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September 30, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence discussed. Also, I break my rule about cussing to make a point. I was driving in my car listening to the Kavanaugh questioning when Kavanaugh began to speak. Soon after, I saw pictures and video of his testimony. My first thought was: I know this man. Ask most women, and we […]
September 28, 2018 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Post-it Note Reviews of Elementary and Middle Grade Books Book Review: Dig by A. S. King, an important reflection on white privilege in YA literature Book Review: 500 Words or Less by Juleah del Rosario Things I Never Learned in Library School: Training Staff to Work with Transgender Teens Sunday Reflections: […]
September 27, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor
Now that I work in an elementary library, I’m reading a lot more titles for younger readers. It’s been super interesting to me to see what the students (grades K-5) check out. I’ve spent so long completely in the world of YA and am glad for an opportunity to work with younger readers and to […]
September 26, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Publisher’s Book Description: Acclaimed master of the YA novel A. S. King’s eleventh book is a surreal and searing dive into the tangled secrets of an upper-middle-class white family in suburban Pennsylvania and the terrible cost the family’s children pay to maintain the family name. The Shoveler, the Freak, CanIHelpYou?, Loretta the Flea-Circus Ring Mistress, […]
September 25, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor
Publisher’s description A high school senior attempts to salvage her reputation among her Ivy League–obsessed classmates by writing their college admissions essays and in the process learns big truths about herself in this mesmerizing debut novel-in-verse, perfect for fans of Gayle Forman and Sonya Sones. Nic Chen refuses to spend her senior year branded as […]
September 24, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
In 25 years of working with teens in a public library, it is only recently that I have served and worked with teens that openly identified as transgender. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in working with them and they have been gracious in helping me understand those mistakes. I’ve also had to work with […]
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September 23, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault and Violence This past week, John Kerry said that Trump had the “insecurity of a teenage girl.” Are teenage girls insecure? Some of them are, perhaps in part because we continue to use being a girl and femininity as an insult. Or perhaps it’s because teenage girls are told that they […]
September 21, 2018 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Walk the Jagged Streets of Gentrification with Ibi Zoboi’s Pride, a guest post by Marie Marquardt Collecting Comics: September 2018 edition with Ally Watkins New and forthcoming YA and MG to know about Highlighting the Immigrant Experience through Art and Young Adult Literature, A guest post by librarian Lisa Krok Sunday […]
September 20, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor
Teen Librarian Toolbox is excited to be partnering with Marie Marquardt for her #ReadForChange project. Hop on over to this post to learn more about the initiative. Today, she and Ibi Zoboi join us for a conversation about gentrification, identity, and Zoboi’s excellent new novel, Pride. Step onto my block and walk these jagged broken streets and […]
September 19, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Here are some great September comics your teens and tweens will enjoy! SLAM! The Next Jam by Pamela Ribon and illustrated by Marina Julia with Brittany Peer and Veronica Fish (BOOM! Box, September 11). Knockout and Can Can have broken one of the biggest rules in roller derby…not to mention some actual bones. When they […]
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