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From Book to Movie Part I: An Interview with Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi, authors of KINGSTON AND THE MAGICIAN’S LOST AND FOUND
In the first in a 3-part series, authors Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi celebrate the news that their book KINGSTON AND THE MAGICIAN'S LOST AND FOUND has been optioned for a movie and explain what that means
Mark Your Calendar: At the Movies
Yes, I love to read. But if I’m going to be honest, I love going to the movies and watching TV almost just as much. They are, to me, another version of storytelling and if it has a good story, then I’m on board. And as someone who constantly has to come up with programming […]
Movie Review: Divergent
One of the book-based movies that I’ve been looking forward to this year, That Guy and I met up with some of my former workers and a bunch of my teen volunteers to see Divergent opening weekend. Our group was a very mixed bunch- some of us (myself included) had read the entire trilogy, while […]
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Readers Advisory: World War Z and Israeli Female Soldiers in Teen YA
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From Page to Screen and Coming to a Theater Near You
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a movie junkie. Even more, I love movies that are based off of books- the best of both worlds, right? Except not when there are huge parts that *I* think may be important parts that are left out for editing reasons (think Harry Potter 7) or a […]
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Movie Discussion: Beautiful Creatures
So now, it’s been a whole week since Beautiful Creatures has come out to the big screen, and we here at Teen Librarian Toolbox have been very patient with you readers in waiting for you to see it. If you haven’t, then go see it, and then come back, because after the break, we’re going […]
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