Virtual Teen Escape Room Book Club

Photo by Spivack/Ferraro

Two creative teen librarians at the Loudon County (VA) Public Library recently shared their experience and ideas in connecting with teens during COVID in SLJ's Teen Librarian Toolbox blog..  They write: "In late 2020 when our library system was soft-launching virtual book clubs, we spent a closing shift on a dreary, wintery Friday evening frustrated. With specialties in Makerspace and Teen Services respectively, we didn’t see how book clubs were going to let us reconnect with the patrons we were used to seeing in the comfortable chaos of our library spaces. As we were talking through the challenges, it occurred to us that even without a pandemic, there’s a lot about a standard book club that makes it inaccessible to teens, especially teens with learning disabilities (including ADHD). One thing led to another and soon we had permission to run a virtual teen book club, which has since transitioned to a successful monthly in-person meeting. The thing that makes it work? The book club is an escape room."

Stop here to read how they developed the program!

Teen & Tween Virtual & Offline Programming YSS blog COVID-19 series:

• Virtual Teen Escape Room Book Club  10/22/21
• Keeping Up Your Spirits  10/4/20
• Tween Virtual Program Ideas  10/1/20
• Tips for Doing Teen Virtual Programming  9/14/20
• Teen Summer Programming During the Pandemic  7/22/20
• SLP Virtual and Offline Program Ideas for Teens/Tweens  5/22/20