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December 28, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: The Last 5 Best YA Books I Read in 2020, YA fiction round 2

Teen librarian Karen Jensen ends her top 20 reads of 2020 where she began, with 5 of the top five YA books of 2020

September 21, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Some Books Coming Soon for Your TBR List, By Teen Contributor Riley Jensen

Teen contributor Riley Jensen looks at 5 upcoming YA lit releases

August 8, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

New Releases and Mini Reviews: Little & Lion, The Bakersville Dozen, and The Epic Crush of Genie Lo

Today is a good day for book releases, as apparently all the recent books I have chosen to read release today. Is it fate? Destiny? Hard to say. Let’s dive right in, shall we. Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert Two step-siblings who were closer than close are reunited after one, Little (the female) spends […]

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Rethinking How We Think about Cheerleaders

April 19, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

My 8-year-old keeps saying she wants to be a cheerleader, something The Mr. keeps routinely saying no to. And when he says no, you can hear it –  there is an edge of disgust to his voice. The truth is, we have a lot of animosity towards cheerleaders, thanks in no small part to the […]

Take 5: A List of YA Lists on Refugees

February 2, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Instead of putting together our own list of YA titles that feature refugees here at TLT, I thought I would instead direct you to several other lists that are already out there because this is an important topic and we should all make sure we have some good titles in our collections to represent this […]

Twin Cities Teen Lit Con

May 11, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor

This past Saturday I got to spend the day hanging out at Twin Cities Teen Lit Con. I was asked to present two sessions on What to Read Next. The lineup they had was phenomenal. Check out the program, some pictures from my presentation, and some of the swag I got. My talk was about new […]

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YA for NJ is Live!

December 1, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

  In case you missed it, YA for NJ is a charity auction going on NOW through December 6 to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy.  Items are being auctioned off via ebay.  There are a TON of signed books and ARCs, with at last count over 170 YA and MG authors participating.  Follow YAforNJ on […]

Show Me How to Live: Guest blogger Eric Devine talks YA Lit with the boys in his class

September 24, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Today, ya author of Tap Out and high school teacher Eric Devine presents a guest post on getting boys to read.  As you know, trying to turn teenage boys into readers can be a challenge.  So Eric sat down with the boys in his class and asked them what they wanted in the books that […]

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