MORE POSTS FROM MARCH 2017
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Who Gets to Decide What it Means to be “Real”? The Intersection of #Ownvoices, Genre Fiction, and Empathy: Guest post by Shaila Patel Book Review: BRACED by Alyson Gerber Middle School Monday: G. Neri Writer-in-Residence Book Review: Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee Book Review: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and […]
Publisher’s description From critically acclaimed author Alice Oseman comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for readers who love Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic new teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said “could put her among the great young adult fiction authors.” Frances Janvier spends most […]
It’s time for another roundup for new and forthcoming YA (and sometimes not YA) books featuring LGBTQIA+ characters. The titles I’m including here have LGBTQIA+ main characters as well as secondary characters (in some cases parents), as well as anthologies that include LGBTQIA+ stories. Know of a title I missed in this list? Or know of […]
In the Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH), we’re getting ready for National Poetry Month (April). We have a variety of activities that we will be hosting all month long in our makerspace using our materials to get teens thinking about and creating poetry. Some of our ideas […]
This week, I was going to review the new Legend of Zelda game, but due to a shipping mix up, I haven’t received my copy yet! So, this week is about a “freemium” game that I have been addicted to for the past few months called Disney Emoji Blitz. If you shop at Walmart, you […]
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one of my most recent reviews, which originally appeared in the March 2017 issue of School Library Journal. ★ The Gentleman’s Guide to […]
Publisher’s description Mattie is chosen to play Romeo opposite her crush in the eighth grade production of Shakespeare’s most beloved play in this Romeo and Juliet inspired novel from the author of Truth or Dare. Mattie, a star student and passionate reader, is delighted when her English teacher announces the eighth grade will be staging […]
A Week in Quotes. How does one tell the story of a week where our students got to meet and learn from an award-winning author? You share some quotes. Of course! I love how you made Reina a brave, strong girl. ~Jalen, 6th Grader To prepare for the lucky reality that was G. Neri serving […]
The first time I ever had to wear my backbrace in public, I threw up. That’s what I remember the most. We were going to one of my brother’s baseball games and I was anxious that everyone would be able to tell that I was wearing it. So I barfed, as one does. The second […]
In a recent ruling by a Virginia court, five teens (described as two whites and three minorities) were sentenced to read one book a month for an entire year as punishment for defacing a historic black schoolhouse with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti. The books assigned were mostly works of literary fiction with diverse characters and/or racial […]
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