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 Earth Day Extravaganza

Show your love for our planet and enter a world of eco-excitement at our Earth Day Extravaganza!

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 Tabletop Club

Do you like D&D? Why not try a different sort of RPG? Join us at 1pm on the last Sunday of each month for Tabletop Club!

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 Knitting Club

Grab your lunch and join us for knitting in the Shakespeare Room at noon on Thursdays!

Youth Services

Teen Hub

Welcome to the CCJPL Teen's page! Here you can browse activities, events, blogs, and more!

Sponsors for 2022

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For more information about our sponsors, please visit their web pages:

St. Bernards Medical Group

Andy’s Frozen Custard

Arvest Bank

Junior Auxiliary of Jonesboro

Caps Plus

The Children’s Clinic

NEA Baptist Hospital

First Community Bank

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Upcoming Events
Apr 19
Friday Night Magic: the Gathering for Teens
Apr 19, 2024 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Apr 27
Teen Tabletop Club
Apr 27, 2024 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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Book Lists
Black Girl Survives in This One Desiree S. Evans Saraciea J. Fennell Tananarive Due view item
Song of the Six Realms Judy I. Lin view item
Dragonfruit Makiia Lucier view item
Off with Their Heads Zoe Hana Mikuta view item
Blue Lock 12 Muneyuki Kaneshiro Yusuke Nomura view item
Boruto Ukyo Kodachi Mikio Ikemoto Masashi Kishimoto view item
She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell Vol. 4 Rainbow Rowell Jessica GAO Andres Genolet Marvel Various Jen Bartel view item
This Is Me Trying Racquel Marie view item
Bless 1 Yukino Sonoyama view item
Just Another Story Ernesto Saade view item
49 Days Agnes Lee view item
Poisons We Drink Bethany Baptiste view item

April 2024 Book Recommendations - Teens

Tempest of Tea Hafsah Faizal view item
Fox Maidens Robin Ha view item
Black Girl You Are Atlas Renée Watson Ekua Holmes view item
Call Me Iggy Jorge Aguirre Rafael Rosado view item
Out of Body Nia Davenport view item
I hope this doesn't find you Ann Liang view item
ASAP Axie Oh view item
Jean Grey Flames of Fear Louise Simonson Bernard Chang Derrick Chew view item
Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal Gretchen Schreiber view item
Votes of Confidence Jeff Fleischer view item
Down to Business Fenley Scurlock Jason Liaw view item
The Encanto's Daughter Melissa de la Cruz view item

March 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

So Let Them Burn Kamilah Cole view item
Escaping Mr. Rochester L. L. McKinney view item
Beasts of War Ayana Gray view item
Poemhood : Our Black Revival : History, Folklore and the Black Experience Amber McBride Erica Martin Taylor Byas L. L. C. Ashwin Writing view item
A Drop of Venom Sajni Patel view item
Lunar New Year love story Gene Luen Yang view item
Ghost Roast Shawnee Gibbs view item
Static Lamar Giles Paris Alleyne view item
One-Punch Man. Volume 27 One, Yusuke Murata view item
Summer Queen Rochelle Hassan view item
Out of Our League Dahlia Adler Jennifer Iacopelli view item
Invocations Krystal Sutherland view item

February 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Kween Vichet Chum view item
Beholder Ryan La Sala view item
Clementine Book Two Tillie Walden view item
Space Between Here and Now Sarah Suk view item
People to Follow Olivia Worley view item
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica: 1,000s of Facts & Figures--About Earth, Space, Animals, the Body, Technology & More--Revealed in Pictures Valentina D'Efilippo view item
Official Five Nights at Freddy's Cookbook Scott Cawthon Rob Morris view item
Thin Air Kellie M. Parker view item
Flower and Thorn Rati Mehrotra view item
Night Hunt Alexandra Christo view item
What the River Knows Isabel Ibanez view item
Heroes' Feast Flavors of the Multiverse Kyle Newman Jon Peterson Michael Witwer Sam Witwer Official Dungeons & Dragons Licensed view item

December 2023 Book Recommendations - YA

Rosewood Hunt MacKenzie Reed view item
What the River Knows Isabel Ibanez view item
A Curse for True Love Stephanie Garber view item
All That Consumes Us Erica Waters view item
Run and Hide Don Brown view item
Blood Years Elana K. Arnold view item
Wrath Becomes Her Aden Polydoros view item
Songs of Irie Asha Bromfield view item
Forest Demands Its Due Kosoko Jackson view item
Blackwoods Brandy Colbert view item
Night of the Witch Sara Raasch Beth Revis view item
Scarlet Alchemist Kylie Lee Baker view item

November 2023 Book Recommendations - YA

This Indian Kid (Scholastic Focus) Eddie Chuculate view item
Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed Saraciea J. Fennell view item
Disney Enchanted Recipes Cookbook Insight Editions view item
Changing Man Tomi Oyemakinde view item
Scarlet Veil Shelby Mahurin view item
Brooms Jasmine Walls Teo view item
Breathe and Count Back from Ten Natalia Sylvester view item
Multitude of Dreams Mara Rutherford view item
Someone Is Always Watching Kelley Armstrong view item
Eve Victor LaValle view item
Lights Brenna Thummler view item
Infested Angel Luis ón view item

