Teens

Photo of the True North Teen Department

True North, our teen department, a special area at the library designed for students in grades 7-12 is digitally open! While Teen Services certainly miss seeing our library friends in person during this time of social distancing, there are still a lot of things that we can do together - apart! Bust your boredom with one of our Anytime Activities, earn community service or join us for one of our online library programs. Follow us on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to stay connected.

Online Summer Reading: Imagine Your Story

Imagine Your Story this summer with our online reading club for teens!Earn digital raffle tickets by logging your reading and participating in eligible online programs. Three raffle winners will be selected weekly! Register online here. If you are a teen with limited Internet access who would like to join our Summer Reading Club, please call True North Teen Services at (631) 924-6400 x249.

Imagine Your Story Summer Reading Club graphic

Earn Teen Community Service While the Library is Closed

Curbside Community Service

Earn 2 hours of community service working on projects such as Craft Kits for Donation, Thank You Notes for Essential Workers, and Cat Toys for Donation. You will have one week to complete 2 hours of service and return the kit to the library. Certificates for community service will be awarded after completed projects are returned to the library. Get all the supplies you need using our curbside pickup service! Call the Teen Services Department at 631-924-6400 x249 to schedule an appointment.

Teen Book Review

Need community service? Write a book review! While we are closed, teens in grades 7-12 can receive 3 hours of community service for reviewing a book from one of the Longwood Library's free online downloading and streaming services OverDrive Teens or Hoopla! Click here for the book review guidelines.

Bookmarks for Homebound Patrons

Help us make bookmarks for homebound library patrons . Digitally color seven bookmarks and email them back to us to receive a certificate for one hour of service. We will print out the bookmarks and mail them with the books our homebound patrons request. Get started here.

Inspirational Message

Brighten the day of anyone who is walking or driving past your house by decorating your driveway, window or mailbox with an enthusiastic display of gratitude! Thank some of the many essential workers who have worked through this crisis, celebrate spring, or just send a positive message out into the world. Email us the photo to share with the community on Instagram and Facebook to receive 1.5 hours of community service.

Our teen volunteers helped us make so many blankets to help keep someone warm this past winter!

Online Homework Help

Interact with live tutors every day from 1:00 pm to 11:00 pm in math, science, reading/writing, social studies, PSAT/SAT, ACT, AP and state standardized tests. Submit essays and other forms of writing to the 24-hour Writing Lab for constructive feedback. Click here to go to Brainfuse HelpNow.

Online Learning

Use your library card to learn new skills online, from languages to computer programming and so much more. Click here to go to our Online Learning page.

Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books is a county-wide inter-library competition between teams of teens focused on young adult novels. Teens read quality literature for fun and for detail and then compete against each other in a trivia contest about these titles.

We offer three sessions:

Summer Battle of the Books is for Longwood Public Library cardholders entering grades 6-9. This year we will read three books and compete on Zoom. More info about how to register and to pick up a set of books using our curbside service.
Winter Battle of the Books is only for Longwood Public Library teens. Teens in grades 5 and 6 read three books and compete against each other in a trivia contest that takes place at the Longwood Middle School.
Advanced Division Battle of the Books is for Longwood Public Library cardholders in grades 9-12. We focus on three books, with practices beginning in September and the final competition taking place in the fall.

Congratulations to our team, The Shrekoning, for coming in first place at the 2020 Suffolk County Advanced Division Battle of the Books competition!

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