The Yarn
May 31, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor
Publisher’s description In a single night—graduation night—Thomas has to decide: do what everyone has always expected of him, or forge an entirely new path? Bryan Bliss’s absorbing examination of one boy struggling with expectations and realities will appeal to readers of Sara Zarr and Chris Crutcher. Thomas is supposed to leave for the Army in […]
May 30, 2016 by Robin Willis
Let me ask you a question. How much—on a scale of 1 to 10—do you dread that question when the speaker / trainer / principal asks you to “say a few words about yourself” as a way of introduction? For me, it hovers around 42. Robin is that person in this story. She asked me […]
May 30, 2016 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Publisher’s Book Description A fantastic, fabulous, funny YA debut from Jeffery Self, one of the gay icons of the YouTube generation, that follows one high school student on a drag race to his future. Debut YA author Jeffery Self takes us on a road trip with an insecure high school senior who has one goal: […]
May 29, 2016 by Karen Jensen, MLS
On Friday, The Teen’s school did not want them to bring backpacks. I know this because they sent an email. They called and left a message. And they sent out text messages. The messages said, you “do not need” to bring a backpack. Which is not the same as no really, don’t bring a backpack. […]
May 27, 2016 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Saying Goodbye to My Book Club Minions #MHYALit: OCD Tales – Reflections on an OCD Sufferer’s Sabbatical Study of YA Novels of Mental Illness MakerSpace: Learning to Code in Scratch #MHYALit: Why You Shouldn’t Ban Your Kid from the Internet, a guest post by Laura Tims Book Review: Without […]
May 26, 2016 by Karen Jensen, MLS
We are having tremendous success with our Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH) and are very excited to see the teens in our community using the space and learning new things. We have learned that certain items are more popular than others, with the button makers and 3D […]
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May 26, 2016 by Robin Willis
You guys. I can’t even with this book. It is a psychological thriller on steroids – mesmerizingly creepy from first to very last page. It kept making me anxious enough to have to put it down, but it’s so fascinating I kept picking it back up. I think this one is going to be big. […]
May 25, 2016 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Star Fox Guard is a little confusing, but I’m going to do my best to explain. Our library got a disc copy of Star Fox Guard when we ordered Star Fox Zero (which I reviewed last week) because we pre-ordered it. So, if you ordered a copy of Star Fox Zero before April 2016, you […]
May 25, 2016 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Later today I am presenting a webinar on Stop Motion Animation for Florida Library Webinars. Here are my slides. I have been doing stop motion animation with my teens for about 3 or 4 years now (and at two different library jobs). It has proven so popular that we included a stop motion animation station […]
May 24, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor
Publisher’s description Josie Little has been looking forward to moving halfway across the country to attend Brookwood Academy, a prestigious boarding school, with her girlfriend, Annette, for ages. But underneath Brookwood’s picture-perfect image lies a crippling sense of elitism that begins to tear the girls apart from the moment they arrive. While Josie struggles to […]
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