October 2023 Book Recommendations - YA

Next New Syrian Girl Ream Shukairy view item
This Place Is Still Beautiful Xixi Tian view item
Boundless Ismée Williams Rebecca Balcárcel view item
Spell Bound F. T. Lukens view item
Ava's Demon, Book 1 Michelle Fus view item
Always the Almost Edward Underhill view item
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid view item
Venom and Vow Anna-Marie McLemore Elliott McLemore view item
Champion of Fate Kendare Blake view item
Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 3 Scott Cawthon Andrea Waggener Carly Anne West Christopher Hastings Didi Esmeralda view item
You Don't Have a Shot Racquel Marie view item
Our Shadows Have Claws Yamile Saied Méndez Amparo Ortiz Ricardo López Ortiz view item

September 2023 Book Recommendations - YA

Frontera Julio Anta Jacoby Salcedo view item
All That's Left to Say Emery Lord view item
Dark Crisis Joshua Williamson Daniel Sampere view item
Miles Morales: Spider-Man Vol. 1- Trial by Spider Cody Ziglar Federico Vicentini view item
Where to Start Mental Health America Gemma Correll view item
Northranger Rey Terciero Bre Indigo view item
Brighter Than the Sun Daniel Aleman view item
We Don't Swim Here Vincent Tirado view item
Legacies Jessica Goodman view item
Secret of the Moon Conch David Bowles Guadalupe Garcia McCall view item
Their Vicious Games Joelle Wellington view item
Guide to the Dark Meriam Metoui view item

August 2023 Book Recommendations - YA

Grimoire of Grave Fates Margaret Owen Hanna Alkaf view item
Quiet Part Out Loud Deborah Crossland view item
Saint Juniper's Folly Alex Crespo view item
Part of Your World Stephanie Strohm Kelly Matthews Nichole Matthews view item
Marvel's Voices: Identity Gene Luen Yang Saladin Ahmed Peach Momoko Marcus To Eduard Petrovich view item
Unaccompanied Tracy White view item
Killing the Wittigo Suzanne Methot view item
Flavor Girls Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky Eros De Santiago view item
Tin Man Justin Madson view item
Rhythm and Muse India Hill Brown view item
Something Close to Magic Emma Mills view item
Faint of Heart Kerilynn Wilson view item

July 2023 Book Recommendations - YA

Queens of New York E. L. Shen view item
82 Days in Mariupol Don Brown view item
Don't Ask If I'm Okay Jessica Kara view item
America Redux Ariel Aberg-Riger view item
You : the Story Ruta Sepetys view item
If Tomorrow Doesn't Come Jen St Jude view item
Eterna Amparo Ortiz view item
Knee Deep Book One Joe Flood view item
Teen Killers Club Lily Sparks view item
Nigeria Jones Ibi Aanu Zoboi view item
Every Gift a Curse Caroline O'Donoghue view item
Ahiahia the Orphan Levi Illuitok Nate Wells view item

June 2023 Book Recommendations - YA

Alondra Gina Femia view item
Lying in the Deep Diana Urban view item
Work with What You Got Zion Clark James S. Hirsch view item
Ab(solutely) Normal Nora Shalaway Carpenter Rocky Callen view item
Miles Morales Suspended Jason Reynolds view item
Sunshine Jarrett Krosoczka view item
Araña and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow Alex Segura view item
Hidden Systems Dan Nott view item
Warrior Girl Unearthed Angeline Boulley view item
Gifts That Bind Us Caroline O'Donoghue Stefanie Caponi view item
Wakanda Stephanie Williams view item
The Buried and the Bound Rochelle Hassan view item

May 2023 Book Recommendations - YA

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Blog Posts

Introducing Myself

Rylie Yawson

Rylie Yawson introduces herself as the new Marketing & PR Manager

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Get Creative in the TeenHub Makerspace!

Michaela Huss

It’s official, our TeenHub Makerspace is OPEN!

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Manga 101

Michaela Huss

Get to know TeenHub’s impressive collection of manga!

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New Year? Game On!

Michaela Huss

Join us at TeenHub for Board Games, Card Games, Tabletop RPGs, and more!

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Volunteer Opportunities for Teens

Michaela Huss

Want to get involved at the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library? Need volunteer hours for school or clubs?

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An Author Visit with Raquel Vasquez Gilliland - October 2023

Michaela Huss

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Back-to-School Fun for Teens and Tweens: August 2023

Michaela Huss

Here's the August line-up of programs for teens and tweens at CCJPL!

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New Additions for Teens

Michaela Huss

Michaela Huss keeps us up to date on new additions to the Teen Hub!

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Summer at CCJPL

Jolene Mullet

Where to go this summer? The library, of course!

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Women's History Month

Jolene Mullet

Jolene Mullet reflects on women's history month, and how you can use the Teen Hub to learn more.

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