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December 28, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Difference Between YA and NA and Why It Matters, Part II: A Teen Librarian Perspective

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen talks about the importance of Young Adult literature in the lives of teens

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The Difference Between YA and NA, a former teen now new adult reader perspective

A former teen talks about the transition from reading YA lit to New Adult lit and why it makes a difference

July 11, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

We came, We saw, We stalked: Karen’s ALA Highlights

Last week Heather, Christie and I went to ALA in Chicago. It was epic! Top LtoR: Karen & Christie, author Sharon Biggs Waller, Vordak, author Jonathan Maberry 2nd Row LtoR: author Cory Doctorow, author S. J. Adams and Christie, Free Comic Book Day Panel, Heather Booth reading Rose Under Fire 3rd Row LtoR: author Mindy […]

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I have been following with waxing and waning interest for the last few months the chatter about the “New Adult” trend that publishers have been introducing.  You can trace it back to St. Martin Press back in 2009, when they wanted to market books as coming-of-age stories with characters in their twenties.  You can actually trace it […]

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