MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2012
Making the Match: Why finding the right book is important by Teri Lesesne (guest post)
Booktalking, Collection Development, Guest Blogger, Teri Lesesne
|One of my teens making a match! A few weeks ago, I read about the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) summer course entitled Making the Match. I decided to email the instructor for this course, Teri Lesesne, to see if she would be interested in writing a guest post for us. Teri is @professornana […]
They have altered history, and now it’s time to learn what the consequences are . . . Be warned: spoilers for Hourglass (previously reviewed), the first part of Myra McEntire’s series, abound in this review. Read at your own risk. Timepiece takes off where Hourglass left us, although it is told from another character’s point […]
Trend Watch: Contagion
Bethany Griffin, Lex Thomas, Lissa Price, Megan Crewe, Quarantine, Starters, The Masque of the Read Death, The Way We Fall, Trend Watch
|What’s next on the Trendwatch? Contagions! Suddenly in the ya books I’m reading communities – and countries – are being taken down by the age old arch nemesis of mankind: the virus. Caution: While reading these titles please report any sudden coughing, sneezing or itching to the local authorities. In order to prevent the spread […]
There’s a t-shirt popular among writers that says, “Writers block: when your imaginary friends won’t talk to you.” (Note to self: buy t-shirt.) It’s a well-accepted fact that writers are probably the only group of people who DON’T panic when they hear voices in their minds. At any given time, there are about half a […]
Chuck Taylor’s OCD has rendered him a high school outcast. His endless routines and habitual hand washing threaten to scare away both his closest friend and the amazing new girl in town. Sure he happens to share the name of the icon behind the coolest sneakers in the world, but even Chuck knows his bizarre […]
Later this year, in November to be exact, the world as we know it will change – again. It began with a quiet little book titled Human.4 by Mike Lancaster. Human.4 is a classicly creepy science fiction tale that immediately brought to mind some of the best episodes of The Twilight Zone. The best part: […]
The first time I had to wear it in public, I threw up. It was at my brother’s baseball game and there I was running to the bathroom to hurl. You see, unlike the corsets of old, it didn’t make me look thinner. No, it made me look . . . well, large. It being […]
Yesterday we talked about The List by Siobhan Vivian. One detail that didn’t come fully to light in our coverage is the story of Bridget, who develops an eating disorder. Her description on the “list” says this: what a difference a summer makes. What they don’t know is how she lost that weight over the […]
Today, TLT member Stephanie Wilkes shares her Why YA? post. You can write one too. Here’s how. I’ve contemplated this post for several weeks now because the reason I read YA didn’t seem like something I could just pin down for a blog post. There are so many different reasons and in my interview when […]
High school can be cruel. Everyone wants to put a label on you: Jock, Geek, Loner, Stoner, Prep. There are even school sanctioned labels: Most Likely to Succeed, Prom Queen. Labels, sometimes, can make or break us. How do we live up to them – or live them down? Today we are honored to have […]
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