MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2016
This Week at TLT Middle School Monday: Let’s Crossover Some More #SVYALit Book Review: Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel #MHYALit: Psychological Thrillers and Mental Health #MHYALit: You’re Not Alone, a guest post by author Pintip Dunn #SVYALit: No, It’s Not Normal Locker Room Talk and Yes It’s Important That We Say That […]
TRIGGER WARNING: THIS POST IS ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE “Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” “Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.” 2016 Presidential candidate Donald Trump was recorded saying the words above. Since the tape was released, many, many […]
Today we are honored to host author Pintip Dunn who is discussing her book, Remember Yesterday and the Forget Tomorrow series, as part of the #MHYALit Discussion. You can read all the posts as part of the Mental Health in YA Lit Discussion here. The FORGET TOMORROW series features a world where memories can be […]
A few weeks ago, I received a postcard promoting a new YA psychological thriller: Personally, I don’t like reading psychological thrillers. Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy reading thrillers in general, but psychological thrillers always hit me the wrong way because of the way many tend to use mental illness as a shallow plot […]
Publisher’s description Almost seventeen, Rani Patel appears to be a kick-ass Indian girl breaking cultural norms as a hip-hop performer in full effect. But in truth, she’s a nerdy flat-chested nobody who lives with her Gujarati immigrant parents on the remote Hawaiian island of Moloka’i, isolated from her high school peers by the unsettling norms […]
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about The Crossover by Kwame Alexander and made a case for why it should be used in every middle school language arts classroom in the country. [Not even hyperbole! But, speaking of hyperbole, there is so much beautiful and accessible figurative language in The Crossover. You know. As […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: TRIGGER WARNING – This Post is About Suicide and Why We Shouldn’t Joke About It Middle School Monday: Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick (Book Review) ICYMI: Teens as Caregivers in SLJ for #MHYALit Book Review: When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore #MHYALit: Speak Up! A guest […]
Thinking about doing a community-wide read for teens? You could create a list of companion books for teens inspired by an adult selection like the St. Joseph County Public Libraries did, you could select a book specifically for your teens, or you could encourage the whole community to dive into teen lit by selecting a YA […]
Publisher’s description Everyone has heard a different version of what happened that night at MacCallum College. Haley was already in bed when her roommate, Jenny, arrived home shell-shocked from the wild Conundrum House party. Richard heard his housemate Jordan brag about the cute freshman he hooked up with. When Jenny formally accuses Jordan of rape, […]
This week’s video game is a FTP (free to play) third-person shooter video game available on multiple platforms. When I say “free”, I mean that it is a freemium game where players are able to play for free just like anyone else, but can make micro-transactions to purchase better items. Warframe as far as I […]
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