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Young Adult Fiction

November 29, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Great Reads for Younger YA, or Upper Middle Grade – whatever it is we are calling 12-14 year olds these days

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen highlights 5 titles that hit the sweet spot for readers in between middle grade and young adult

September 6, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Gallery: Teen Lit with Working Teens

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen highlights some books with working teens for Labor Day

March 29, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

For Your Consideration: Five YA Lit Books Coming in April 2021 to Make Your TBR Piles Bigger

A brief look at some YA lit titles coming out in April 2021

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“All American Boys” Authors Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Discuss Racism, White Privilege, and Censorship in Today’s Civic Landscape, a guest post by Lisa Krok

October 10, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

In the midst of a week full of national dissent and tension, Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely took to the stage to get real with a live audience. The Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio was the perfect venue for an intimate discussion on serious subjects. Reynolds and Kiely first became friends a few years […]

New and forthcoming YA and MG to know about

March 14, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

Books, books, and more books! All of the books I get end up going back out the door in some fashion—to teen readers I know, to classroom libraries of friends, to my own school, or in giveaways. I can’t read/review every book I get, but it’s fun to be able to sift through boxes and […]

The Quest for Good YA Publishing Statistics

February 1, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Searching for Good YA Publishing Statistics// So I am currently working on doing some hardcore YA collection data analysis for my library. In addition to looking at what we have and how much it circulates, I was curious to know how much YA is published yearly to get a better idea of our YA collection […]

A Collection of Tweets on the Discussion of YA Books Set in College/Post High School

January 22, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Over the past few days, there has been an ongoing discussion on Twitter about the need for YA books that highlight the post high school life and whether or not they should be marketed as YA. I tweeted a lot about it and have compiled those tweets below. I am also working on putting together […]

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