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TRW: It Came From Outer Space
aliens, Booklists, Reader's Advisory, Science Fiction, Teen Read Week
|Ever wonder where all the aliens are? Back in the 1940’s and 50’s, during the Golden Age of science fiction, aliens were everywhere. There were spaceman suits, and alien bazaars, and television shows. People where rushing to see when we would meet our neighbors, and whether they would be peaceful or not. Everyone was claiming […]
A teen’s body is going through so many changes. Some are welcome, some pleasant… and some anything but. It can be hard to love something so unpredictable. And it can be hard to love your body at any age in an image-obsessed culture where no one ever seems to measure up to the “thinspiration” pins […]
How did Frankenstein become the man who created a monster? The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein series by Kenneth Oppel (Reviewed by Susan Little)
Book Reviews, Kenneth Oppel, Such Wicked Intent, This Dark Endeavor, Victor Frankenstein
|Today Christie is talking about Frankenstein re-imagined for the 21st century, but how did Frankenstein become the man who created a monster? Kenneth Oppel has written a prequel that answers that question and high school teacher by day and library aide by night Susan Little reviews it for us today. This Dark Endeavor […]
TRW: Frankenstein in 2012: Bio-Engineering
Bioengineering, Booklists, Reader's Advisory, Teen Read Week, Top 10s
|So, if Mary Shelly were writing Frankenstein today, what path would she wander down? I think that, instead of zombies or vampires, she’s wander down the road of BIOENGINEERING. According to the history, Mary Shelly was having a storytelling contest with her future husband Percy, Lord Byron of She Walks in Beauty fame, and John William Polidori, […]
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TRW: Romancing the Paranormal
Booklists, Paranormal Romance, Reader's Advisory, Teen Read Week, Top 10s
|As a teen librarian who knows their trends, you know that books like Twilight and The House of Night series are as popular with teens as chocolate and pizza. What you may not realize is that they have a long and distinguished history within literature dating back to 1764. Paranormal romance, a subset of romance that has […]
Book Review: Dear Teen Me edited by E. Kristin Anderson and Miranda Kenneally
Adolescent Development, Dear Teen Me, Teen Issues, Zest Books
|Every once in a while you come across an idea so genius you wish you had thought of it. One of those ideas is Dear Teen Me. Dear Teen Me began as a website and is now a book published by Zest Books. In Dear Teen Me, an eclectic variety of teen authors have written […]
Today as part of the Dear Teen Me blog tour, Christie G writes a letter to her teenage self. Dear Teen Me: author write letters to their teen sevles edited by E. Kristin Anderson and Miranda Kenneally. Dear Teen Me is published by Zest Books (ISBN: 978-1-9369762-1-8). Read my review here. Dear Teen Me, Reading, […]
Dear Teen Me, The phone is ringing and you know that Curtis is calling to tell you that she died. It is never good news when someone calls this early in the morning. There are rules about that it seems. For some reason, the two worst events in your life appear to have happened in […]
For months now we have been collecting artwork inspired by Books and created by Teens. Now – it’s time to vote!! One lucky winner will receive an awesome prize package as we celebrate teens, reading, and art. The artwork is so amazing!! To vote, stop by The Library as Incubator Project and see the amazing […]
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