Upcoming Teens Events

Volunteer Opportunities

Vendors looking for teen job/volunteer applicants

Geneva Park District
Affordable Party Tent Rental
Atlas Chicken Shack
Batavia Container
Charlestowne 18
Culvers-North Aurora
Eagle Flexible Packaging
El Taco Grande
Fermi Labs Natural Areas
Forest Preserve District of Kane County
Fox Valley Special Recreation Association
Goldfish Swim School
Heinz Bros. Greenhouse
i9 Sports
JC Penney-North Aurora
Kane County Cougars
Kimmer’s Ice Cream
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
Pheasant Run
Prairie Path Cycles Batavia
Raging Waves Water Park
SciTech Hands On Museum
St. Charles History Museum
St. Charles Park District
Batavia Park District
Red Oak Nature Center

Batavia High School Required Reading Choices

9th grade – English I/English I Honors

10th grade – English II/English II Honors

11th grade – American History/AP Language/AP Literature

12th grade – Government/AP Language/AP Literature

FRESHMEN - English 1

Book Title	Author
A List of Cages	Robin Roe
Illegal	Eoin Colfer
Positive	Paige Rawl
Lockdown	Alexander Gordon Smith

FRESHMEN - English 1 - Honors

Book Title	Author
Life of Pi	Yann Martel
Girl in Translation	Jean Kwok
The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho

SOPHOMORES - English II (Choose 1)

Book Title	Author
A Long Way Down	Jason Reynolds
Scythe	Neal Shusterman
Between Shades of Gray	Ruta Sepetys
Laughing at My Nightmare	Shane Burcaw

Sophomores - English II Honors (All Read)

Book Title	Author
A Thousand Splendid Suns	Khaled Hosseini

JUNIORS Juniors - American History or APUSH (AP US History) (Choose 1)

Book Title	Author
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer	James L. Swanson
Mr. Lincoln’s High Tech War	Thomas B. Allen
Photo By Brady	Jennifer Armstrong

Juniors (or Seniors) taking AP Language (Choose One)

Book Title	Author
American Sniper	Kyle McEwen
The Forbidden Schoolhouse	Suzanne Jumaine
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History	John M. Barry
The Pursuit of Happyness	Chris Gardner
Unbroken	Laura Hillenbrand
Midnight in Cherynobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster	Adam Higginbotham
Wild	Cheryl Strayed
The Demon in the Freezer	Richard Preston
Into Thin Air	Jon Krakauer
No Time to Lose	Peter Piot
The Perfect Storm	Sebastian Junger
999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz	Heather Dune Macadam
Stiff	Mary Roach
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever	Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
The Tipping Point	Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers	Malcolm Gladwell
Moneyball	Michael Lewis
Branded	Alissa Quart
The Innovators	Walter Isaacson
1421	Gavin Menzies
Argo	Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio
Behind Rebel Lines	Seymour Reit
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II	Sonia Purnell
City of Scoundrels	Gary Krist
Devil in the White City	Erik Larson
Eight Men Out	Eliot Asinof
Flags of our Fathers	James Bradley and Ron Powers
Parkland: Birth of a Movement	Dave Cullen
The Beauty Myth	Naomi Wolf
The Cheating Culture	David Calhoun
Columbine	Dave Cullen
Invisible Man	Ralph Ellison
Life, Animated	Ron Suskind
The Paradox of Choice	Barry Schwartz
When March Went Mad	Seth Davis
Bad Or, The Dumbing Down of America	Paul Fussell
Becoming	Michelle Obama
Educated : A Memoir	Tara Westover
Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage	Dan Crenshaw
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption	Bryan Stevenson

Seniors taking Government or AP Government (All Read)

Book Title	Author
The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation	Jonathan Hennessey

Seniors (or juniors) taking AP Literature (All Read)

Book Title	Author
How to Read Literature Like a Professor	Thomas Foster

Seniors (or juniors) taking AP Literature (Choose One)

Book Title	Author
The Underground Railroad	Colin Whitehead
The Sympathizer	Viet Thanh Nguyen
All the Light We Cannot See	Anthony Doerr
The Narrow Road to the Deep North	Richard Flanagan
Sing Unburied Sing	Jesmyn Ward

What’s happening this Spring!

The Princeton Review’s Free ACT/SAT Virtual Midwest Test Fest

Free Practice Test for ACT & SAT – Limited Spots Available | The Princeton Review

Try a free practice test or sample the powerful techniques and content from our in-class
lectures by joining us for a Strategy Session led by one of The Princeton Review’s expert instructors!

TEEN VIRTUAL MURDER MYSTERY
Now – Friday, April 30
Get the downloadable clues for this online game.

TEEN VIRTUAL ESCAPE ROOM
Now – Friday, April 30
Try it out here: https://tinyurl.com/yyg2toe2

VOLUNTEEN REVIEW CHALLENGE
Now – Friday, April 30
Earn 15 min. of volunteer credit for ea. book review.

