January 3, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Harper Collins March 2014 ISBN: 9780062014559 Small town life can be a desperate life. There is often not a lot to do, so teens get creative – which brings us to Panic. Panic is a game that only seniors can play. It takes place over the summer and those who announce themselves as contenders are […]
March 5, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Today is finally the day, Requiem is here. Because Christie was nice enough to get me an ARC at ALA Midwinter, I have read it. And yes, I loved it. (My letter to Lauren Oliver after having read Pandemonium, book 2 in the Delirium trilogy). They have tried to squeeze us out, to stamp us […]
February 1, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
So, here’s the situation. If you followed TLT last year, you know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Delirium series by Lauren Oliver. I woke up in the middle of the night and wrote here a love letter. I dragged my family across the city to meet author Lauren Oliver. Christie went to ALA Annual […]
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November 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I recently received a special grant from my Friends of the Library grant to update our YA collection. They tacked on an additional $500.00 with the challenge that they wanted me to add more math and science related books in the collection. So the challenge was this: Can you find some YA titles that talk […]
May 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
In the end, life inevitably always ends in death. Death and taxes you know. A lot of teens can avoid the taxes part, but they often get to the death part too early, especially in teen fiction. But death is a funny thing, and you don’t always stay dead. Or you hang out in limbo […]
May 1, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Every week here at TLT we declare a book our REC OF THE WEEK. These are our favorites that we recommend you check out ASAP. And because I like to pretend I am an artist (“I’m not an artist, I just play one on my blog.”), I like to come up with a unique pic […]
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Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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