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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

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Change of Plans
by Sarah Dessen

Finley has always felt most comfortable in someone else’s shadow. Fortunately, she’s got Colin, her magnetic boyfriend, who sweeps her along for activities, friendships, and future plans. Then she goes on a last-minute trip with her distant mom to a family vacation house that Finley didn’t know existed and is now about to be sold.

Her mom was estranged from her own parents and siblings since leaving home for college, and it’s a novelty for Finley to see her aunts and cousins, and to meet the handful of teens who work at the Egg, her aunt’s diner, and make up a found family of their own—including undeniably handsome guitarist Ben.

Then her relationship with Colin goes into freefall, and Finley’s roadmap for life after high school is gone. She has no choice but to live, for the first time, without plans. The longer Finley stays, the closer she gets to the truth about why her mother stayed away—and why she’s brought Finley here now.

And the closer she grows to new friends at the Egg, the more she starts to fall for charmingly awkward, soulful Ben and to realize how much of herself she’s been missing. By the end of the summer, nothing will be the same—for this community or for Finley herself.

Summer 2026 Programs

World Book Online

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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!​

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

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.

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