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Like a Prayer: Complexities of Faith in YA Fiction and Life, a guest post by Annie Cardi
I never thought of myself as a particularly religious teen. My family was Catholic because we’d always been Catholic. We ate fish on Fridays during Lent but didn’t say grace before meals. I went to Catholic elementary school, because my parents felt it was a good religious foundation and the school was strong academically, but […]
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
Some Books Coming Soon for Your TBR List, By Teen Contributor Riley Jensen
Teen contributor Riley Jensen looks at 5 upcoming YA lit releases
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