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Young Adult Space
About Us
Hampton Library recognizes that young adults need and deserve services tailored to address their unique educational, informational, cultural, and leisure time needs. Our Young Adult Space provides a safe and welcoming environment for all teens within the greater Bridgehampton - Sagaponak Community, with special programming that is designed for youth entering grades 6 through 12. Here young adults can grow intellectually, emotionally, and socially in a caring, nurturing and respectful environment; where they can develop new literacies for learning and expression; where they can use the library’s research resources to study, read, write, discuss books, socialize, participate in programming, or simply “hang out,” as well as gain workplace preparedness through engagement in various community service projects.
Summer in the YA Space
Spring is here, which is our favorite time of year! Keep your eyes out for some returning favorites: Anime/Manga Club, Zumba, Maze Runner Escape Room and After Hours Movie Night.
Join the Long Island Dungeon Master Frank Papaleo for a unique introduction to the popular Dungeons and Dragons tabletop game. Pick one of several pre-constructed characters to roleplay and delve into a standalone fantasy adventure full of danger, treasure and magic. No experience necessary. 4 hour campaign. Space is limited. Registration required. Speak with our YA Librarian for more information.
Battle of the Books also returns for students entering grades 6 through 9, with sign ups beginning on May 4th. Battle of the Books is a county-wide competition that tests your reading knowledge against other Suffolk County teens. Team members will read selected titles and compete at Stony Brook University. There will be an Interest Meeting on Monday, May 11 at 5:00 pm. The epic battle is scheduled for Saturday, August 8.
Featured Summer Programs & More
Harry Potter Digital Escape: Horcrux Hunt
Wednesday, July 1 at 4:00 pm via Zoom
We’ll work through this Escape Room together to destroy Horcruxes.
Get Moving with Erin
Mondays in July at 11:00 am
Let’s keep our bodies moving and stay active this Summer! Erin is a personal trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise with special certifications in sports conditioning and youth fitness. Videos are prerecorded and will be available on our social media.
Hedwig Drawing Class
Tuesday, July 14 at 3:00 pm via Zoom
Join Riesa from Key to My Art for this online class and learn how to draw Hedwig from the Harry Potter series.
Walk & Talk
First Tuesday of the month July 7 & August 4 at 2:00 pm via Zoom
Download the Zoom app on your phone through the App Store or Google Play. Join your YA Librarian once a month for a stroll outside.
Beginner Sign Language
Thursdays in July & August July 9 & 23; August 6 & 20 at 6:30 pm via Zoom
Certified TESOL and ASL teacher, Jason Wong, will teach you the basics of American Sign Language in a course designed for maximum learning and maximum fun! This is not your average class! Space is limited. Registration required.
Karaoke Night
Thursday, July 16 at 5:00 pm via Zoom
Let’s have some fun! We’ll meet up and sing our heart out to our favorite tunes.
Netflix Watch Party!
Fridays, July 17 & August 14 at 4:30 pm
Friday night movie nights are back! We will be using Netflix Party to watch a movie together. Please note: you must have a Netflix account and a Google Chrome browser to download the Netflix Party extension.
Harry Potter House Bookmarks
Tuesday, July 28 at 2:00 pm via Zoom
Let’s make an awesome bookmark featuring our Harry Potter house. Supplies are limited, and will be provided as a curbside service or through the mail.
Fantastical Drawings!
Tuesday, August 11 at 3:00 pm via Zoom
Join Riesa from Key to My Art for this online drawing class through Zoom. You’ll be creating your own fantastical masterpieces. All you need is a pencil and some paper!
Don’t Forget The Lyrics
Thursday, July 30 at 2:00 pm via Zoom
Think you know the lyrics to popular songs? Let’s find out! We’ll challenge each other in a race against the clock to see how well we know song lyrics.
Drawize
Wednesday, August 12 at 2:00 pm via Zoom
Let’s get together and have a little fun! We’ll play Pictionary online through Drawize and videochat through Zoom. All you need is your phone or computer to play along.
Digital Escape Room: Fairy Forest
Tuesday, August 18 at 2:00 pm via Zoom
We’ll work through this escape room together. Do you have what it takes to solve the puzzles before time runs out?
Optical Illusions with Chris Vivas
Thursday, August 20 at 2:00 pm via Zoom
Join Chris Vivas for this fun class on Optical Illusions! Learn a brief history of them, view different examples and create your own optical illusion.
DIY Elemental Jars
Tuesday, August 25 at 2:00 pm via Zoom
We’ll create mini jars that can be used as decoration or worn as necklaces. These jars will replicate and represent the 4 elements (Air, Fire, Water and Earth). Supplies are limited, and will be provided as a curbside service or through the mail.
Butterbeer Tutorial
Tuesday, July 21 at 2:00 pm
Check out our social media pages for an instructional video on how to make Butterbeer!
Jackbox Games
Thursday, August 27 at 2:00 pm via Zoom
Looking for ways to connect with friends and have fun? Let’s play a Jackbox Party Pack! All you need is a phone or tablet to play
What We Are Reading...
Manga
Mythical Beast Investigator, by Koichiro Hoshino
Ferry is a mythical beast investigator, charged with keeping the peace between humanity and the many magical creatures that populate the world. When a dragon starts attacking a small village, Ferry and her otherworldly bodyguard, Kushuna, go to investigate. We follow Ferry through many villages as she attempts to save and protect those mythical beats from the cruelties of the human world.
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Fantasy
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power. When the library’s most dangerous grimoire is released, Elisabeth’s intervention to save the surround town implicates her in the crime. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them. Does she have what it takes to save the building that she has loved since her infancy?
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Dystopian
Wilder Girls, by Rory Power
The Raxter School for Girls, located on an isolated island in Maine, has been under quarantine since the Tox hit eighteen months ago. The disease came on slow, killing teachers and students one by one, eventually leaving a group of girls to fend on their own as they wait for the cure that was promised by the CDC. When one of the girls goes missing, Hetty decides it’s time to break their rules and expose herself to the horrors that have become of the woods surrounding their school to find her friend. Along the way, Hetty discovers some frightening truths about The Raxter School for Girls and the island she lives on…
