Teen Page

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Upcoming Events: 


Movie Showing
May 20, 2024
2-4 pm
Ennis Welcome Center (201 NW Main St.)
For 6th-12th Graders.
*To ensure we have enough supplies, please call 972-875-5360 to sign up!
*Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, a United Way agency.

Good Reads

TeenBookCloud from Tumble Book (includes graphic novels and National Geographic videos!)

Check out our Teen ebooks, audiobooks, and movies on OverDrive and download the Libby app.

YASLA Search 4,000+ books, audiobooks, and films from YALSA's book awards and book lists.

Celebrate 50 years of YA: Check out @BooklistYA on Twitter.

School Resources:

ACT/SAT Prep

Apply Texas Admissions and scholarships applications for Texas institutions of higher education.

Gale Resources is one-stop exploratory search platform containing over 1,000 full-text reference titles, plus thousands of images and videos - making it a great starting point for homework and school projects, academic research, job search preparation, and other reference needs. *Ask a librarian for login information.

High School Skills Improvement Resources for building classroom and homework skills in math, English language arts, social studies, science and technology; test prep for STAAR™, TAKS and TSIA2

Learning Express This online test-prep and career development resource is provided through TexShare.

Need money for school?  

Check out LendEDU's Guide to College Scholarships.

FAFSA Use the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form to apply for financial aid (grants, work-study, and loans) to pay for college or career school.

Jobs for Teens contains useful information including work permit information, labor laws, jobs for teens by city/state, non-traditional job ideas, and more.

High School Resume - a guide to help teach high school students how to put together a high quality resume, even when they may not have any prior work experience. 

Career Readiness Handbook is designed to help you develop a career path and consider your future employment possibilities as you move through postsecondary education.  Topics include the type of careers that exist and the skills needed for them, the steps you should take to find a satisfying career, and how you can leverage curricular and co-curricular activities into marketable skills.

Teen Health & Wellness Updated for today's teens with articles on dating violence, depression, gender identity, opioids, school safety, stress, trauma, vaping and more.

Career Readiness:

LearningExpress Career Center