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Friday Finds – June 13, 2014

June 13, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS   Leave a Comment

This Week at TLT

Sunday Reflections: Sometimes There Is No ‘Why’
Judging a Book by Its Cover: New YA Lit Titles Coming Your Way
Middle Grade Monday – 5 to Watch For
Book Reviews
Take 5: June Droolables
netLAB: Raspberry Pis
What we can learn about the gift of security and foundation from USES FOR BOYS by Erica Lorraine Scheidt (by Christa Desir)
Emotionally Abandoned Teens at Your Library: Seeing Annas All Around Us, a reflection on Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Around the Web
Netflix is making new Magic Schoolbus episodes!

Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother was dropped as a schoolwide read at a Florida High School due to it’s nature of ‘questioning authority’ (among other concerns.) I have some bad news for them about YA themes…

The Fault in Our Stars movie, based on the novel by John Green, took the top position at the box office last weekend.

Students are the New Digital Influencers 

And author Brian Conaghan discusses why he refuses to remove swearwords from his YA novels on Huffington Post.

Filed under: 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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