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Like a lot of book lovers, Beauty and the Beast was my favorite Disney movie. It seemed like such a no-brainer. Here was a girl who loved books and read-she even sang about it! Then later, she discovers a glorious library that we could all covet. With no hesitation I would tell you that Belle […]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: My First Fandom (a guest post by Cindy) (The Sunnydale Project Year 3)
Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fandom, Pop Culture, Teen Issues, The Sunnydale Project
|One true thing is that you will never forget your first big fandom. Growing up as the weird kid in my school, I loved Beauty and the Beast and I adored L.J. Smith whose books started me on my love affair with reading. Nothing could and will never compare to my love of Buffy The […]
When I talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I talk about it as more than a show. I talk about it as a cultural and emotional touchstone in my life. I talk about it as the show that made me realize that growing up was going to be okay. My middle school experience started with […]
Yesterday I talked some about periods in YA lit, in part because I had recently read 2 really amazing books that boldly mentioned periods. Also in part because it’s a topic we recently have been dealing with personally in my house because I’m a mom to two girls. The convergence of these two events, my […]
What are you willing to do to belong to a group? That’s what hazing is, being asked to do certain things in order to be admitted into a special group of people like a team, a club, or a sorority or fraternity. Often the things people are asked to do to prove they are worthy […]
Skin and Bones: talking about teens and eating disorders, a guest post by author Sherry Shahan
Eating Disorders, Sherry Shahan, Skin and Bones, Teen Issues
|Years ago I wrote a quirky short story about teens in an Eating Disorders Unit of a metropolitan hospital. Sort of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” meets “Love Story.” Fast Facts: 2 out of every 100 students struggles with an eating disorder My then agent encouraged me to expand the short story (now Skin […]
Middle Grade Monday – “I thought of you when I read this”
Middle Grade Monday, Pinterest, Relational Reading, Teen Issues
|So, I’ve long understood the power of a confidential phrase whispered in the right direction, “I read this, and it made me think of you.” In fact, that’s the reason why my student supply area has a bottle of lotion. Let me back up. I’m on vacation, or I would take a picture of the corner […]
I am an artistic type, married to an artist. Creativity and self expression is very important to us. So when we moved to this new place and found out that my kids would have to wear school uniforms, I cried. I literally cried saline tears, bereft that my daughters would be shackled by this dress […]
Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson (Blog Tour)
Activism, Be a Changemaker, Social Justice, Teen Issues, Teens, Volunteering
|“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” – author Libba Bray, quoted on page 161 (always quote Libba Bray, always.) Teenagers often get a bad rap. They’re loud, they’re obnoxious, their selfish, they’re lazy – that’s what you’ll hear a lot in the press. And from adults: […]
The #SVYALit Project: First Responders, part 2
#SVYALit, #SVYALit Project, First Responders, Sexual Violence, Teen Issues
|When I was in the 8th grade, there was someone in my family who had regular access to me who was sexually molesting me. It was a progressive thing, grooming they call it. It began very subtly and slowly built in a way that made me question if what I thought was happening was in […]
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