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Teen Contributor Riley Jensen rounds up some upcoming April and May YA Lit releases that she's interested in reading
Teen reviewer and musical theatre teen Riley Jensen reviews a gender bent Phantom of the Opera inspired YA fantasy
Teen contributor Riley Jensen highlights 5 new YA books coming soon for teen readers
A brief look at voting and elections in YA literature
Take a look at the brief history of YA literature in infographic form
Yesterday The Teen and I attended the HOPE NATION launch party at Irving Public Library. One of her best friends, a big reader and also the daughter of a YA librarian, was there with us as well. We were excited to learn more about this anthology, get copies signed, and to hear the authors share […]
I don’t typically read a lot of nonfiction, but I was blown away by The 57 Bus, which I stumbled onto by accident. I’m part of a book club and this Christmas, we played some book exchange game where everyone brought a book and we traded and what not. The 57 Bus was hands down […]
New Releases and Mini Reviews: Little & Lion, The Bakersville Dozen, and The Epic Crush of Genie Lo
| Book Reviews, New Releases, YA Fiction, YA Lit, YA Literature, YA Mysteries, YALit, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literature
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: Using YA Lit to Talk Government, Power, Politics, Corruption and More (An #SJYALit Book List)
| #SJYALit, YA Lit, YA Literature, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literature
A few years ago, I believe it was Cory Doctorow who Tweeted that no one discusses politics in literature anymore. Which struck me, at the time, as an odd statement because it was the height of YA Dystopian, which arguably is all about power and politics. It could also have been someone other then Cory […]
Sumer #YALit #ARCParty
| #ARCParty, new books, New Releases, New YA, YA Lit, YA Literature, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literature
A look at some upcoming May, June and July ARCs of YA Lit TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16 Getting ready to start an #aRCParty with The Teen & Bestie to look at some upcoming new releases. Tue, Apr 26 2016 21:44:53 ReplyRetweetFavorite TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16 Here’s how it works: they’ll read the back of each book out loud & share […]
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