100 Scope Notes
October 31, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Happy Halloween! Or should I say, “Happy Halloweenies”. Today, we bring you this special treat – a guest post by author David Lubar. Now you can’t play any tricks on us. Enjoy this low calorie treat. Sure it’s not chocolate, but it won’t go straight to your hips either. But it will nourish your BRAAAIIINNNSSS […]
October 31, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Photo from www.MexicanSugarSkull.com – a great resource. If you’re looking to incorporate some cultural programming with a high fun factor into your program year, I highly recommend trying this out. Decorating calaveras, or Mexican sugar skulls in honor of Dia de los Muertos, is something I have wanted to share with my teens for several […]
October 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Whether you are looking for twisted fairy tales, ghosts or more, we’ve got some great reads for you! Read if you dare. Alice in Wonderland retellings Aliens: They’re Here: Science Fiction with actual aliens Apocalypse Survival Tips from YA Lit Assasins: Teenage Assassins in YA Lit Beyond the Grave: dead narrators Bioengineering (Frankenstein 2012: YA […]
October 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I am obsessed with Tumblr. Blame Robin. Anyhow, as I see it, Tumblr (outside of Twitter, of course) is so easy to use and I love, love, love the way it handles graphics (which is where its bread and butter is). So now I am all Tumblr obsessed. Here are 5 Tumblrs to follow if […]
October 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Dan Crawford spends the summer at prep school – boarding in a dormitory that used to be an asylum. We’ve all seen enough horror movies to know that this is never a good idea. He soon befriends Abby and Jordan, and they find themsleves exploring places that are “off limits”. Bizarre notes begin to appear. […]
October 29, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
“Don’t contact anyone from your past. Don’t tell anyone about your past. Forget the rules . . . and die.” Eve remembers nothing of her past. She is in witness protection. They need her to remember and testify; she has escaped a serial killer that uses magic to kill his prey. They say she knows […]
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October 29, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Truth: after reading as much Lois Duncan as I could find, I spent a good part of my preadolescence convinced that I had a missing twin out there somewhere, and my telepathy was lingering in the back of my psyche, it was just taking its time in revealing itself. I credit those books with my […]
October 29, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
“Right now, my fascination with Rainbow Bracelets is the reaction to them.” — The other day over at SLJ, Liz Burns was talking about Rainbow Loom bracelets. In her opening line she says she is fascinated by the reaction to them. I am too, because I think this is a possible case of hype. You […]
October 28, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
See also: How my teens make stop motion movies using Legos and a Giffer app Okay, technically they are not new. They are just now mega popular. So I asked Christie to ask That Guy (who is tech support), how do these things work? Because like all new tech – at least new to you […]
October 28, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Dane Washington is a bully with a code: Don’t hit girls. Don’t hit special kids. And by ‘special kids,’ he means Billy D., a boy with Down Syndrome, who witnesses Dane beat down a guy for bragging about his new car. Dane develops a reputation as a force to be reckoned with in the halls […]
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