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 Teen Intro to Costume Design

Teens are invited to come learn about costume design, courtesy of Arkansas State University's Theatre Department!

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Announcing Our New Campaign: Your Library, Your Story

We’re excited to launch Your Library, Your Story. A community driven campaign celebrating the unique ways our library impacts our community. Click here for more information. 

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360 Library Tour Now Live!

EAST students from the International Students Magnet provided us with an exceptional 360 live tour of our library. The tour features 360 photos and captions of our library. 

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Youth Services

Teen Hub

Welcome to the CCJPL Teen's page!

Here you can browse activities, events, blogs, and more!

Check out our Makerspace!

Our Makerspace is a collaborative workspace used for crafting, exploring, and sharing creative projects – from art to engineering and beyond!

Teens can engage with technology and tools to create their own projects in a variety of S.T.E.A.M. fields:

  • Journaling & Creative Writing Tools
  • Illustration & Crafting Supplies
  • Fiber Arts
  • Bike-Repair Kits
  • LEGO
  • Jewelry Making
  • Engineering & Design
  • 3D Printing

And MORE!

Click here to download our Teen Makerspace Guide. In it you'll find everything we have in the Makerspace and how to use it.  

The Teen Hub Gaming

Whether you’re playing Solo or Co-Op, game it out with 60+ different video games in our teen gaming collection. From 8-bit classics to new favorites, there’s a little something for everybody - we also have a large selection of board games, and recurring Tabletop and TCG events!

Want to volunteer?

CCJPL has many volunteer opportunities for Teens - click here for more information!

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Book Lists
My Hero Academia, Vol. 41 Kohei Horikoshi view item
A Forgery of Fate Elizabeth Lim view item
Never Thought I'd End Up Here Ann Liang view item
Heir of Storms Lauryn Hamilton Murray view item
Best of All Worlds Kenneth Oppel view item
Among Ghosts Racehl Hartman view item
Lovesick Falls Julia Drake view item
We Can Never Leave H.E. Edgmon view item
If We Survive This Racquel Marie view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End Adam Silvera view item
Up in Smoke Nick Brooks view item
Graphic Novel Builder Edward Ross and Aysha Tengiz view item
The Glittering Edge Alyssa Villaire view item
Out of Air Rachel Reiss view item
When We Go Missing April Henry view item
The Whisperwood Legacy Jo Schulte view item
Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger view item
Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Fearless Lauren Roberts view item
Watch Me Tahereh Mafi view item
The Notorious Virtues Alwyn Hamilton view item
Holy Terrors Margaret Owen view item
Where Shadows Meet Patrice Caldwell view item
All the Stars Align Gretchen Schreiber view item
Love in 280 Characters or Less Ravynn K. Stringfield view item
Boys with Sharp Teeth Jenni Howell view item
My Cat Is Such a Weirdo Vol. 6 Tamako Tamagoyama view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Karen's Prize Shauna J. Grant, Ann M. Martin view item
YAY! Jessica Kulekjian view item
The Cartoonists Club Raina Telgemeier view item
A Day at the Beach Gary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge view item
The Littlest Drop Sascha Alper view item
Ollie in Between Jess Callans view item
Ancient Egypt DK view item
Don't Trust Fish Neil Sharpson view item
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover Linda Bailey view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

All the Hidden Monsters Amie Jordan view item
Our Infinite Fates Laura Stevens view item
I Am Made of Death Kelly Andrew view item
She Waits for You Beyond the Dark Kristen Simmons view item
What Wakes the Bells Elle Tesche view item
Maya in Multicolor Swati Teerdhala view item
How to Survive a Slasher Justine Pucella Winans view item
The House No One Sees Adina King view item
Camila Núñez's Year of Disasters Perez Miriam Zoila view item

March 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Is This My Final Form? Paperback Gerstler, Amy view item
After image George, Jenny view item
The girl who became a rabbit Menzel, Emilie view item
Glory, too : poems Grimes, Nikki view item
The holy & broken bliss : poems in plague time Ostriker, Alicia view item
Sons of salt Salvatierra, Yaccaira view item
The space between men Willis, Mia S. view item
Body's a bad monster Perez, Rowan view item
Exit opera : poems Addonizio, Kim view item