100 BOOKS BEFORE COLLEGE CHALLENGE
Register on Beanstack
Now – Tuesday, June 1

Reference Database Information

ACT / SAT Practice Test Information

Batavia Public Library subscribes to a variety of reference databases, which are useful for doing research.
Library Databases

Get a feel for what testing day will be like by taking a free practice SAT test, courtesy of Princeton Review. Bring water, #2 pencils, and an energy snack, as well as an SAT-approved calculator. Scores will be available online within a week of taking the test. Registration is required.
Check our calendar for the next test.

Community Check-in with Misty & Aimee

Every Tuesday at 6:30pm, Misty and Aimee go LIVE on Instagram and Facebook. Follow them and make sure to turn on notifications! www.instagram.com/bplbatavia/

Teen Programs

Teen Programs

ONLINE--Path of a FAFSA/FAFSA Follow-Up
on April 19, 2021 at 2:59 am
When: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 7:00 PM - 8:00 PMIllinois Student Assistant Corps representative Lauren Waitt addresses what happens after a FAFSA is completed, including the SAR (Student Aid Report), completing the verification process, using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, reviewing aid award […]
Get your Teen Book Subscription Bag
on April 19, 2021 at 2:59 am
When: Saturday, May 01, 2021 - All DayLooking for a fresh read and a few surprises? Try a Library teen book subscription! Register at the link below and let us know what you might like to read. We will fill a bag for you with a pre-selected YA library book, a craft, a snack, and a few themed […]
ONLINE--Among Us
on April 19, 2021 at 2:59 am
When: Sunday, May 02, 2021 - 7:00 PM - 8:00 PMAre you addicted to Among Us? Meet up with other players for some private games. Well make sure everyone is ready on Zoom and then chat during the games using Discord. The Discord server is BPL Game Night, and the channel we will use is #among-us-bpl. […]
ONLINE--Inclusion Game Night
on April 19, 2021 at 2:59 am
When: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PMChat time: 6-6:30pm Game time: 6:30-8pm Teens and young adults of all abilitiesand their families and friendsare invited to play UNO, Bingo, and other games online. High school volunteers are welcome. We now have prizes for bingo, as well as UNO […]

Adult Programs

Adult Programs

ONLINE--Community Check-In
on April 19, 2021 at 2:59 am
When: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 6:30 PM - 7:00 PMJoin Misty & Aimee from adult services for 30 minutes of local exploration and a chance to reconnect with your neighbors. You will laugh with and learn from the people who make this community great. No registration required, but you will need a […]
ONLINE--Community Check-In
on April 19, 2021 at 2:59 am
When: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 6:30 PM - 7:00 PMJoin Misty & Aimee from adult services for 30 minutes of local exploration and a chance to reconnect with your neighbors. You will laugh with and learn from the people who make this community great. No registration required, but you will need a […]
Community Check-in
on April 19, 2021 at 2:59 am
When: Tuesday, May 04, 2021 - 6:30 PM - 7:00 PMJoin Misty & Aimee from adult services for 30 minutes of local exploration and a chance to reconnect with your neighbors. You will laugh with and learn from the people who make this community great. No registration required, but you will need a […]
ONLINE--Fireside Chat with Author Alex Kotlowitz
on April 19, 2021 at 2:59 am
When: Thursday, May 06, 2021 - 7:00 PM - 8:00 PMJoin us for a fireside chat with journalist, author and filmmaker Alex Kotlowitz. Alexs most notable books are An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago and the award winning national bestseller There Are No Children Here.Our fireside chat will […]

Building is open for Browse and Go. Curbside Pickup available.

Batavia Public Library
10 S. Batavia Ave. Batavia, IL 60510
(630) 879-1393

Batavia Public Library
10 S. Batavia Ave. Batavia, IL 60510
(630) 879-1393

Upcoming Teens Events

Volunteer Opportunities

Batavia High School Required Reading Choices

What’s happening this Spring!

Reference Database Information

ACT / SAT Practice Test Information

Community Check-in with Misty & Aimee

Hours

Building is open for Browse and Go. Curbside Pickup available.

Batavia Public Library10 S. Batavia Ave. Batavia, IL 60510(630) 879-1393

Batavia Public Library10 S. Batavia Ave. Batavia, IL 60510(630) 879-1393

Upcoming Teens Events

Volunteer Opportunities​

Batavia High School Required Reading Choices

What’s happening this Spring!

Reference Database Information

ACT / SAT Practice Test Information

Community Check-in with Misty & Aimee

Hours

Batavia Public Library
10 S. Batavia Ave. Batavia, IL 60510
(630) 879-1393

Batavia Public Library
10 S. Batavia Ave. Batavia, IL 60510
(630) 879-1393

Volunteer Opportunities