MORE POSTS FROM AUGUST 2014
This summer has been the summer of Ramen noodles at my house, which is a continual reminder to me that I need to write my review for Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld. What, you may ask, does Ramen noodles have to do with Scott Westerfeld’s newest title? It was here that I learned that there are […]
If you search on Goodreads, this is the tag line for the book Some Boys by Patty Blount: Some boys go too far. Some boys will break your heart. But one boy can make you whole. There are things I really liked about this book, including an on point speech by the main character, Grace, […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Bigger is Not Always Better TPiB: Back to School Middle Grade Monday – Whole School Reading Challenges Book Review: Just Call My Name by Holly Goldberg Sloan O Captain, My Captain: In which I mourn the loss of a childhood hero and discuss depression and suicide Take 5: Titles […]
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover How many times have we heard this phrase? In my latest novel, Some Boys, main character Grace Collier tells her best friends what Zac McMahon did to her that night at a party. Zac McMahon, captain of the lacrosse team, movie-star gorgeous and Mr. popular. Grace wears sexy […]
10+ #SVYALit Project Resources
#SVYALit, #SVYALit Project, Resources, Sexual Violence, Teen Issues
|As part of the #SVYALit Project, we have spent a lot of time compiling statistics and looking for resources to help us talk with teens, parents, educators and librarians about the issues. Today we are compiling some of the best resources we have found to help create a well rounded picture of the issues at […]
It feels like we should be blogging and talking about what is happening in Ferguson here at TLT, but the truth is that it feels like what is happening is way outside what I am in any way qualified to talk about. And it is happening so fast. But it is important. If you are […]
Teen Reactions to the Mockingjay Part 1 Teasers
books to movies, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One, trailers
|I don’t know about you, but I (and my teens) are completely buzzed about The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One being released November 21. My copies of the books and Playaways don’t sit long enough to be SHELVED before someone starts looking for them again, and my teens are in HUGE debates over where they’re […]
The Macmillan Children’s Winter catalog for 2015 is now up on Edelweiss. I spent some time last night going through it to get a look at what is coming out and what I think my teens will be dying to read. Plus, I found several that I myself am dying to read. Printz winner Marcus […]
Last night I came home from working at my library with a DVD in hand to watch with my family. It was 10 o’clock, but it’s one of our last few nights where we can stay up late so I went to slip it in. As the DVD player opened, a movie sat inside of […]
Book Review: Just Call My Name by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Book Reviews, Holly Goldberg Sloan, Just Call My Name, Prison
|Any fan of Joss Whedon knows that one of the core concepts of his storytelling is the notion of the chosen family. There are the families that we are born into, and there are the families that we choose, that find us. In Buffy, it was the Scooby gang. In Firelfy it was the crew […]
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