July 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Here’s a look at today’s discussion in the #SVYALit Project. Today’s topic is historical fiction and we’ll be discussing MAID OF SECRETS and MAID OF DECEPTION by Jennifer McGowan, A MAD, WICKED FOLLY by Sharon Biggs Waller and GILT by Katherine Longshore. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfMQtsqndt0] Here’s a link to the Cuddlebuggery post on Sex Positive YA […]
February 4, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
It began with Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson many years ago. This book really touched me, as it has readers around the world. And it made me start thinking a lot about how we can use literature to talk with teens about really tough topics; about things like recognizing the signs so that you can […]
May 22, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
When I was in the 8th grade, my parents received a mysterious letter in the the mail. I soon would learn it was called a “Progress Report”. In this particular case, it was reporting the fact that I was not making very good progress in the subject of history. In fact, I was failing. There […]
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September 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Earlier this week I confessed that Historical Fiction is my Achilles heel (I even managed to turn a post about historical fiction into a post about epidemics – I am that awesome) when it comes to collection development – so I enlisted help! Today I bring you a guest blog post by someone who writes historical […]
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