Celebrate National Poetry Month

After Life Gayle Forman view item
After Life Gayle Forman view item
King: A Life Jonathan Eig view item
King: A Life Jonathan Eig view item
Breath of the Dragon: Breathmarked Fonda Lee view item
Breath of the Dragon: Breathmarked Fonda Lee view item
Dating and Dragons Kristy Boyce view item
Dating and Dragons Kristy Boyce view item
The Queen's Spade Sarah Raughley view item

February 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

The fifth domain: defending our country, our companies, and ourselves in the age of cyber threats Clarke, Richard A. view item
Cyber crisis: protecting your business from real threats in the virtual world Cole, Eric view item
8 steps to better security: a simple cyber resilience guide for business Crawley, Kim view item
Human hacking: win friends, influence people, and leave them better off for having met you Hadnagy, Christopher view item
Bug Bounty Bootcamp: The Guide to Finding and Reporting Web Vulnerabilities Li, Vickie view item
Cyberjutsu: cybersecurity for the modern ninja McCarty, Ben view item
No safe harbor: the inside truth about cybercrime— and how to protect your business Sangster, Mark view item
Click here to kill everybody: security and survival in a hyper-connected world Schneier, Bruce view item
The cyber attack survival manual: tools for surviving everything from identity theft to the digital Selby, Nick view item

Cybersecurity Virtual Business Kit

Make My Wish Come True Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick view item
The Party Natasha Preston view item
Dust Alison Stine view item
The Whispering Night Susan Dennard view item
Chasing Eternity Alyson Noël view item
I'm Here James J. Crist, Jomike Tejido view item
Michael Vey 10: The Colony Richard Paul Evans view item
Darkly Marisha Pessl view item
Dead Below Deck Jan Gangsei view item

December 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Midnights with You Clare Osongco view item
ONE PIECE 107 Eiichiro Oda view item
Skyshade Alex Aster view item
Thunder City Philip Reeve view item
I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call Jamison Shea view item
Dead Girls Don't Dream Nino Cipri view item
Flopping in a Winter Wonderland Jason June view item
Where the Library Hides Isabel Ibanez view item
Teen Titans: Starfire Kami Garcia view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants Rebecca E. Hirsch view item
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A Love Story Jason Reynolds view item
The Glass Girl Kathleen Glasgow view item
The Stolen Heir Holly Black view item
The Magic You Make Jason June view item
The Teen Breakup Survival Guide Lenora M. Ziegler view item
Clock Striker, Volume 2 Issaka Galadima view item
Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter view item
Sally's Lament: A Twisted Tale Mari Mancusi view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Thirteenth Child Erin A. Craig view item
Pick the Lock A. S. King view item
Rabbit and Juliet Rebecca Stafford view item
Lies We Conjure Sarah Henning view item
We Are Hunted Tomi Oyemakinde view item
Poems for Tortured Souls Liz Ison view item
Monstrous Kind Lydia Gregovic view item
Fairy Godmother an Enchanters Tale Jen Calonita view item
Songlight Moira Buffini view item

September 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Jupiter Rising Gary Schmidt view item
The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 4 Mokumokuren view item
My Salty Mary Cynthia Hand view item
Wisteria Adalyn Grace view item
Death at Morning House Maureen Johnson view item
Ash's Cabin Jen Wang view item
Medici Heist Caitlin Schneiderhan view item
Fyrebirds Kate Armstrong view item
The Dark We Know Wen-Yi Lee view item

August 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Reckless Lauren Roberts view item
Break to You Neal Shusterman Debra Young Michelle Knowlden view item
Grandest Game Jennifer Lynn Barnes view item
Girls Who Burn M. K. Pagano view item
How to Die Famous Benjamin Dean view item
It's Only a Game Kelsea Yu view item
Sunrise Nights Jeff Zentner view item
Not about a Boy Myah Hollis view item
Bless 2 Yukino Sonoyama view item

July 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

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