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Young Adult Literature

April 4, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Thrilling Reads for #YALit Fans

Teen librarian Karen Jensen shares her thoughts on 5 new and upcoming YA thrillers

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

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

March 6, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Teen read the entire works of YA author A. S. King and she is here to share her thoughts with you about them.

“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, […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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

August 8, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

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 […]

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 […]

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