Marion Carnegie Library's Young Adult Department
Located on Marion Carnegie Library’s Top Floor!
Check out these YA department favorites!
Just click on a title to see its details and request it from the library.
MCL's Young Adult Department Events
Each month, the YA department hosts tons of fun events for ages 12 – 18.
Find details about each event on the library’s Events Calendar!
2025 Teen Movie & Make-It Lineup
May 2025 - Pixels (PG-13)
When aliens mistake images of 1980s arcade games as a sign of aggression, they attack Earth with evil versions of Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and other video-game characters. In response, the U.S. president asks his old gamer pals to battle the invaders.
April 2025 - Hop (PG)
A slacker named Fred adopts a rabbit that jumps in front of his car, and it turns out this particular creature is next in line to become the Easter Bunny and doesn't want the job.
March 2025 - The Greatest Showman (PG)
This musical about the life of entrepreneur P.T. Barnum depicts how he found fame and fortune by starting a circus in 1870s America, and posits that he was the creator of modern show business.
February 2025 - Groundhog Day (PG)
A weather forecaster begins to live the same day over and over - and that day is Groundhog Day.
January 2025 - Snow Day (PG)
An unexpected snowfall means a no-school, no-rules day.
2024 Teen Movie & Make-It Lineup
September 2024 - She's The Man (PG-13)
In this updating of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," a star soccer player masquerades as her brother and joins his prep-school squad. She eventually falls for her new teammate, who also happens to be her roommate.
October 2024 - Hocus Pocus (PG)
Three 17th-century witches, hanged for their murderous crimes, are resurrected on Halloween in modern-day Salem by an unsuspecting boy, who must now figure out how to get them back in the ground.
November 2024 - Spider-Man: Homecoming
(PG-13)
Spider-Man learns the ropes of being a superhero under the tutelage of Tony Stark, all while juggling his responsibilities as high schooler Peter Parker. Eager to prove himself to Stark, Parker soon gets tangled up with a villain known as the Vulture.
December 2024 - Home Alone (PG)
A mischievous 8-year-old who's picked on by his older siblings and ignored by his parents would really rather be left alone—and that's exactly what happens when he gets accidentally left behind in a frenzied rush to the airport for a family vacation in Paris over the holiday season. After learning to fend for himself, the boy has to protect his house against two bumbling burglars who are planning to rob it.