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September 27, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Friday Finds – September 27, 2013

September 27, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS   Leave a Comment

This Week at TLT

It’s Banned Books Week! 

  • Considering throwing our your materials challenge form?
  • When the censorship comes from inside the building 
  • An anonymous letter to those who would ban Eleanor and Park

In Defense of Banned Books

  • The Giver by Lois Lowry – a guest post by Elsa Ouvrard-Prettol  
  • The Harry Potter Series – a guest post by Geri Diorio 

An important Banned Books Week read – The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa 

Our Cress Casting Call winner (chosen in a random drawing) was KikiD!

Book Reviews

  • The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater 
  • Inheritance by Malinda Lo (plus ARC giveaway) 
  • How Not to Be a Dick by Meghan Doherty

5 Books to look forward to from Scholastic 

VOYA’s 2012 Nonfiction Honor List – Take 5

Previously at TLT

Redefining the 3 R’s for Banned Books Week

We reviewed The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

Around the Web

Maureen Johnson posted an interesting response to the David Gilmour kerfuffle.

Buzzfeed posted an awesome list of 11 quotes from authors on censorship and banned books.

New Divergent Movie posters are available!

Buzzfeed put together this list of reasons that Supernatural fans should read Unbreakable by Kami Garcia

Filed under: Banned Books Week, Friday Finds News Roundup

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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