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Life can be kind of chaotic sometimes – I often say that I went into librarianship so that at least one part of my life would be organized. As a part time librarian and working mom with plenty of side projects, a lot of my favorite things are ways to make my time more efficient […]
TPIB: Extreme Gingerbread Challenge
| Candy, Crafts, Food Challenges, Gingerbread Houses, Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, TPIB
Sugar + a festive spirit + teens = program success in my book. This is the third year in a row I’ve hosted a “Gingerbread Challenge” and though each year plays out a little differently, every program has been a fun one. How much fun? THIS much fun! This can be adapted to run any […]
What It’s Like for a Girl: How Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama made me think about the politics of sexuality in the life of girls
| Abuse, Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty, Rape, Street Harassment
Please note: this post is on a sensitive subject and can have triggering discussions for some. “What have we here?” a cocky teenage voice said. A group of boys ducked under the short doorframe into the room. A particularly tall one stared through the open window with his mouth gaping, as if she were […]
In case you missed it, YA for NJ is a charity auction going on NOW through December 6 to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy. Items are being auctioned off via ebay. There are a TON of signed books and ARCs, with at last count over 170 YA and MG authors participating. Follow YAforNJ on […]
Buffy and the Reversal of Halloween, a guest post by Nancy Holder
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Halloween Rain, Joss Whedon, Nancy Holder
Fangirl Moment of Introduction: You are probably aware that I am a huge Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan. I have read almost every book and one of the worst days of my professional life was when I had to finally discard the collection because it was quite literally falling apart. The first book I ever […]
I eat cereal, but I am not a serial killer (Serial Killers in YA Lit)
| Barry Lyga, Dan Wells, Jack the Ripper, Lionel Shriver, Maureen Johnson, Mysteries, Robert Cormier, Serial Killers, Thrillers
This is a completely true story: One day I was picking my 6 year-old daughter up from Vacation Bible School and when I asked her how it was she said, “It was good. No one put duct tape on my mouth and locked me in the trunk.” As you can imagine, this was not the […]
Book banning doesn’t happen as often as you think it does. Mostly what we face are book challenges. This is the notion that someone challenges the acceptedness (acceptedability?) um, the appropriateness of a book. It often happens by outside forces, like parents and concerned citizens, but, as we discussed yesterday, it can also happen from […]
MG Moment (Book Review): Capture the Flag by Kate Messner
| Book Reviews, Capture the Flag, Kate Messner, MG Moment, Mysteries, Uncategorized
Capture the Flag by Kate Messner is a contemporary mystery with a touch of history (in the form of historical facts), just perfect for middle grade students and younger tweens. Anna, Jose and Henry (7th graders) don’t meet each other at a special reception for THE flag that inspired the writing of “Star Spangled Banner”. They […]
Book Review: Ask the Passengers by A. S. King (reviewed by Jenny Torres Sanchez)
| A. S. King, Ask the Passengers, Contests, Felicia Day, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Social Media
It was author Jenny Torres Sanchez that introduced me to the marvelous writings of A. S. King, so I thought I would let her review Ask the Passengers for us today. Besides, you probably already know that I love the book. So here is another point of view. Stay tuned at the end and enter […]
My early years growing up in Sacramento were filled with lots of confusion and fear. At the time, I knew something wasn’t quite right with my father but the one time I did confine in a friend? I was labeled ‘bad’ and a bad example. Only later did I found out that most of the […]
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