MORE POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2013
Londoner Mila is a twelve year old only child of older parents. Her father, Gil, is a translator of ancient texts and reads and writes in multiple languages. Her mother is a talented musician. Mila herself, at 12, is no less exceptional in her ability to observe both people and situations and reach accurate conclusions. […]
Mr. Internet: Teens on the Spectrum and Online, a guest post by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Autism and Libraries, Internet, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Rogue, Technology
|My novel Rogueportrays a young teenager on the autism spectrum who has come to rely almost exclusively on “Mr. Internet” to learn about the world, especially after she gets suspended from school for attacking a bully. Through Mr. Internet, Kiara has diagnosed herself with Asperger’s syndrome, learned how to fix her brother’s bicycle, and found […]
2013 Debut Author Bash: Meet Mindy McGinnis, author of Not a Drop to Drink (GIVEAWAY)
Giveaway, Mindy McGinnis, Not a Drop to Drink, YA Debut Author Bash
|Like many readers, I am obsessed with the apocalypse in any form. I’m pretty sure my obsession began way back when I read The Stand by Stephen King. Earlier this year, I was introduced to Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis, a post-apocalyptic thriller that asks us to imagine a world where water […]
Today, Christie Tweeted me this: Talks Cancelled for YA Authors Meg Medina and Rainbow Rowell | Blogging Censorship http://t.co/UnGdNuMxxx @TLT16— mz_christie (@mz_christie) September 17, 2013 In a nutshell: Two authors – Meg Medina and Rainbow Rowell – had separate school visits scheduled at different schools. Both of the schools got squeamish about the content of […]
The Economy as Villain in The Year of Shadows by Claire LeGrand (Book Review)
Book Reviews, Claire Legrand, Ghosts, Poverty, The Year of Shadows
|The economy went bust in 2008 and people everywhere are struggling. The news keeps reminding us that more and more people are making less and less money, children are going hungry, and recovery has been slow. But you wouldn’t know it from a lot of the books being written for middle grade and teen readers; […]
Read More About Hunger Action Month at TLT and Feeding America Readers of this blog know that we have a heart for hunger and poverty in the lives of our teens. In fact, as I write this post, yet another job situation in my personal life means that without drastic changes, we will be unable […]
The news has been full lately of issues regarding sex, sexuality and women’s issues. A judge recently declared that a 14-year-old was just as responsible as the 59-year-old man that she had sex with; she later took her own life and the man will serve on 30 days in jail. Salon recently ran an article […]
This is not going to be a shiny and happy post. If you need shiny and happy, click elsewhere. Christie has lost her shiny and happy right now, and there is not enough chocolate right now to bring it back.I am so sick and tired of double standards. I am tired of all that is […]
This week at TLT Book Reviews: Smoke by Ellen Hopkins White Lines by Jennifer Banash Scorched by Mari Mancusi How helping sometimes hurts 10 Things to do with a Blank Canvas, part 1 10 Things to do with a Blank Canvas, part 2 Guest post by Sean Beaudoin! 10 novels that changed my life before […]
Yesterday was all about dragons as we reviewed Scorched by Mari Mancusi and Cuyler shared his top 5 dragon reads. So I put the call out to twitter, “who are your favorite dragons?” They could be from books, movies, and more. Here are some of the responses that we got. @TLT16 We read Dealing with […]
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