Teen Events & Clubs

What	When	Description	Registration Link	Flyer
Teen Creative Writing	Weekly (every Thursday) 5-6 (Workshop) and 6-7 (Lab)	Join other teen writers in your area and build your writing community! The first meeting of every month will feature a guest presenter to teach about a specific aspect of writing. All other meetings are for you to share your work and get feedback from your peers!Please email workshop pieces to gracie.marsden@marshallpl.org.	No registration required
Teen Night	Monthly New activities every month!	Join us for a free monthly event at the library for teens to meet other teens and have fun!	Register here
YRCA Book Club	Monthly 1/20 5-6 pm 2/11 6-7 pm 4/11 10-11 am	Thanks to the generous sponsorship from the Friends of the Marshall Public Library, we now have funds to host our monthly teen book club! Every month, we will select one of the YRCA nominees to read. Registrants receive a free copy of the book to read. We then meet at the end of the month to discuss the book!	Register here
Teen Trading Card Game Club (Magic: The Gathering & Pokemon)	Monthly Jan 14, 6-8 pm	Join us in playing two of the most popular trading card games: Magic the Gathering or Pokemon! You may come and participate in one or both. All levels are welcome. The library has limited sets for teens to borrow at the club if needed. Ages 10 and up.	No registration required
Teen Dungeons & Dragons	Quarterly February 23, 5-7:30 April 21, 5-7:30	Join our D&D Club for Teens, and participate in the world's most popular tabletop role-playing game! Beginners welcome.	Register here
Tech-Titans Robotics Club	Monthly February 7, 3-5 pm	Calling all young innovators and creative minds! Dive into the world of robotics with hands-on activities and exciting projects. This is a teen-only program. Parents are welcome to watch but can't participate.	No registration required, limited spots are first come first served
Teen babysitting clinic	Annual Fall 2026	Our Teen Babysitting Clinic is designed for teens and preteens ages 10 and up. Participants will explore topics such as basic childcare, how to entertain children, emergency procedures, and more. Please note: this is not an official certification, but a learning opportunity to help teens prepare for babysitting responsibilities.	Open Fall 2026	Open Fall 2026
Marshall Public Library Teen Reading Challenge	Annual	The challenge is to read 50 books in 50 weeks. However, the challenge is tiered to allow for different rewards at different checkpoints! Even if you aren’t sure you can read 50 books this year, it’s still worth trying to hit checkpoints. Each checkpoint completed earns a raffle ticket for the grand prize. Categories are up to interpretation. If you can justify how it fits into the category, we’ll count it. You can use the title, author, setting, plot, or something on the cover to justify it. This is for fun, so don’t stress the details! Registration is limited to teens. The youngest patrons for this challenge are students entering the 6th grade in the 2026-2027 school year. The oldest patrons must be 19 years of age for at least one day during 2026. Finish and report completion by January 5th, 2027. No late entries will be accepted. Record the books you finish! You may do so using this reading log, the Google Sheets log, or on a different method of your choosing. Record the title, indicate which category it matches, and give it a 1-5 star rating. Your completed log, whether online or on paper, must be shown to a librarian at the conclusion of the challenge. Books you read for other programs, such as the YRCA book club or the MPL teen summer reading challenge may be used for this challenge as well. This includes book you read in school. Audiobooks, manga, and graphic novels may be counted for the teen book challenge. Participants who read 50 books and report before the deadline will be eligible for the teen reading challenge completion prize. Prizes will not be ordered until the conclusion of the challenge and will be available for pick up after March 1st, 2027. The Marshall Public Library wil not ship prizes.	Registration link

About the teen librarian

Gracie graduated with an undergraduate degree in the Humanities from BYU-Idaho, and a master’s degree in teaching from Idaho State University. A proud Taiwanese-American, Gracie is OBSESSED with cats, enjoys knitting/crocheting, and going on hikes. She has two little kids and three cats, whose names are Totoro, Chewie, and Kikkoman Soy Sauce.

Gracie enjoys reading in various genres, but has an affinity for speculative fiction with a literary bent. Almost all of her favorite books have made her ugly cry at some point. She enjoys meeting new people and is always open to recommendations for new programs and activities for teens at the Marshall Public Library. Did she mention she is OBSESSED with cats? 

Her favorite song on Taylor Swift’s TTPD album is “The Black Dog”. She may or may not regularly sing it in the shower while sobbing uncontrollably. Her celebrity crush is Viktor from Arcane. 

She can be reached at gracie.marsden@marshallpl.org, or by saying “meow” three times in a mirror.