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September 12, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Friday Finds – September 12, 2014

September 12, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS   Leave a Comment

This week at TLT

Sunday Reflections: Shelter from the Storm, a reflection on Torn Away by Jennifer Brown
In My Mailbox: Looking for Middle Grade Fiction that Deals with Sexual Violence
Middle Grade Monday: Book Fair and Return of the Padawan!
Take 10: Ballet Books for Teens, the awe inspiring Misty Copeland, and some other dancing fun you can share with dance lovers
Autism and Libraries
Teens Talk About Life, Reading and Blogging
Take 5: Teens as Sci Fi Soldiers(ish) – When YA Lit meets The Bourne Identity or Red Dawn (or even 12 Monkeys)
Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson (Blog Tour)
Around the Web
Previously controlled childhood diseases coming to a library near you?

SLJ’s Someday My Printz Will Come have posted their initial list of Printz contenders.

Limited edition librarian shirt, FYI.

Ikea’s Bookbook Ad, and what it tells us about linguistics.

Pew Research published findings on ‘Younger Americans’ engagement with libraries. Or, as The Atlantic puts it, “Kids today with their selfies and their Snapchats and their love of literature.”

Washington Post on fat shaming.

Stacked has a great roundup of YA with male narrators.

Teen Vogue put out a list of the best YA this fall.

In other news, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
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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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