Politics in Practice
May 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Trend Watch: Profanity in Teen Fiction Lately, everyone has been a buzz about the profanity in teen novels. It even made the news! A recent study was done and they counted the swear words and noted an increase in the use of profanity in teen books. There have been some informative – and some amusing […]
May 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Author Holly Schindler has big news! You can learn more about Feral at Holly’s blog: hollyschindler.blogspot.com, on Twitter: @holly_schindler, or at Holly’s Facebook author page: http://www.facebook.com/HollySchindlerAuthor Holly Schindler is the author of Playing Hurt and A Blue So Dark. You can find out more about her and these books, including book trailers, at http://www.hollyschindler.com/. Feral will be coming soon from […]
May 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The Ranger’s Apprentice is a series of amazing fantasy novels written by Australian author John Flanagan. The series takes place in a fictonal world, based upon medevial Europe and follows the adventures of Will, an orphan of Castle Redmont who is taken as an apprentice Ranger, as he strives to keep the Kingdom of Araluen […]
May 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Life As We Knew It meets Lord of the Flies in a mall that looks just like yours A biological bomb has just been discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall. At first nobody knows if it’s even life threatening, but then the entire complex is quarantined, people start getting sick, supplies […]
May 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Today, as part of our ongoing series Why YA?, Lauren Kate, author of the Fallen series, discusses The Giver by Lois Lowry. Lois Lowry’s “The Giver,” is a story that truly moved me growing up. The book takes place in a society where all pain and suffering have been eradicated – a seemingly wonderful thought […]
May 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Funny story, I hate to cook. But I am obsessed with The Food Network, especially shows like Iron Chef, Cupcake Wars and the Extreme Challenge. So as I was sitting there reading The Sweetest Thing by Christina Mandelski, all I could think about was all the great cooking show programming you could do as a […]
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May 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
In the end, life inevitably always ends in death. Death and taxes you know. A lot of teens can avoid the taxes part, but they often get to the death part too early, especially in teen fiction. But death is a funny thing, and you don’t always stay dead. Or you hang out in limbo […]
May 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Yesterday was my 17 year wedding anniversary and, like any good teen services librarian, I ditched my husband, grabbed my tween, and journeyed to a magical place – the bookstore – to meet author Michael Scott. (Don’t worry, it’s not as bad as it sounds, we had dinner together later. Me and the Mr. that […]
May 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
“This must be what Dorothy felt like, I think. Maybe. If Dorothy was six scared teenagers and Oz was hell.” (This is Not a Test, Courtney Summer.” It is always assumed that when the zombie apocalypse happens we will do everything in our power to survive, but what if the morning all hell breaks loose, […]
May 25, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I am a huge fan of cover art. Like…HUGE. It’s no mistake that teen books have some of the best cover art out there and generally because most of our teens are looking for things that are visually appealing. But some of the books that I read and fell in love with didn’t have the […]
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