SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE
SLJ Blog Network +
  • 100 Scope Notes
  • A Fuse #8 Production
  • Good Comics for Kids
  • Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog
  • Teen Librarian Toolbox
  • The Classroom Bookshelf
  • The Yarn
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • About TLT
  • Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • A to Z Book Lists
    • Book Review Policy
  • Teen Issues
  • Middle Grade Mondays
  • Programs
    • TPiB
    • Tech Talk
  • Professional
    • Teen Services 101
    • Things We Didn’t Learn in Library School
  • MakerSpace
  • Projects
    • #SVYALit
    • #FSYALit
    • #MHYALit
    • #Poverty in YA Lit

Contaminated

July 16, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Contaiminated by Em Garner

“They keep them in cages.  The unclaimed. Long rows of narrow, filthy cages lined up along dark corridors lit by bare, hanging bulbs. It’s a harsh, burning smell that hurts the inside of my nose, but it’s better than the reek that wafts up from underneath the odor of cleanser. That smell’s something raw and […]

July 16, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Things That Scare Us by Em Garner (author of Contaiminated)

As a kid, I loved scary movies and books. Monsters under the bed or in the closet. A ventriloquist’s dummy that just might come to life. (I still have him. He sits on my bookshelf in my office and watches over me as I write.) Werewolves, vampires, things that go bump in the night. Now […]

Popular Posts

What Do Teens Mean When They Talk About an Aesthetic

Turning Voice Recordings into Sound Wave Art and QR Codes

New Reports Show a Decline in YA Book Sales and I Have Some Thoughts as to Why That Might be Happening

2022 Middle Grade Books to Have on Your Radar, Part Two

Book Gallery: YA Readalikes for fans of the Netflix series WEDNESDAY

THAT Scene in Divergent

What to Read if You Like Stranger Things . . . A Book Gallery

Book Review: After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay

2023 Middle Grade Books to Have on Your Radar

The Difference Between YA and NA and Why It Matters, Part II: A Teen Librarian Perspective

Book Review: Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave with illustrations by Tom de Freston

Popular Middle Grade Author Stuart Gibbs Launches a New Venture to Help Inspire and Guide Young Writers

Playing to our Strengths (and Other Insights on Co-Authoring a Novel): A Conversation with Nicole Melleby and A. J. Sass

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Articles on SLJ

From Red Herrings to Whodunits: 14 Awesome Middle Grade Mysteries | Summer Reading 2020

Three Action-Packed Adventures for Fans of 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'

17 Middle Grade Titles for Latinx Heritage Month (and All Year-Round)

Best Middle Grade Books 2022 | SLJ Best Books

12 Books for Kids and Tweens That Celebrate Neurodiverse Minds

More Recent Posts

Read More Posts »

ADVERTISEMENT

Archives

ADVERTISEMENT

Trending on the SLJ Blog Network

Good Comics for Kids

Review: Victory! Stand!

by Esther Keller

Heavy Medal

March suggestions: early Mock Newbery possibilities

by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

A Fuse #8 Production

Cover Reveal: This Book Is Banned – The Latest from Raj Haldar (With a Helpful Q&A for Spice)

by Betsy Bird

Teen Librarian Toolbox

Here Be Monsters: On Horror, Catharsis, and Uneasy Truces with Yourself, a guest post by author Rebecca Mahoney

by Karen Jensen, MLS

Follow This Blog

Enter your email address below to receive notifications of new blog posts by email.

Primary Sidebar

  • News & Features
  • Reviews+
  • Technology
  • School Libraries
  • Public Libraries
  • Age Level
  • Ideas
  • Blogs
  • Classroom
  • Diversity
  • People
  • Job Zone

Reviews+

  • Book Lists
  • Best Books
  • Media
  • Reference
  • Series Made Simple
  • Tech
  • Review for SLJ
  • Review Submissions

SLJ Blog Network

  • 100 Scope Notes
  • A Fuse #8 Production
  • Good Comics for Kids
  • Heavy Medal
  • Neverending Search
  • Teen Librarian Toolbox
  • The Classroom Bookshelf
  • The Yarn

Resources

  • 2022 Youth Media Awards
  • The Newbery at 100: SLJ Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Award
  • Special Report | School Libraries 2021
  • Summer Reading 2021
  • Series Made Simple Spring 2021
  • SLJ Diverse Books Survey
  • Summer Programming Survey
  • Research
  • White Papers / Case Studies
  • School Librarian of the Year
  • Mathical Book Prize Collection Development Awards
  • Librarian/Teacher Collaboration Award

Events & PD

  • In-Person Events
  • Online Courses
  • Virtual Events
  • Webcasts
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Media Inquiries
  • Newsletter Sign Up
  • Content Submissions
  • Data Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Terms of Sale
  • FAQs
  • Diversity Policy
  • Careers at MSI


COPYRIGHT © 2023


COPYRIGHT © 2023