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Friday Fill-Ins

August 10, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Friday Fill-Ins: Introduce New Teens to This Older Book – Now!

Yesterday, we talked about the Printz Honor Award Winner Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman.  It won this honor in 2001, more than 10 years ago.  And in my post I mentioned that this is one of the “classic” teen titles that we need to be re-introducing to our new teen patrons. So here’s your […]

August 3, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Friday Fill-Ins: The Unexpected Gems

We all waited breathlessly for Timepiece by Myra McEntire and other big titles like Insurgent, but sometimes a title comes quietly sneaking up and just blows you away.  Today I share with you one of my unexpected gems, Guitar Notes by Mary Amato.  And the unexpected gem is also the subject of this week’s Friday […]

July 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Friday Fill-Ins: My last summer read

Shhh! Don’t tell anyone, but summer is coming to an end soon.  The school supplies are out in the stores.  I know, I didn’t want to see them either.  So here’s today’s Friday Fill-In. Given that summer reading is drawing to a close, the ONE book I want to make sure I read before it […]

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Friday Fill-Ins: Dealing with the Issues

July 13, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Since today we are talking with author Kimberly Purcell about her book on human trafficking, Trafficked, our Friday Fill-Ins is all about the issues.  Teen fiction dealing with issues is a tried and true tradition.  So tell us, what is your favorite issues book? My favorite book dealing with a teen issue is _______________________ by […]

Friday Fill-Ins: Once upon a time . . . fairy tales retold

June 8, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Yesterday I went and saw Snow White and the Huntsman.  It was the second retelling of Snow White I have seen this year as I also went and saw Mirror Mirror.  And many of us spent Sunday nights waiting to see which fairy tale they would incorporate into Once Upon a Time, the hit television […]

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