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Book Review: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
Book Reviews, Censorship, Cory Doctorow, Cybils, Internet, Pirate Cinema, Teen Issues
|I’d thought he was angry, and he was, a bit, but when I looked into those eyes, I saw that what I had mistaken for anger was really terror. He was even more scared that I was. Scared that without the net, his job was gone. Scared that without the net, Mum couldn’t sign on every […]
What do I call that? Genre 101 with Georgia McBride
Collection Development, Dystopian, Fantasy, genres, Georgia McBride, High Fantasy, Month9Books, Paranormal Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction
|I love speculative fiction so much that when I started Month9Books, I added the commonly misunderstood term to our tagline: “speculative fiction for teens and tweens where nothing is as it seems.” Those of you who are genre fiction fans, and in particular speculative fiction fans, may already know what it means. But for those […]
Girls Against Girls {Book Review, Discussion & Giveaway}
Bonnie Burton, Bullying, Feminism, Gender issues, Girls, Girls Against Girls, Nonfiction, Teen Issues, Zest Books
|My heart speeds up. I see a single bead of sweat start to fall down my cheek. Soon that bead of sweat will be a tear, but not quite yet. She is coming. I stand at the bus stop waiting to go to school and she is coming. I am in the 5th grade, alternately […]
Book Review: Uncool, a Girl’s Guide to Misfitting In by Erin Elisabeth Conley
Adolescent Development, Book Reviews, Girl Power, Teen Issues, Teen Nonfiction, Uncool, Zest Books
|The Unrules: Be kind to your fellow misfits. Believe that black is a color suitable for any occasion, worthy of even being added to the rainbow. Think. Be. Think and be different. Throw caution to the wind. Take chances with fashion, hobbies, hopes, and dreams. Be OK with wearing things that your mother, grandmother, or […]
We’ve Only Got This One Earth: Environmental teen programs and 47 Things You Can Do for the Environment
Earth Day, Programming, Teen Programming, Teen Programming in a Box, TPIB Environment, Zest Books
|If you read much science fiction, you know that in the future we are forced to colonize another planet because we have destroyed Earth. We only one life to live, and one Earth to live it on. But have no fear, there are a lot of things we can do to help save this 3rd […]
Get Your Fashion On(fashions drawn by my tween) I am a Project Runway junkie and have posted some Project Runway inspired TPIBs before, but now I have some great ideas for yet another Project Fashion TPIB thanks to several great How To books by Zest Books: Junk Box Jewelry, 25 DIY Lost Cost (or no […]
The fashion industry spends millions of dollars advertising to us girls. I have no idea if my skin needs the $100.00 skin cream or the $200.00 one. I just know that those little pimples that pop up (yes, still) are the bane of my existence. Gah! But – you can have a spa party at […]
What do Area 51, the Bermuda Triangle and The Great Pyramid at Giza all have in common? They are some of the great world mysteries that we like to debate and discuss. They are also some of the topics discussed in Dead Strange: the bizarre truths behind 50 world-famous mysteries by Matt Lamy. Dead Strange […]
Book Review: Queer- The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke
Book Reviews, GLBTQ, Kathy Belge, Marke Bieschke, Teen Issues, Zest Books
|My Big Gay Revelation For me, the signs were probably there from the start. I was the kind of little kid who played dress-up in his mom’s clothes, ran around singing show tunes at the top of his voice, and pretend-flirted with other boys. (My parents even have pictures of me kissing one of my […]
Book Review: Regine’s Book, a teen girl’s last words by Regine Stokke
Book Reviews, Cancer, Nonfiction, Regine Stokke, Regine's Book, Teen Issues, Zest Books
|“Waiting for death is dehumanizing. To feel your body just getting worse and worse. To have to wait for answers. For the only answer that matters: Will you live or will you die? Most teenagers spend their time worrying about how they’ve done on a test, but others – like me – wait to find […]
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