MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2016
Teens don’t read anymore. Anyhow, that’s what I keep hearing. And then . . . Yesterday, I took my teenage daughter and her friend to the North Texas Teen Book Festival in Irving, Texas. On a Saturday. That began at 8:00 A.M. If you know anything about teens, you know that the day and hour […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: They Don’t Care About Your Test Scores, They Are Just Trying to Survive Middle School Monday: Django Wexler guest post Book Review: The Awakening of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie, reviewed by teen reviewer Lexi #MHYALit: Shattered Illusions: Growing up with a Bipolar Father, a guest post by Kim […]
Publisher’s description For LGBTQ people and their supporters, Pride events are an opportunity to honor the past, protest injustice, and celebrate a diverse and vibrant community. The high point of Pride, the Pride Parade, is spectacular and colorful. But there is a whole lot more to Pride than rainbow flags and amazing outfits. How did […]
Today for #MHYALit co-coordinator Ally Watkins shares some personal reflections. You can read all the #MHYALit posts here. I’m one of the organizers of this project, though you may not know it. Karen has been writing about her experiences since January. Amanda has been knocking out amazing book reviews. But I’ve found it harder to […]
Tuesday, April 19th, Ally Watkins and I presented an overview of the #FSYALit discussion (which is ongoing) at the TLA Annual Conference in Houston, Texas. Here are the slides we discussed. And here are some of our notes: SLIDE 1: Introductions SLIDE 2: We are white christian women, our voices are very much the least […]
If you follow me on Twitter, you have probably noticed that I’ve been playing through Tearaway Unfolded. I read about it in a video game review, written by Regina Townsend on Teen Services Underground. The game is awesome, but since it has been already well reviewed, I’m going to talk about a sort-of-but-not-quite video game […]
Thanks to Penguin generously donating some ARCs for Kirstin’s recent visit to my library, I have two extra to raffle off. You can enter via the Rafflecopter, by (re)tweeting this review, or by following me on Twitter (@CiteSomething). Contest runs 4/19 to 4/21. US entries only, please. Publisher’s description In this Banksy-inspired illustrated novel, an escalating […]
“What’s wrong with Dad?” No one spoke out loud about my father’s strange behavior, but I knew something wasn’t quite right with him. My question would be answered with either silence or in a lowered voice, “We don’t discuss that.” There were days he’d be like a helium balloon, filled with so much air […]
Publisher’s Book Description Having passed her test in Book One, Sunshine’s Luiseach powers are now fully awakened: for months now, Sunshine has felt spirits everywhere: heard voices, felt emotions – intense and sometimes overwhelming. She tries to ignore them, but it is impossible. Hoping to get her powers under control – and hoping for answers […]
Today, author Django Wexler joins us to talk about some of his middle school experiences and how he would handle the challenges his main character faces: From the point of view of my later life, two important things happened in middle school. The first was that I started playing D&D with a […]
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