Good Comics for Kids
February 28, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I have decided to do something crazy and it’s all because of the dedicated fans who have emailed and facebooked and twittered at me for the last two years asking when the next Sucks to Be Me book will be available (some on a weekly basis!). I’m finally continuing the award-winning series with the direct […]
February 28, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
You or your alt, only 1 will survive. In Chapman’s vision of the future, families give birth to a child who has an “alt” in the world; another child that is a combination of the two families DNA. At some point, you are activated and then you have 30 days to kill your alt or […]
February 28, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Two sisters, bound by impossible choices, are determined to protect each other—no matter the cost. James’s frozen face melts into a smile. “Do you want to know the trick to getting in trouble under the watchful eye of a psychic?” I think of the nailed-shut windows. I think of Clarice. I think of the two, […]
February 27, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I am anorexic. You wouldn’t know that to look at me, but they say it is something you never fully recover from – so I guess I am not recovered, but am recovering. I eat now. Sometimes too much and sometimes for the wrong reasons. I am definitely in no way slim any more. But […]
February 27, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I don’t know why Teen Tech Week always sneaks up on me. Maybe because March is always when summer reading planning seems to be at it’s fullest. Or maybe because it always seems to fall during my school systems’ spring breaks. Or it’s because I’m waiting for spring. Who knows. All I know is I’m […]
February 27, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
“Marcus,” he said. “Have you noticed how messed up everything is today? How we put a ‘good’ president in the White House and he kept right on torturing and bombing and running secret prisons? How every time we turn around someone’s trying to take away the Internet from us, make it into someone kind of giant stupid shopping mall […]
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February 26, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
“I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.” – Voltaire Steampunk: Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan “What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner.” It […]
February 26, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Steampunk has been around for decades, but has really gained popularity in the past few years. But what exactly is that Steampunk stuff anyway? Imagine a world where steam and natural gas, not coal and electricity, are the primary power sources. Steampunk transports us to a place abounding with airships, gas lamps, gears, cogs, and […]
February 26, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Wildcat turned her attention to Finley. “I know you. You’re the one that was here with the Irish witch.” “She would prefer to be called a scientist” came Finley’s drawled reply. “I’ll give her your regards.” The dark girl turned back to Jasper. “She’s almost as much a smart-arse as you. She all you brought?” […]
February 25, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I know that you think the life of a librarian must be chic and glamorous, but the truth is that there are a lot of days where it is exactly what you think it is: a job. It is a job filled with paperwork and budgets and decisions and trying to relate to people, both […]
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