MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2012
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40 Developmental Assets, Evaluation, Teen Empowerment, Teen Participation
|You have heard me say it time and time again but my mantra is simple: you can’t serve teens unless you care about them, know them, and value them. And if you are really good at your job, you will empower them and help give them a voice. (Think 40 Developmental Assets!) One of the […]
Yesterday I went and saw Snow White and the Huntsman. It was the second retelling of Snow White I have seen this year as I also went and saw Mirror Mirror. And many of us spent Sunday nights waiting to see which fairy tale they would incorporate into Once Upon a Time, the hit television […]
The headline says it all, so let’s just dive in shall we . . . 1. Rotters Daniel Kraus is the author of several YA titles, including Rotters. Rotters is a deeply deeply disturbing book about a teenage boy who ends up grave robbing after his mother dies and he goes to live with a […]
The birth of a guest blog post: The other day author Anne Greenwood Brown tweeted that she had nothing to write that day and I, seeing an open door, tweeted back: “Why don’t you write a guest blog post ::cough:: Wait, did I say that out loud?” And she said, “What about?” To which I […]
Bitterblue is book three in the Graceling Realm trilogy by Kristin Cashore. Cashore’s books (Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue) explore a fantasy world where an evil kind has ruled and some people have special abilities called a Grace. When you write a book series, you run the risk of not satisfying some of your fans with […]
I first read Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry a couple of years ago when it was first released – and I loved it! In my mind, as I read the book, I could picture actor Jensen Ackles playing the quietly strong bounty hunter Tom Imura. This seemed like a no brainer in my mind […]
Tuesday Top 10: Time Travel
Collection Development, Hourglass, Mr. Was, Myra McEntire, Pete Hautman, Rebecca Stead, Teen Fiction, Time Travel, Timepiece, Top 10s, When You Reach Me, YA Lit
|Since we are talking about Mr. Was and time travel, I thought we should put today’s Top 10 list together: Time Travel books! So I’ll share my list of Top 10 Time Travel books for teens, then you share yours in the comments. And if you are really brave, share a day you would go […]
When you read a lot, you can lose track of some of the books that you read. And then, there are those titles that stay with you in one way or another. Mr. Was by Pete Hautman is one of those titles; I read it years ago and it has really stayed with me. It […]
“She couldn’t remember anything from the time between the accident and the day she woke up. It was all one giant blank spot, and when she tried to think about it, pain pierced her head.” – from the back cover of Adaptation. As Reese and David sit with their teacher in an airport waiting to […]
Yesterday, in her post about racial stereotyping in YA lit, Stephanie mentioned working with incarcerated youth. At my last library position, in Marion, Ohio where I worked for almost 10 years, I too had an outreach program to incarcerated youth. This particular facility was a last ditch attempt at rehabilitation before teens were sent to […]
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