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Young Adult Literature

December 28, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Difference Between YA and NA and Why It Matters, Part II: A Teen Librarian Perspective

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen talks about the importance of Young Adult literature in the lives of teens

December 28, 2022 by Riley Jensen

The Difference Between YA and NA, a former teen now new adult reader perspective

A former teen talks about the transition from reading YA lit to New Adult lit and why it makes a difference

December 5, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Banned: Why We Need Young Adult Fiction, by Stephane Dunn

Author Stephane Dunn discusses YA literature and how it helped shape her life and writing.

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The Teen Reads the Complete Works of A. S. King

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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 […]

Highlighting the Immigrant Experience through Art and Young Adult Literature, A guest post by librarian Lisa Krok

September 17, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This week I had the opportunity to visit the incredible exhibit, The American Library, by Yinka Shonibare, MBE at the Cleveland Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio. This exhibit was commissioned as part of An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises by FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. Dedicated to supporting freedom of speech, blended heritage, […]

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 […]

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