MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2013
Take 5: What’s My Name Again? Stories about teens in the Witness Protection program
Booklists, Collection Development, Reader's Advisory, Take 5, Witness Protection
|Identity is such a huge part of the teenage years. When most teens are simply trying to figure out who they are, some teens are being yanked out of the comfort of their everyday lives and given new identities. Since today we are talking about The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston, I present you […]
Meg is not her real name. In fact, Meg is the 6th name and identity she has had in the past year. Her family can’t take it anymore. She wants to find a way to stay, to make this identity her last. In order to do that, she’ll have to figure out what they are […]
When Eleanor from Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, with her out of control curly red hair and poor, holey clothes covered in scraps of cloth, first steps on the bust at her new school, the teens immediately judge her and deem her unworthy. They then go on to torment and bully her. When Meg […]
Today we’re talking relationships in YA lit. Both romantic relationships and relationships between adults and teens. So share with us in today’s Friday Fill-Ins: What is your favorite relationship in a YA book? And why? Tell us your answer in the comments.
Who Will Save You? Boundaries, Rescue and the Role of Adults in the Lives of Teens in YA Lit
Adults in YA Lit, Ashley Elston, Boundaries, Consent, Eleanor and Park, Flawed, Kate Averlynn, Rainbow Rowell, The Rules for Disappearing
|Danger, Will Robinson, Danger! Eventually I will tell you what titles I am talking about and why and you will be minorly spoiled. Not details of individual plots, but a general sense of what happens. Read on after the jump understanding that. Consider that your spoiler alert. The Set Up The last three books I […]
There is a hum of a motor and a large white screen unfurls above the stage. A black heart symbol flashes. You can hear people murmur as the symbol registers. Their time has come. I see Nicolette tromp up the aisle and disappear out the door with the twenty or so members of her group. […]
Plan B: What Teen Advocates Need to Know
Health, Medical Issues, Plan B, Sex and Sexuality, Teen Issues
|As of this writing, a federal appeals court has put a hold on the previous ruling, which would allow over the counter access to Plan-B, also known as “the morning after pill”, to people fifteen years old and older as opposed to seventeen and older as was the previous decision. Regardless of how this issue […]
So in case you missed it, the other day I was talking about body image in media, and Disney and their portrayal of Merida from Brave was a hot topic. They had decided for her integration into the official princess pantheon to change her to the smoothed down version (left) from the original Disney/Pixar version […]
HG, Hyperemesis Gravidarum – a debilitating, life threatening pregnancy illness that can claim the life of both mother and child. Join us on May 15, 2013 as we help raise awareness around the world for the Second Annual HG Awareness Day. 1 out of 1,000 pregnant woman suffer from HG, including teens. I suffered from HG. You […]
“Welcome to the eleventh grade, loser.” – page 61 If books could go through puberty, this is what you would get: funny, sarcastic, and heartbreaking all at once. A little voice crack here, a little embarrassment there. Ah, the glory of the teenage years. (Thank God I never have to live through them again.) Bonus […]
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