MORE POSTS FROM AUGUST 2017
Last week I hosted my second movie matinee of the summer for teens. I was expecting these events to be very popular, as the first event was a screening of Moana sponsored by a local restaurant. I really thought catered food would be the way to my teens’ hearts, but attendance was low. I was […]
As a librarian, I spend a lot of time talking about teens and access. Access to books. Access to information. I’m all about access. And then a new discussion of access came up and I had a decidedly different message for my teens. The Scene: Three of my teens are sitting in the Teen MakerSpace […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Who are we marketing YA lit to? MakerSpace: Legos! The one tool every makerspace needs? Book Review: The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian The Day The Teen Discovered Hoopla and Everything Changed Book Review: Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens Around the Web THE LAST MAGICIAN is on […]
Publisher’s description As the tomboy daughter of the town’s preacher, Billie McCaffrey has always struggled with fitting the mold of what everyone says she should be. She’d rather wear sweats, build furniture, and get into trouble with her solid group of friends: Woods, Mash, Davey, Fifty, and Janie Lee. But when Janie Lee confesses to […]
My library subscribes to Hoopla, a service that I can honestly admit I haven’t used very much – until recently. This summer we traveled in the car a lot and after we got sick of listening to the same songs over and over again, I remembered Hoopla! So I introduced The Teen – and the […]
Publisher’s description The Authentics is a fresh, funny, and insightful novel about culture, love, and family—the kind we are born into and the ones we create. Daria Esfandyar is Iranian-American and proud of her heritage, unlike some of the “Nose Jobs” in the clique led by her former best friend, Heidi Javadi. Daria and her friends […]
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