RECOMMENDATIONS
NONFICTION NOVEMBER
TEEN NEWSLETTER November 2023
TEEN PUZZLES AND GAMES
The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nick Day
A narrative nonfiction about the robbery in the Louvre that made the Mona Lisa portrait the most famous artwork in the world.
Looking for a quick game: • Exploding Kittens • Nightmare Forest • Sequence • Mancala
Bomb: Graphic Novel by Steve Sheinkin and Nick Bertozzi
Looking for a longer game: • Settlers of Catan • Pandemic • Monopoly • Apples to Apples
Join the team of scientists from around the world as they race against the clock to build one of the world’s deadliest weapons. Do you ever find yourself and your friends searching for something to do after school or on the weekends? Well, the Library has many, many things that you can do while you are here, including puzzles, board games and card games.
Dark Testament: Blackout Poems by Crystal Simone Smith Moving and thought-provoking, this book includes poems about grief, death, institutional racism and so much more.
Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Ultimate Guide by Scott Cawthon
Mythology. Gameplay. Secrets. A guidebook with all things Five Nights at Freddy’s.
Teen Services: teenservices@stdl.org • (847) 923-3240
In the teen space, we have over 10 different puzzles and over 30 different board and card games to choose from. The puzzles range from 100 pieces to 1,000 pieces, and we of course have the staple games of Sorry, Scrabble, Ticket to Ride, Checkers/Chess/Backgammon and many variations of Uno.
Looking for Uno games: • Uno • Giant Uno
• Uno Flip
Looking for a new game or puzzle: • Sabobatage • Abducktion • The Chameleon • Pikachu puzzle • Banned Books puzzle • Snacks puzzle Our games and puzzles are available anytime the teen space is open – and you don’t need a Library card to use them! While you can’t check out these particular items, take a look at our Library of Things for games, puzzles and more to take home to try: SchaumburgLibrary.org/ library-of-things.