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Teens

Library Events

Mindfulness for Teens

Take some time to breathe and reconnect with an evening of mindfulness just for Teens. Do some gentle yoga and learn a guided meditation that you can do at home, then ground yourself with some mindful colouring or journaling.

Teen Ambassadors (Full)

(Full) RPL’s Teen Ambassador (TAMBAS) are a youth leadership group that helps to improve the library. The TAMBAS help library staff develop teen programs and collections, while working as a team and developing public speaking skills.

Get involved

Mindfulness for Teens

Take some time to breathe and reconnect with an evening of mindfulness just for Teens. Do some gentle yoga and learn a guided meditation that you can do at home, then ground yourself with some mindful colouring or journaling.

Teen Ambassadors (Full)

(Full) RPL’s Teen Ambassador (TAMBAS) are a youth leadership group that helps to improve the library. The TAMBAS help library staff develop teen programs and collections, while working as a team and developing public speaking skills.

Volunteer

Interested in giving your time to support the library? Click here for current volunteer opportunities.

Resources

Child and Youth Mental Health

The Ministry of Children and Family Development’s Child and Youth Mental Health (CYMH) teams located across B.C. provide a range of mental health assessment and treatment options for children and youth (0-18 years of age) and their families at no cost. Our clinics are staffed by mental health clinicians, psychologists, and psychiatrists.

Youth in BC

Crisis mental health line for teens. It connects teens with support, information and resources.

Education Planner BC

EducationPlannerBC helps learners make well informed decisions about their education and career options. Use the Plan section to find articles and information about the different paths along the student journey.

Student Aid BC

We help with the cost of post-secondary education through student loans, grants, and scholarships. We also have programs that help with loan repayment.

Connections Community Services

An organization in Richmond offering a variety of programs for teens including homework help, Youth & Seniors Connect, and Station Stretch’s academic support.

Foundry

Foundry is a province-wide network of integrated health and social service centres for young people ages 12-24. Foundry centres provide a one-stop-shop for young people to access mental health care, substance use services, primary care, social services and youth and family peer supports.

RESET Youth Team

The RESET Youth Team is dedicated in supporting youth aged 13-19 and their families in partnership with the Richmond School District.

RESETing youth on their path through individual and family counselling, group work, school support, and advocacy. We believe positive change is possible and the ‘reset’ framework guides our everyday practice and more importantly, RESET youth’s thinking and goals towards successful outcomes.

WorkBC Scholarships, Bursaries, and Loans

Post-secondary education can be expensive. StudentAid BC provides loans, grants, bursaries, scholarships and special programs to qualifying students.

Staff Picks For Teens

Becoming A Queen

Clay, Dan

Someone Is Always Watching

Armstrong, Kelley

Promises Stronger Than Darkness

Anders, Charlie Jane

Silver in the Bone

Bracken, Alexandra

Throwback

Goo, Maurene

Lying in the Deep

Urban, Diana

Teen Romantic Novels

Ander & Santi Were Here

Garza Villa, Jonny

Borrow My Heart

West, Kasie

Milo and Marcos at the End of the World

Snipes, Kevin Christopher

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Hibbert, Talia

The Boy You Always Wanted

Quach, Michelle

6 Times We Almost Kissed (and One Time We Did)

Sharpe, Tess

Teen Pride Novels

Trans Futures Now

Stewart, Milo

Spell Bound

Lukens, F. T.

Riley Weaver Needs A Date to the Gaybutante Ball

June, Jason

The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Reyes, Sonora

It's Totally Normal!

Mehta, Monica Gupta

Afterglow

Stamper, Phil

Teen manga

Record of Ragnarok

Umemura, Shin'ya

The Detective Is Already Dead

mugiko

Magus of the Library

Izumi, Mitsu

Spy X Family

Endō, Tatsuya

Chainsaw Man

Fujimoto, Tatsuki

Cat + Gamer. Volume 1

Nadatani, Wataru

Teen French Collection

Coming in

Champagne, Samuel

Olas

Carla, María

La plus forte

Watson, Jo

Étrangers

Robertson, David

La chambre éteinte

Bécotte, Jonathan

Le garçon aux pieds à l'envers

Blais, François