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May 29, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: 5 New Titles Coming from Simon & Schuster

Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine Publisher’s Description: “There are whispers of a ghost in the slaughterhouse where sixteen-year-old Wen assists her father in his medical clinic—a ghost who grants wishes to those who need them most. When one of the Noor, men hired as cheap factory labor, humiliates Wen, she makes an impulsive […]

April 11, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Why I Teach Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward in My High School, a guest post by author Brendan Kiely

During our recent #SVYALit Project Hangout, author Brendan Kiely (The Gospel of Winter) mentioned that he taught the book Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward in his classroom. Today he is talking with us about teaching this book in his classroom, sharing the who, what, why and how his teens respond. Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the […]

March 21, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Teen Issues: Teen Pregnancy and Complications

The teen girl trudged through the mall like a zombie; obviously pregnant and with a strange backpack on her back with a tube going into her body.  She barely walked a few steps before she had to find a bench and sit down, tired and out of breath.  Never before must a small mall have […]

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Teen Issues: Having a Child with a Chronic Health Issue

January 24, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

In the February 2012 edition of VOYA, I write an article about food allergies and teens. In it I share that my passion for this topic began because I am the mother of a toddler with severe food allergies that cause her chronic health issues.  One of her symptoms is chronic, silent reflux.  Silent reflux […]

Guest Blog: Teen Issues – Teen Pregnancy and Complications

December 12, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A little over 1,000 teens gives birth every day.  Just yesterday I held the 5-week-old baby of one of  the teens that visits my library.  The majority of teen fiction that deals with teen pregnancy focuses on only one part of the discussion: will the teen mother keep the baby or will she either end […]

Teen Issues: What does October 15th mean?

October 3, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS

In Megan McCafferty’s dystopian world, everyone over the age of 18 is infertile due to a virus so teenage girls are paid to help bring new children into the world.  In the real world, teenage pregnancy is viewed much differently.  Popular Mtv shows 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom illustrate some of the complications in […]

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