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Welcome to the future. A future full of possibilities. Promise. Oh…and you know…blood-thirsty monsters. The human populations has been decimated, nearly to the point of extinction. In our place are beings who look just like us. They work. They go to school. They have families. They are like us in almost every way. Except they […]
Libraries matter. They matter to our communities. They matter in the lives of our teens. In a bold, or perhaps foolish, attempt to show that teens do still read – that they still do need and use and love their libraries – I put forth a challenge to myself and other teen librarians that we […]
A couple of weeks ago 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher hit a milestone: it has been on the bestseller list for 2 years straight. And it deserves it. Here are 13 reasons why I love 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher and think that all teens, and teen librarians, should read it. “You can’t […]
In January I went to ALA and was astounded when I ran into two teenage girls. We all stood there and stared at the Pandemonium ARC. I believe there were longing caresses of the ARC itself involved but it had a huge DISPLAY ONLY sticker on the cover so we just sat there and dreamed. […]
Has it been a while since you read a good ghost story? Open the pages of Whispering Hills by Taryn Browning and prepare to be haunted. For as long as she can remember, seventeen-year-old Alexis Forbes can hear the thoughts of others. Most recently, she is disturbed by the dark, unfamiliar voice of a frightening […]
Last night on the #yalitchat (yes, there is a #yalitchat on Twitter and you should join them) we discussed love, romance and sex in teen fiction. So here are some of the highlights and my thoughts on the topics discussed. The Love Triangle Without a doubt, love triangles are popular in teen fiction. It is […]
A couple of weeks ago I was totally excited by a piece of artwork shared as part of The 2012 Project on Twitter: a Post It note cat. It was glorious, and the best part – it was created by teens! Today the teen librarian that coordinated this project shares her thoughts with us as […]
The Rules 1. You must post the rules.2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then create eleven new questions to ask the people you’ve tagged.3. Tag eleven people and link to them on your post.4. Let them know you’ve tagged themRead on for my answers and then the fun […]
Today, the TLT Teen Review, Cuyler Creech, tells you his top 10 favorite dystopian series. There are definitely no shortage of them. Did your favorite make the cut? Think your world is unbearable? Unthinkable? Maybe even unlivable? Well I think these heroes and heroines may beg to differ with you on that. Welcome to the […]
“Lives only begin once. Stories are much more complicated.” Portia has always grown up hearing the stories of her family, but when her family disappears there is no one left to care for her except for The Mister. The Mister runs the McGreavey Home for Wayward Girls and it is a place that you would […]
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