Register online beginning Monday, October 23

Sara Martinez is a hacker facing years in juvenile detention, until she meets Mother, a spy who gets her out of jail and into MI6, British Secret Intelligence.

Operating out of a castle in Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from around the world who've fallen through the cracks only to form a family like no other. When they’re not at the local boarding school, they’re mastering spy skills like sleight of hand, breaking and entering, covert observation, and explosives. So they can go places in the world of espionage where adults can’t.

Before she knows what she’s doing, Sara's off to Paris for an international youth summit, hacking into a rival school’s computer to prevent them from winning a million euros, dangling thirty feet off the side of a building, and trying to stop a villain…all while navigating the complex dynamics of her new team.

No one said saving the world was easy…

Teen Book Club

Ages: 13-17 Years Old

Love to read? Join us for a brand new book club for TEENS only. The Library provides each teen a copy of the book to read and we will discuss the book together! This is also a time to socialize, give book suggestions, and eat snacks!

Registration is required. Once you have registered, you can come by the Teen Center to pick up your copy of the book.

The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy

Saturday, October 26:
2:00 - 3:00 PM

Teen Center
Registration Required: Register online beginning Thursday, September 26

Genre: Fantasy - Young Adult Fiction

About the Book:

In the city of Craewick, memories reign.

The power-obsessed ruler of the city, Madame, has cultivated a society in which memories are currency, citizens are divided by ability, and Gifted individuals can take memories from others through touch as they please.

Seventeen-year-old Etta Lark is desperate to live outside of the corrupt culture, but she grapples with the guilt of an accident that has left her mother bedridden in the city's asylum. When Madame threatens to put her mother up for auction, a Craewick practice in which a "criminal's" memories are sold to the highest bidder before being killed, Etta will do whatever it takes to save her. Even if it means rejoining the Shadows, the rebel group she swore off in the wake of the accident years earlier.

To rescue her mother, Etta must prove her allegiance to the Shadows by stealing a memorized map of the Maze, a formidable prison created by the bloodthirsty ruler of a neighboring Realm. Etta faces startling attacks, unexpected romance, and, above all, her own past as she uncovers a conspiracy that challenges everything she knew about herself and the world around her.

In a place where nothing is what it seems, can Etta ever become more than a memory thief?

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Tuesday, December 3:
5:30 - 6:30 PM

Teen Center
Registration Required: Register online beginning Friday, November 1

Genre: Mystery - Young Adult Fiction

About the Book:

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why—or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.

To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch—and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.

Board Game Club

Teen Center

Age Group: Teen (6th-12th Grade)

Join us for Board Game Club in the Teen Center. We will have several games available to play on different skill and grade levels. Board Game Club typically meets once a month. 

Current games include: Mysterium, Escape Room in a Box: Werewolf Edition, Unstable Unicorns, Poetry for Neanderthals, Exploding Kittens, Kids against Maturity, Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza, Scrabble, Monopoly, Battleship, and more.

Please defer to Monthly Teen Calendar above or the Library's Facebook page. Any cancellations will be posted to Facebook and Instagram.

No Board Game Club

Thursday, September 19:

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Thursday, October 17:

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Thursday, November 21:

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Thursday, December 19:

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Game Show Nights

Teen Center

Age Group: Teen (6th-12th Grade)

Tuesday, October 1: 5:30-6:30 PM - Family Fued

Compete in teams to name the most popular answers based on surveys from the TV show!

Registration Required: Register online beginning Tuesday, September 17

Tuesday, November 5: 5:30-6:30 PM - Jeopardy!

Test your knowledge in a team-style Jeapordy! trivia contest. Topics can range from books to tv shows, science, history, music, and more.

Registration Required: Register online beginning Tuesday, October 22

Are you looking for community service opportunities for school or college applications? Become a Teen Summer Volunteer at the Library! Teen Volunteers will be under the supervision of the Young Adult Services Coordinator and will be able to participate in a variety of service activities in the Teen Center, Children's Room, and other areas of the Library.

Don't want to commit to being a volunteer or just need a few hours for Beta Club or another school requirement? Check out the information on Community Projects below.

TEEN VOLUNTEER (GRADES 9th-12th)

Opportunities available to Teen Volunteers:

Teen Advisory Board: Mondays, 5-6:30PM. This is our core group of volunteers that meets nearly every Monday to plan 2 children's programs per year (A Christmas Program and Spring Easter Egg Hunt) and assists the YA Services Coordinator with brainstorming ideas for Teen programs, events, and materials. They also:

• Assist with Children and Tween Programs under supervision with YA Services and Children's Services Coordinators.
• Assist with large annual events, such as our fall Spook Night event.
• Decorate the Library for Halloween, Christmas, Summer Reading, and other events as needed. 
• Other tasks as needed by the Teen and Children's staff. 

This is a commitment and requires you to fill out a Teen Volunteer Application and Parental Consent form and submit them to the Young Adult Coordinator. 

How to apply:

Fill out and submit a TEEN VOLUNTEER APPLICATION and a PARENTAL CONSENT FORM at the Teen Center Desk. The Young Adult Services Coordinator will contact you and your parents to set up a time for you to start if a volunteer slot is available. 

WORK ON A COMMUNITY PROJECT (GRADES 6th-12th)

Good for those who just need an hour or two of community service.

Current projects:

• No-sew blankets that will be donated to a local nonprofit organization that assists families in need.
• Decorate and write cards that will be sent to assisted-living homes.

Instructions and materials are all provided by the Library.

No application is required for working on a community project for service hours. However, make sure to schedule a time with the Young Adult Services Coordinator to work on a project when staff is available to sign for your hours! Contact information is below. 

Contact the Young Adult Services Coordinator:

Jessica Howard

Email: jhoward@greenwoodcountylibrary.org

Teen Desk Phone: 941-3031