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December 10, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

From Book to Movie Part II: The Journey from Page to Screen, What Does It All Mean?

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen walks us through the terms involved in turning a book into a movie and how rare it is to see that happen

December 9, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

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

August 13, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Teen Reactions to the Mockingjay Part 1 Teasers

I don’t know about you, but I (and my teens) are completely buzzed about The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One being released November 21. My copies of the books and Playaways don’t sit long enough to be SHELVED before someone starts looking for them again, and my teens are in HUGE debates over where they’re […]

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