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Rachele Alpine

March 27, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The #SVYALit Virtual Panel #2 Recap

Yesterday we had our second Google Hangout on Air as part of the #SVYALit Project. Author Carrie Mesrobian (Sex and Violence) moderated our virtual panel which included authors Stephanie Kuehn (Charm & Strange), Rachele Alpine (Canary) and Brendan Kiely (The Gospel of Winter). Below the video is a recap of the conversation with minute indicators […]

March 25, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Canary, Sexual Violence and a Culture of Athlete Adoration (a guest post by author Rachele Alpine)

Today we are honored to have a guest post by debut author Rachele Alpine. She will be participating in the #SVYALit Project Google Hangout on Air tomorrow, March 26th at Noon Eastern.  My main character Kate’s story in Canary started in 1999 when I was in college.  I was taking an education class where my […]

February 4, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sexual Violence in YA Lit, the project

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 […]

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