Teen Murder Mystery Party -“Wanderstar” – October 5th at 5:30 PM

Enjoy an evening of mystery! Take on the role of a unique character and unravel the clues to find out who among you is the murderer! We’ll be playing through “Wanderstar” by Foulplay Games! The Story: In The Outskirts of the Frontier Star System, the crews of The Empress and The Calamity Jane have put aside old rivalries to apprehend […]

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Teen Advisory Group – Earn Community Service Hours!

Teens: Are you in need of Community Service? Need to earn more hours for graduation or honor societies? Want to lend a hand and help improve your community? Then Join our Teen Advisory Group!   The Hagaman Teen Advisory Group (HTAG) meets every other Friday starting at 3:30 PM, and is open to all teens age 12 to 18 in East Haven and […]

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Teen Programs this Fall!

Teen Advisory Group Every Other Friday, starting Sept. 1st | 3:30 – 5:00 PM Help us make the library a better place for yourself and all teens! Discuss new library programs, vote on new books to add to our YA collection, and more! All teens joining us will earn community service hours for their participation. Open to teens age 12 […]

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An Evening of Connecticut Ghosts with author Charles Rosenay! Wednesday, October 4 at 6:30 p.m.

Charles Rosenay, the author of True Ghost Stories of Connecticut and The Book of Top 10 Horror Lists will share stories he collected from best-known paranormal investigators, psychics, mediums, and ghost-hunters, as well as everyday people of their most memorable, scariest and most unbelievable true stories of the supernatural. Not only are they all true, but most happened in Connecticut, […]

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Join Our Discord Server!

The Hagaman Memorial Library is pleased to announced the launch of our new Discord Server for our teenage patrons!   Discord is a free voice and instant messaging platform that allows its users to share messages, texts, images, and more within a community.   Our discord server is open to any and all teen age 13 and 18 with a […]

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Teens, Need to Earn Community Service Hours? – Volunteer Application Here

  Volunteer hours must be coordinated with the teen librarian ahead of time. Contact the teen librarian, Miss Emily, at ekalotai@hagamanlibrary.org or fill out the application below to sign-up: Loading…   You can also submit reviews for books you’ve read recently through the Google Form here to earn Fifteen minutes of Community service per review.  

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Hagaman Book Bags – Subscription Service for Teens

Teens, have you heard of OwlCrate? FairyLoot? Lootcrate? Would you like your own monthly bag of free goodies, plus 1 to 3 books specially selected just for you? Then sign-up today for our new subscription service, Book Bags!   Each month, you will receive 1 to 3 library books, selected for you based on your personal reading preferences. In addition, […]

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New and Notable YA Releases – March

Always the Almost by Edward Underhill Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson has two New Year’s resolutions: 1) win back his ex-boyfriend (and star of the football team) Shane McIntyre, and 2) finally beat his slimy arch-nemesis at the Midwest’s biggest classical piano competition. But that’s not going to be so easy. For one thing, Shane broke up with Miles two […]

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