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Newton Free Library: Teen And Tween Events - October 31 - November 13, 2022
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November 1, 2022
From: Newton Free LibraryTeen & Tween Events
October 31 - November 13, 2022
Bad Movie Club: Halloween Edition! The Lost Boys (1987). Monday, October 31 at 6:30pm. Do you enjoy watching 'bad' movies with your family or friends? Do you enjoy talking about these 'bad' movies with other people? Once a month, join us and other like-minded teens to watch and discuss a bad movie. This month's bad movie will be: The Lost Boys (1987). Rated R, running time 97 minutes. Spooky snacks will be provided. Grades 7-12.
Engineering Club: Thursday, November 3 at 7pm. Be a problem solver! Take on a new engineering challenge each week. Get creative, think outside the box and hang out with other like-minded kids. Members can bring project ideas and we'll vote on the ones we want to do throughout the club. Registration is for ALL 3 sessions 11/3, 12/1 & 1/5. For grades 5-7.
7th/8th Grade Book Club: Tuesday, November 15 at 7:30pm. Join us for a book club for teens in grades 7-8 where we explore a new book each month! Participants are encouraged to bring their own questions and ideas when we meet for the discussion. We will read All American Boys by Jason Reynolds for November. We meet once a month on the following dates: 11/15, 12/20, 1/17, 3/21, 5/16 and 6/20.
5th/6th Writing Group: Wednesday, November 16 at 7pm. Does your 5th or 6th grader love to write? Do they have stories they want to tell? This new writing group might be the group for them! This group will meet to further develop writing skills, share in a supportive community and be a space and time to grow their love of writing. We meet once a month on the following dates: 11/16, 1/18, 3/15, 5/17 and 6/21. When you register (required), you register at the same time for ALL 5 months. For more information, please email either [email protected] or [email protected]
Teen Graphic Novel Book Club: Thursday, November 17 at 7pm. If you love comics and graphic novels, join us once a month as we discuss all things illustrated! Grades 8-12. Registration is required. This group will meet in the Teen Area. Books will be available for pick-up at the main circulation desk. Join us once a month on the following dates: 11/17, 12/15, 1/19, 2/16, 3/23, 4/27, 5/25 & 6/15. This month the group will discuss Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell, illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks.
Teen MTG: Saturday, November 19 at 2pm. Want to meet up and play some Magic: The Gathering on a Saturday? We've found just the place: our Teen Area! This event is an in-person meetup for people to play. Please bring cards if you have them! We will meet once a month on the following Saturdays: 11/19, 12/17, 1/21, 2/11, 3/25, 4/29, 5/20 & 6/17.
Tween Graphic Novel Book Club: Tuesday, November 22 at 7pm. If you enjoy the pace, imagery and stories presented in graphic novels then this is the club for you! We’ll meet once a month on 11/22, 12/27, 1/24, 2/28, 3/28, 4/25, 5/23 and 6/27. Registration (required) is for tweens in 5-7 grade only. When you register, you register for ALL 8 meetings. This month, we'll discuss Dungeon Critters by Natalie Riess & Sara Goetter.
Tween Reads
The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls by James Bird - Benjamin Waterfalls likes to steal -- a lot. After getting caught one too many times, he’s sent to a camp at the Ojibwe reservation where he searches for answers and ways to move forward.
The Star that Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson - During the looming threat of war in 1914, Norvia moves from the country to the city with her mother. In the midst of a new marriage, Norvia’s mother asks that she pretend to not be Native American, but Norvia must find the courage to reveal who she really is.
The Barren Grounds by David Robertson - Eli and Morgan, two indigenous foster children, discover a secret portal to another reality in which they encounter Ochek, the only hunter supporting a community of Misewa. Along with Ochek, Eli and Morgan must help the Misewa before the icy winter freezes over everything.
Teen Reads
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcy Little Badger - Fifteen-year-olds Nina and Oli come from different words -- she is a Lipan Apache living in Texas and he is a cottonmouth from the Reflecting World -- but their lives intersect when Oli journeys to Earth to find a cure for his ailing friend and they end up helping each other save their families.
Soldiers Unknown by Chag Lowry and Rahsan Ekedal - Based on the true-life story of Yurok men called to serve in World War I, this story follows three cousins as they struggle with being combat soldiers on the Western Front.
Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith - Breaking up with her first real boyfriend when he makes racist remarks about her Native American heritage, high school senior Louise Wolfe teams up with a fellow school newspaper editor to cover a multicultural casting of the school play and the racial hostilities it has exposed.