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The Rules for Disappearing

May 20, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston

Meg is not her real name.  In fact, Meg is the 6th name and identity she has had in the past year.  Her family can’t take it anymore.  She wants to find a way to stay, to make this identity her last.  In order to do that, she’ll have to figure out what they are […]

May 17, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Who Will Save You? Boundaries, Rescue and the Role of Adults in the Lives of Teens in YA Lit

Danger, Will Robinson, Danger! Eventually I will tell you what titles I am talking about and why and you will be minorly spoiled.  Not details of individual plots, but a general sense of what happens.  Read on after the jump understanding that. Consider that your spoiler alert. The Set Up The last three books I […]

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