Farmingdale Library Teens

  Here are some must-reads for romance and wedding lovers! SISTER OF THE BOLLYWOOD BRIDE  BY NANDINI BAJPAI Mini’s big sister is engaged and is finally getting married, and Mini can’t wait to throw Vinnie the big, beautiful desi wedding she deserves — after all, no one else will since their mom died and their dad is too consumed with work. But as Mini throws herself into the planning (and on a tight timeline, no less!) she finds many roadblocks and distractions, some in the form of the very hot Vir Mirchandani. But when a hurricane threatens to derail the big day, can Mini come up with a solution to save her sister’s wedding? WE CAN’T KEEP MEETING LIKE THIS  BY RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON Quinn and Tarek have always grown up in each other's orbits, thanks to their parents respective businesses as wedding planners and event caterers. When Quinn sent Tarek an email confessing her love last summer, he went off to college and never responded. And now this summer they keep running in ...

Here are some titles where the protagonist is the new kid, with all of the heartache, excitement, and emotional tumult that is involved.  Let’s Pretend We Never Met  by Melissa Walker- For Grades 4-7 Mattie Markham thinks it should be illegal to change schools in the middle of the school year, but when she meets her neighbor Agnes, Mattie pushes aside her worries. But when she starts school, Mattie learns that Agnes is known as the weird girl who no one likes, and must decide if fitting in and being popular is worth ending their friendship. THE FIELD GUIDE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN TEENAGER  BY BEN PHILIPPE- FOR Grades 8-12 When Norris Kaplan, a Black French Canadian teen, moves to Austin, Texas, it’s like stepping into a different world. Norris makes sense of his new home by viewing it through an anthropological lens, and categorizing all of the types of teens he encounters into jocks, cheerleaders, loners, misfits, and more. But a curious thing happens: The more time Norris...

 by Abby Johnson SLJ, June 2021 The Tony-winning musical about a Dominican American bodega owner and his largely Dominican community in the Washington Heights neighborhood in New York city came to the big screen on June 11. Fans of Heights and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda should enjoy these titles. On the Come Up by Angie Thomas. 2019, Grades 8-Up.  African American teen Bri has big dreams of making it as a rapper, and when one of her songs goes viral, she has he opportunity to lift her family out of poverty. For music lovers who appreciate a story about city dwellers with big dreams. Pride by Ibi Zobol. 2018, Grade 8-Up. In this retelling of Pride & Prejudice , Dominican and Haitian Zuri Benitez protests the gentrification of her Brooklyn neighborhood when a wealthy African American family moves in across the street. Readers drawn to character-driven stories centered in beloved urban neighborhoods will enjoy this. With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo. 2019...

  Rachel Brittain   Aug 3, 2021 Growing up is hard in the best of times, but add the vacuum of space and suddenly growing up Earthside doesn’t seem quite so bad. At least here we don’t have to deal with spaceship maintenance and rogue alien attacks. Puberty is hard enough. That’s why coming-of-age in space stories provide the perfect mix of escapism and relatability. We all have to grow up; most of us just don’t have to join the crew of a spaceship to get through it. The teens in these books, though, make juggling alien encounters alongside puberty seem, if not downright easy, at least pretty dang cool. Who wouldn’t want to grow up as a trailblazing space explorer? Sign me up. Coming of age isn’t so bad if you can do it with great books like these by your side. So for all you adventurous readers who aren’t willing to settle for books about life here on Earth, we have eight coming-of-age in space stories for you to live out your wildest intergalactic dreams. Go ahead and imagin...

  Kelly Jensen   Jul 15, 2021 With the recent release of the first two installments of RL Stine’s  Fear Street  trilogy on Netflix, there’s no better time to dig into the campy, fun, and sometimes downright terrifying old school ’90s teen horror books. Nineties YA horror runs the gamut from slasher to serial killer, campfire horror to astral projection, and more. It’s easy to think of only two big name authors in ’90s YA horror: the first being Stine and the second Christopher Pike. Both are beloved and classic for a reason.  One of the most prolific publishers of horror in this era was Point Horror, an imprint from Scholastic. It launched in 1991 and included books by authors such as Stine, LJ Smith ( Vampire Diaries ), Diana Hoh, Caroline B. Cooney, and Christopher Pike, among others. Point helped launch Stine’s career in horror, though the imprint itself faded in the early ’00s. A reboot of the imprint in 2003 didn’t gain momentum and we’ve yet to see another...

 By Tirzah Price Jul 1, 2021 I love reading about love, and 2021 has blessed us with an abundance of swoon-worthy YA romances that you definitely won’t want to miss! We’ve already highlighted some of the best books to pick up in the first half of the year; now it’s time to finish 2021 out strong with some of the best YA romances you can look forward to from July to December! With fake dating, childhood friends to enemies to lovers, bucket lists, heart wrenching family dynamics, and more wonderful romantic tropes, you'll be happy to welcome these love stories to the stack. RISE TO THE SUN  BY LEAH JOHNSON Set at a music festival called Farmland, this novel follows Olivia, who has a tendency to fall in love and get her heart broken a lot, and Toni, who is still grieving the loss of her dad and is uncertain about her future. They both arrive at Farmland hoping that the weekend can give them some kind of clarity and perspective going forward, but they find each other — a...

Exciting news! Our 2021 Summer Reading Club is underway! We are currently in Week 3 of our eight-week program—but if you haven’t signed up yet, we would love for you to join us! Simply stop in the Children’s Library to pick up your packet. For this program, you may read any book, anywhere: on a plane, on a train, a bus, a car, wherever. Whatever you read, even if you only read part of a book, write it down on the log provided in your packet. Each week, bring your reading log to the Children’s Library to receive a raffle ticket for one of our great Silent Auction prizes. One raffle ticket per participant per week, for up to eight weeks—and you can play your tickets in any combination you’d like. Here are the great prizes that you can enter to win this summer: Prize #1: “Be Bright” Framed Print, Flower Puzzle, Lip Balm, and $15 Dunkin’ Donuts Gift Card Prize #2: “Book Buzz” 3 Books (appropriate for grades 6-8), Summer-Themed Tumbler, and Laser Bounce Gift Card Prize #3: “Game Time...