Harry Potter
TPiB: Superhero Lock-In by Michelle Biwer
The recent release of the amazing Wonder Woman film was the perfect excuse to host another teen lock-in for two hours on a Friday evening. With 3 floors of library to work with, there was lots of opportunity to let the teens run around (literally) and utilize all of our meeting rooms for different activities. […]
VOYA: Girl Knights & Boy Queens . . . an addition to the list of cross-dressing titles
In the October 2013 issue of VOYA Magazine, there is a great article by Rebecca Moor about cross dressing teens entitled Girl Knights and Boy Queens: Cross-Dressing in Teen- Appeal Books and Films.. Honestly, it is pretty exhaustive in its exploration of motivation and titles. It includes a look at titles old, Bloody Jack, and […]
Banned Books Week 2013: Defending Harry Potter by Geri Diorio
It’s Banned Books Week! The most magical week in a librarian’s year! Every day, librarians celebrate the free and open access to information, but during this week, we really flaunt it. “Free and open access” includes being able to read whatever you wish, and that might mean the best-selling book series in history, a series […]
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Harry Potter + The Fault in Our Stars = A fantastic Why YA? post by Leah Miller
As part of our ongoing Why YA? series, Leah Miller, author of The Summer I Became a Nerd, shares two titles that moved her and why everyone should read them. Harry Potter is, as we all know, a beautifully written story. It will be with me for the rest of my life (not to mention […]
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