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April 30, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Yesterday, we shared with you the first part of our YA lit Roundtable with authors Kelly Loy Gilbert, Bryan Bliss, Anthony Breznican, Stacey Lee and Aisha Saeed. Today we are honored to share the conclusion of that roundtable discussion on faith and spirituality in YA lit with you. Did you worry about writing critically about […]
April 29, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Like Star Wars? Speed Racer? The Fast and the Furious? What if I told you there was an awesome new science fiction title coming set in the future and featuring a female racer . . . Pretty awesome, right? Jenny Martin is a school librarian who is about to have her first book, TRACKED, published. […]
April 29, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
As part of the Faith and Spirituality in YA Lit (#FSYALit) Discussion, author Kelly Loy Gilbert put together a fabulous roundtable discussion between several YA authors. We’re going to present this roundtable to you in two parts. In part I, our authors talk a little bit about the role that faith plays in their lives […]
April 28, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Technology is a HUGE part of what we do everyday. Whether we are helping our teens use technology, using technology to connect with our teens, or trying to put together teen programs – there is no escaping it, and no escaping how often it changes. Since we write about it, I thought we would make […]
April 28, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor
In Amy Reed’s Invincible, things are looking pretty grim for 17-year-old cancer patient Evie. She’s back in the hospital after breaking her leg, which of course sucks, but at least she has acerbic Stella and sweet Caleb to keep her company. They are her hospital-world best friends. In her outside world, it seems unlikely that […]
April 27, 2015 by Robin Willis
As you may have read here, next week we are doing a Second Chance Challenge – we are challenging you to pick up a book that you didn’t finish and try again. Thus the DNF (did not finish) debate. For those of us who are school librarians, it can be a challenge to help some […]
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April 27, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
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April 26, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I have such conflicted feelings about this year’s superhero themed Summer Reading Club. As a big superhero fan myself, I was at first incredibly excited. But the truth is, for those of us raising daughters or working with the female gender – which coincidentally makes up half of the population – it’s a bit of […]
April 25, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Something Karen tweeted as we were discussing this project a while back really stuck with me. She said that discussing religion is difficult because everyone assumes they’re coming from correct place. Man, is that ever true. And it rings even truer in EDEN WEST, Pete Hautman’s latest about a 17-year-old boy named Jacob who has […]
April 24, 2015 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: She is Safe? A Personal Reflection for Sexual Assualt Awareness Month #FSYALit: Orthodox Representation in YA Lit Middle Grade Monday – The Power of Doorstops What’s New in LGBTQIA+ This Spring The Trouble with Telling, author Kristin Halbrook discusses her new release EVERY LAST PROMISE for #SVYALit March Arc […]
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