May 5, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Author Juliana Brandt joins us to talk about her new Middle Grade novel A Wilder Magic and celebrating Appalachia
February 24, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Take a look at Heartdrum, a new publishing imprint that centers the voices of Native storytellers
December 23, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Many Friday nights I have anywhere from 2 to 5 preteen girls hanging out at my house. Not all of them are readers, but two of them are very fervent readers. In fact, I was surprised recently to learn that The Tween’s BF had almost 5 times the AR points as her, which is astounding […]
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September 29, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
It is only incredible motherly love that could make me wake up at 4:30 A.M. on a Saturday and drive almost 5 hours. I mean, do you know how early 4:30 A.M. is? And on a Saturday. A SATURDAY! The Tween, Natalie Lloyd and Tween 2 As you may know, earlier this year The Tween, […]
August 19, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Inspired in part by Robin’s post yesterday on talking with her middle grade students about Ferguson and the book Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth, I wondered what kind of list we could put together quickly to recommend to students who were wondering about the events happening in Ferguson. So I went to Twitter and […]
July 16, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
As many of you know, I took The Tween to ALA Annual recently and we had an amazing experience, in large part thanks to Scholastic. While there, she became passionate about wanting to read a book called REVENGE OF THE FLOWER GIRLS by Jennifer Ziegler. This past week, Jennifer Ziegler contacted me and she sent […]
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June 16, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The other day I got a box of books in the mail from Scholastic (Thanks Scholastic!) and I had set them on the table which has become my office. Later that evening, I heard a shriek of delight from the Tween: “You didn’t tell me you got the new Jedi Academy” she screamed with joy. […]
May 6, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Muwhahahah . . . Twirling my mustache here for this post.Earlier today Christie shared some of her favorite villains in comics and graphic novels, so let’s take a look at villains in MG and YA lit. In the immortal words of Loki, “I am burdened with glorious purpose.” And my purpose today is to share […]
May 1, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
In the spirit of the We Need Diverse Books campaign, here are 5 upcoming middle grade titles that fit the bill: I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin An eleven-year-old’s world is upended by political turmoil in this searing novel from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile. Celeste Marconi is a […]
March 27, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
As you may recall, our Tween reviewer Ceci LOVED The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani. When I got a copy of the next book, which comes out in April of 2014, I knew I had to get her to read it for us. There was squealing. She is reading it now and […]
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