MORE POSTS FROM JULY 2013
Book Review: The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross
Book Reviews, Girl With The Iron Touch, Kady Cross, Steampunk, steampunk chronicles
|“I’m called Endeavor 312.” The girl- Emily couldn’t think of her as a thing- moved closer, crouched on the floor by her bed. “You are the mother.”She frowned. “No, I’m not.”In return, 312 cocked her head, perplexed. “Yes, you are. Your genetic material is inside my own. You speak to metal, understand it. You are […]
As I began my 2013 reading, I kept noticing an interesting trend: really rich kids dominating teen fiction. The reason it stood out to me was because it doesn’t seem to reflect the reality of our current economic situation. The news keeps discussing how more and more people are sliding out of the middle class […]
I don’t want to talk about the statistics – they’re depressing. The truth is, unless you work in an extremely posh community, as a youth librarian you come into regular contact with patrons who are living in poverty. If you’re anything like me, you have never been, nor will you likely ever be, in danger of […]
Take 5: Reproductive Rights in YA Lit
Abortion, Collection Development, Deb Caletti, Jo Knowles, Lisa Burstein, Neal Shusterman, Reader's Advisory, Reproductive Rights, Sarah Dessen, Teen Issues, Unwind
|Today Christie and I are talking about Reproductive Rights and Abortion in YA literature. Here is a list of 5 books where teens acknowledge that abortion exists in their world. Some of them consider it and decide it is not the right option for them, and others do make the choice to terminate their pregnancy. […]
Reproductive Rights in YA Lit: Christie’s Take
Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Teen Fiction, Teen Issues, YA Literature
|If you follow me on Twitter, you definitely know where I stand on this issue, and personally I am scared for where this country is headed. I realize that the issue is completely tied up to everyone’s personal beliefs, and I have close friends who fall on both sides of the lines- we just agree […]
Young Adult literature tackles a wide variety of dark, heavy and yet all too real and controversial topics. Drug use, rape, incest, cutting . . . You can find a variety of books that deal with these topics. But there is one topic that you don’t see mentioned very often in YA lit: Reproductive Rights. […]
That Time Matt Smith Perpetuated Street Harassment Culture at Comic Con 2013
Body Image, Doctor Who, Everyday Sexism Project, Gender, Jennifer Lawrence, Matt Smith, Sex and Sexuality, Sexual Politics, Street Harassment
|Please read this note about the comments: I wrote this post with the intention that we would consider how we talk to and about people, and that we consider doing so with respect. I ask that if you comment, that you please comment respectfully. Comments calling people or people groups names, using curse words, etc. will be […]
Well, Benny and his friends have finally done it. They found the jet, found civilization, found a place every survivor of the zom apocalypse dreams of: Sanctuary. But at what cost? Tom is still dead, inner demons are tearing their humanity apart, Chong is still hanging in the balance between life and death, and the […]
The Simon Teen Tastemakers Event at ALA: What the teens said and how you can use this idea as a program
Book Covers, Programming, Pulse It, Simon and Schuster, Simon Teen, Teen Involvement
|At ALA 2013 this year, Heather and I took a group of teens to a Simon Teen event that was really quite genius. In fact, it would make a fun programming idea. TLT coblogger Heather Booth lives in the Chicago area, so she was on the local events committee. One of the things that she […]
Note: This is a post I have had sitting in my drafts folder for some time and was trying to figure out a way to wrap it up. Then earlier this week, Kelly Jensen of Stacked wrote a post at Book Riot entitled “What Are Grown-Ups Afraid of in YA Books?” Since we are basically […]
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