MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2014
Since beginning the #SVYALit Project, I spend a lot of time thinking about consent and how we teach our kids about it. The truth is, we really must start teaching our kids very early. In many ways when our kids get to the teen years, if we still haven’t talked to them about consent then […]
This Week at TLT Karen finally got fed up enough with those ridiculous YA trend pieces… Dear Media, Let me help you write that article on YA literature Book Reviews: Inexcusable by Chris Lynch The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina Leno Middle Grade Monday – That’s […]
List of Lists: Teens and Mental Health Resources
Anxiety, depression, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Mental Illness, OCD, PTSD
|May is Mental Health Awareness Month According to the NCCP, approximately 20% of adolescents have a diagnosed mental health issue. Most mental health disorders begin to present in the adolescent years. Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among adolescents. According to NAMI, 50% of children who present with a mental illness will drop […]
A few years ago, I wrote a post entitled Why YA? in response to Joel Stein’s proclamation that adults should only read adult books.Then earlier this week I wrote another post highlighting some of the misconceptions in the media about YA lit. For a while, we had an ongoing series of posts called WHY YA? […]
Publisher’s Description: You take it for granted. Waking up. Going to school, talking to your friends. Watching a show on television or reading a book or going out to lunch. You take for granted going to sleep at night, getting up the next day, and remembering everything that happened to you before you closed your […]
#SVYALit Panel #3 Wrap Up: Brandy Colbert (POINTE), Courtney C. Stevens (FAKING NORMAL), Carrie Mesrobian (SEX & VIOLENCE) and Christa Desir (FAULT LINE)
#SVYALit Project, Brandy Colbert, Carrie Mesrobian, Christa Desir, Courtney C. Stevens, Faking Normal, Pointe
|[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liG2yXdrZSs?rel=0] #SVAYLit Project Google+ Hangout on Air with the author Brandy Colbert (POINTE), Courtney C. Stevens (FAKING NORMAL), Carrie Mesrobian (SEX & VIOLENCE) and moderated by Christa Desir (FAULT LINE). This is our third discussion as part of the #SVYALit Project, with an emphasis on the topic of consent, an issue that plays a […]
Help Me Help You Help Them by Heather Booth
collaborations, research, School and Public Library Cooperation, Things I Never Learned in Library School
|I recently had an awesome conversation with a 6th grade language arts teacher from the local Catholic school. It was so great, I wish I could’ve had that conversation with every teacher in my community. The teacher didn’t come to the library to talk about her students and research, but as we chatted at the […]
Today is our 3rd Google+ Hangout on Air for the #SVYALit Project. We’ll be discussing the book Pointe by Brandy Colbert and Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens. In addition, we’re going to talk some about consent.The YouTube page for today’s Hangout is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liG2yXdrZSsThe Google+ Event page for today’s Hangout is here: https://plus.google.com/events/cbp5u8c0v0j4cnsturseqlljargAfter we […]
Take 5: R is for Revenge
Burn for Burn, Cornelia Funke, Ghost Knight, Jenny Han, Julie Murphy, Marie Antionette, Revenge, Side Effects May Vary, Siobhan Vivian, The List, YA Lit
|Earlier today I reviewed The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine. In this book, there is a nice little revenge subplot. It reminded me that I wanted to finish up this post about books that have revenge themes. So here are 5 more YA titles that deal with revenge. We all want a little revenge […]
Publisher’s Description: Wren Caswell is average. Ranked in the middle of her class at Sacred Heart, she’s not popular, but not a social misfit. Wren is the quiet, “good” girl who’s always done what she’s supposed to—only now in her junior year, this passive strategy is backfiring. She wants to change, but doesn’t know how. […]
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