Ten Novels that Changed My Life Before I Could Drive by Sean Beaudoin (a guest post)
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Ten Novels that Changed My Life Before I Could Drive
by Sean Beaudoin
1. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut — the greatest YA writer of them all, neck deep in irony and pathos.
Wise Young Fool was just released. Here is the book trailer. Oh look, here is my review.
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He also writes cool online things that I think everyone should be reading, like this letter to graduates, these thoughts about self promotion, and this discussion of a fab art project he did with his daughter. He writes over at The Weeklings. Visit his webpage and follow him on Twitter, but only if you want to read hip, cool, thoughtful commentary and are not opposed to the occassional moments of self promotion.
Filed under: Banned Books Week, Sean Beaudoin
About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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