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For teens

The library is a place for you to be you.

Hang out with your friends. Have some time to yourself. Ask us a question, or tell us how it’s going.

Join a book club. Do an activity. Get creative.

Use the computer. Get help with research. Learn about technical school, college, and whatever you aspire to be.

And oh yeah, check out a book.


Upcoming events

Backyard Birds of North Carolina Scavenger Hunt @ Southwest Regional

Friday, November 21, 2025 • All day

Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd) (Southwest Regional - Children's Area)

For this month’s scavenger hunt, we’ve hidden pictures of 10 backyard birds (that you’d commonly see in N.C.) throughout the children’s area of the library... Can you find them all?!...

Ages: Baby, Elementary School, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, DPS

Color Therapy

Saturday, November 22, 2025 • 10:00am - 12:00pm

South Regional Library (4505 S. Alston Ave) (Adult Programming Room)

Join us at South Regional for Color Therapy! Studies have shown that coloring can be beneficial for adults. It can reduce anxiety and relieve stress, improve brain function and sleep, and can even improve fine motor skills. So stop by the South...

Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Senior Citizen, Teen

Learn to Sew with Connecting with Threads

Saturday, November 22, 2025 • 10:00am - 12:00pm

Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd) (Southwest Regional - Children's Programming Room)

Learn how to use a sewing machine and hand sew with Connecting with Threads. This is a series of programs where teens and tweens will be able to build their knowledge as they become independent sewers. Other dates in this series are as follows:...

Ages: Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Middle School, Teen, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds

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This Week In the Lab: STEAM Board Games

Saturday, November 22, 2025 • 11:00am - 1:00pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)

Join the Maker + STEAM Team in the Innovation Lab during specified open hours to adventure through our STEAM-themed board game collection! Bring friends or play games with others here in this drop-in, self-paced activity....

Ages: Adult, Elementary School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, DPS

Write Types

Saturday, November 22, 2025 • 11:00am - 1:00pm

North Regional Library (221 Milton Rd) (North Study Room #2)

Write Types is a writing critique group for works of all genres. Each meeting, we will discuss the craft of writing and review each other's works. To submit an item for critique, email dpeterson@dconc.gov by Nov 13. Registered attendees...

Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Teen

Registration required

Duke University's Books and Ballet

Saturday, November 22, 2025 • 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St) (Main Children's Programming Room)

Ballet & Books is a national nonprofit organization striving to reduce the literacy gap through the paired storytelling of dance and reading.  ...

Ages: Elementary School, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds

Duke University's Books and Ballet

Saturday, November 22, 2025 • 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St) (Main Library - Outdoors - Front Porch)

Ballet & Books is a national nonprofit organization striving to reduce the literacy gap through the paired storytelling of dance and reading.  ...

Ages: Elementary School, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds

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Staff picks

College Bound Fiction

YA books about teens applying to college, getting ready to go to college, or already enrolled in college! Books are organized by publication year.

YA Disability Pride Month [July '25]

Celebrate with us as we remember the groundbreaking legislation that is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In July of 1990, discrimination against people with disabilities...

YA Pride Month [June '25]

Whatever your pronouns or dating preference, everybody deserves to feel seen and welcome. Here are some amazing books focusing on the LGBTQIA+ experience. HAPPY PRIDE!

Meet the teen librarians

We want to hear from you! Get in touch with us anytime. Find a teen librarian at your library location >

Dominique holding up the graphic novel "Saga."

Dominique

Location: North Regional Library

Email: fdiggs@dconc.gov

Dominique is an avid reader of everything fiction. She loves to debate about books with teens, so she loves book clubs. She also enjoys playing video games when she's not reading or thinking about her next home project.

Pronouns: she/her

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Volunteer at the library

Looking to get involved? We have different volunteer tasks available at different locations and different times. In the past, teen volunteers have helped with shelving and pulling books, tutoring, prepping for crafts, and more. This program is for all tweens and teens in grades 6 – 12. Contact the teen librarian at your preferred location for availability.