Ellen Hopkins
Teens and Poverty: PBS Newshour Discusses Being Homeless and Trying to Graduate High School
As I thought about writing my post earlier today about teachers, I couldn’t help but think of my 4th grade teacher. I remember her name, I remember what she looked like, and I remember the intense hatred I had for her. You see, in the 4th grade my parents separated and divorced. We went from […]
Take 5: 5 New Titles Coming from Simon & Schuster
Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine Publisher’s Description: “There are whispers of a ghost in the slaughterhouse where sixteen-year-old Wen assists her father in his medical clinic—a ghost who grants wishes to those who need them most. When one of the Noor, men hired as cheap factory labor, humiliates Wen, she makes an impulsive […]
Book Review: Smoke by Ellen Hopkins
Pattyn Scarlet Von StrattenSome ThingsYou can’t take back, nomatter how much you wishyou could. No matter howhard you pray to some all-powerful miracle maker. Some supposed God of Love. One you struggle to believe exists, because if he did, things wouldn’t be so out of control, and you wouldn’t be sucked dry of love and left to […]
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How I Survived Conferencing with Teens and You Can Too
The other day I talked about how ALA 2013 was going to be a commuter conference for me, and mentioned that I would be bringing teens along for the first time. All of this contributed to an e..x..h..a..u..s..t..i..n..g weekend, but honestly, I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity and would do it again […]
Freeing your life with words . . . (TPIB: poetry and writing crafts)
I never wrote a poem,At least one that I’d shareBut if I wrote a poemDoes that mean I won the dare? It seems like there is not enough poetry in the world today, if you ask me. I have been doing poetry contests with teens in libraries for almost 20 years and each year, there […]
Book Review: Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Should the sun beatsummer too fiercelythrough your afternoonwindow, you can slantthe blinds to temperheat and scatter light,sifting shadows this wayand that with a […]
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