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    Book Review: Other Broken Things by Christa Desir, reviewed by teen reviewer Lexi

    Karen Jensen, MLS, December 16, 2015 | book review, Book Reviews

    When I read OTHER BROKEN THINGS by Christa Desir, I thought it was one of the most authentic teen voices I had read in a while. And now that we a TLT Teen Advisory Board, I thought I would ask one of them to read it and tell me what they thought. Lexi’s review follows […]

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    Post It Note Reviews by The Teen: November Edition

    Karen Jensen, MLS, November 17, 2015 | Book Lists, book review, Book Reviews

    So I have allowed each teen reviewer here at TLT to come up with their own review style and my daughter, The Teen, is going with the Post It Note Review. This is how it came about: She steals my ARCs and I tell her that if she does, she has to write a review. […]

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    Book Review: The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker, by teen reviewer Lexi

    Karen Jensen, MLS, November 11, 2015 | book review, Book Reviews

    “I’m quiet for a moment, enchanted by the idea of something stealing over you, settling into you, and telling you, with absolute certainty, who you are and what you’re meant to do.” Summary: The magic and suspense of Graceling meet the political intrigue and unrest of Game of Thrones in this riveting fantasy debut. Your […]

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    Book Review: The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie and Alyssa B. Sheinmel, by teen reviewer Lexi

    Karen Jensen, MLS, November 9, 2015 | book review, Book Reviews

    “Someone has made the next move.” Summary Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, Sunshine Griffith and her mother Kat move from sunny Austin, Texas, to the rain-drenched town of Ridgemont, Washington. Though Sunshine is adopted, she and her mother have always been close, sharing a special bond filled with laughter and inside jokes. But from the […]

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    Book Review: How to Be Brave by E. Katherine Kottaras

    Karen Jensen, MLS, November 3, 2015 | book review, Book Reviews

    Publisher’s Book Description: An emotional contemporary YA novel about love, loss, and having the courage to chase the life you truly want. Reeling from her mother’s death, Georgia has a choice: become lost in her own pain, or enjoy life right now, while she still can. She decides to start really living for the first […]

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    Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

    Robin Willis, October 8, 2015 | book review, Book Reviews

    I waited almost 2 years for this sequel to the genius The Diviners, but it was so worth it. It follows a group of young people with exceptional abilities as they navigate life in New York City in the 1920s. Each character has a thread in the story, which somewhat crossed in Diviners, but all weave […]

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    Book Review: All We Have is Now by Lisa Schroeder (Reviewed by Teen Reviewer Lexi)

    Karen Jensen, MLS, September 10, 2015 | book review, Book Reviews

    Summary: What do you do with your last day on earth? Just over twenty-four hours are left until an asteroid strikes North America, and for Emerson and everyone else who didn’t leave, the world will end. But Emerson’s world already ended when she ran away from home. Since then, she has lived on the streets, […]

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    Book Review: The Art of Secrets by James Klise

    Robin Willis, September 9, 2015 | book review, Book Reviews

    High school sophomore Saba Khan, her parents, and her young brother Salman are at her school team tennis match when their apartment catches fire and they lose everything they own. Saba and her family are not rich. Her parents came to the U.S. from Pakistan and are working hard to provide a good life for […]

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    Book Review: Rebel Mechanics by Shanna Swensdon

    Karen Jensen, MLS, July 24, 2015 | book review, Book Reviews

     Publisher’s Book Description: A sixteen-year-old governess becomes a spy in this alternative U.S. history where the British control with magic and the colonists rebel by inventing. It’s 1888, and sixteen-year-old Verity Newton lands a job in New York as a governess to a wealthy leading family—but she quickly learns that the family has big secrets. […]

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    You Are Now Approved to Read, Economic Hardship in More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

    Karen Jensen, MLS, June 16, 2015 | book review, Book Reviews, Poverty

    Approved When I use my debit card at the grocery store, I always breathe a deep sigh of relief when this work pops up on the little thingy ma bob letting me know that my transaction has been approved. I usually call the bank before I go, getting an idea of how much I can […]

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