Teen Department

Welcome to Ridgefield Park Public Library's Teen Department! Here you can find out about upcoming programming, events, new books, helpful online resources and so much more. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the teen department from programming to new books please let us know by e-mail or just dropping by! We are always happy to see you!

Book of the Month

The Raven Boys: the Graphic Novel
by Maggie Stiefvater, art by Sas Millidge

Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only, she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had and has always felt too ordinary within the magic that surrounded her. Enter Gansey, a rich student from Aglionby, the town’s all-boys private school teeming with wealth, privilege, and trouble. Blue's always made it a point to stay away from its students, the Raven Boys.

But when Gansey asks her to join him and three other Raven Boys on his quest to find a long-forgotten Welsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of their quiet Virginia town, Blue doesn’t hesitate. She jumps at the chance to finally be a part of something real and full of magic, a world she was born into yet one that always stood just out of reach. Soon enough, she’s swept into a strange and shifting world woven into theirs, one far more dangerous than anything they could have dreamt up.

July 2025 Programs

World Book Online

With your Ridgefield Park Public Library card, you have access to World Book Online! World Book Online is an engaging and trustworthy digital resource for children in grades Pre-K through High School. Complete with educational games, encyclopedia articles, guided reading, and more, World Book Online is a way to make learning fun!

Check out the different World Book Online sites you have access to with your library card:

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Young Adult Code of Conduct

Teens in 7th-12th grade may use the Young Adult space. Younger patrons are allowed in the teen area if they or their teen sibling is browsing for books, or if they are being tutored by a teen.
If teens are being tutored by an adult, they must use the Adult Reading Room.
Using offensive, harmful, or extremely loud language is strictly prohibited.
Bullying and harassment including hitting, kicking, insulting, or name-calling will not be tolerated.
Physical actions that may upset, harm, or distract other library patrons is not allowed. This includes public displays of affection.
Harassment of a staff member (including insulting, name-calling, or back-talk) is not acceptable.
Garbage (such as drink containers, food wrappers, or homework/craft materials) must be disposed of before exiting the library.
Exiting and entering the building frequently is not allowed.
Only 4 chairs are allowed per table, and only 1 person on each chair. All 4 legs of the chair must be on the ground at all times.
Computer sessions are limited to 30 minutes each. Sessions can be extended if no other person is waiting to use the computer. Repeat sessions may or may not be 30 minutes in length depending upon whether others are waiting.
Teens must use the computers downstairs in the Children’s Room if they are accompanied by a patron in 6th grade or under who also needs to use the computer.

Failure to adhere to these rules may result in expulsion from the library, or, if necessary, a revoking of library privileges for a period of time as determined by the Library Director. Sometimes, parents of teens causing disturbances may be called to be notified of their behavior. If a parent cannot be notified, and the behavior persists, then the police department may be called.