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July 15, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

MG Review: Vordak, Time Travel Trouble

I always make sure and come home from ALA with books for Thing 1 and Thing 2, kind of my penance for going away for several days.  So this year I waited in line and got books signed by Vordak, a dastardly super villain.  I will only stand in line for Jonathan Maberry and my […]

December 21, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

These are a few of my favorite reads: the 2012 Karen edition

Raindrops on roses and zombies eating kittens, Bright copper boys and warm fuzzy kisses, Page after page, turning with need These are a few of my favorite reads . . . MG Reads, approved by my tweenThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateLiar & Spy by Rebecca SteadWonder by R J PalacioThe Cavendish Home […]

November 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Top 10: Middle Grade Fiction, Graphically Speaking

If your job description is anything close to what I’ve seen, you get to fill in the blanks for the nebulous population known as the “tweens”- that 10-12 year old scary time where they can’t quite fit in with the teenagers because they’re “little” kids but they want to DO everything the teenagers do, from […]

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