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Tag: Abortion

September 21, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Abortion in Teen and Young Adult Literature

A brief look at some teen fiction titles that deal with the topic of abortion

August 25, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: The Whitsun Daughters by Carrie Mesrobian

A gorgeously layered look at love, loss, and the complex lives of girls. Not to be missed.

February 25, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller

The characters are deeply drawn and readers will be invested in them, but more than anything this is a timely and important novel about the topic of reproductive justice and the current challenges to it that anyone with a uterus faces.

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#ReadForChange: Courage in the face of a “Dystopian Reality” in Jennie Liu’s Girls on the Line

November 20, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

Teen Librarian Toolbox is excited to be partnering with Marie Marquardt for her #ReadForChange project. Hop on over to this post to learn more about the initiative. Today, she and Jennie Liu join us for a conversation about China’s One-Child Policy, political action, abortion, and Liu’s 2018 book, Girls on the Line.        “The only effect I ardently […]

Book Review: You Don’t Know Me but I Know You by Rebecca Barrow

August 8, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description Rebecca Barrow’s bright, honest debut novel about chance, choice, and unconditional love is a heartfelt testament to creating the future you truly want, one puzzle piece at a time. There’s a box in the back of Audrey’s closet that she rarely thinks about. Inside is a letter, seventeen years old, from a mother […]

#SJYALit: Breaking Taboos, Telling Secrets, a conversation between Isabel Quintero and Elana K. Arnold

April 20, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Introduction In the introduction to Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World, Kelly Jensen writes, “What unites feminists is the belief that every person–regardless of gender, class, education, race, sexuality, or ability–deserves equality.” This intersection between multiple social justice movements characterizes what we call Third Wave feminism, a term coined in the 1990s, and […]

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Book Review: What Girls Are Made Of by Elana Arnold

March 30, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description This is not a story of sugar and spice and everything nice. When Nina Faye was fourteen, her mother told her there was no such thing as unconditional love. Nina believed her. Now Nina is sixteen. And she’ll do anything for the boy she loves, just to prove she’s worthy of him. But […]

Book Review: How It Ends by Catherine Lo

June 2, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description There are two sides to every story. It’s friends-at-first-sight for Jessie and Annie, proving the old adage that opposites attract. Shy, anxious Jessie would give anything to have Annie’s beauty and confidence. And Annie thinks Jessie has the perfect life, with her close-knit family and killer grades. They’re BFFs . . . until […]

Book Review: Under Threat by Robin Stevenson

March 10, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description Franny is close to her parents, adores her horse and is head over heels in love with her girlfriend, Leah. But Franny’s parents are abortion providers at the local hospital, and an anonymous stranger is prepared to do whatever it takes to stop them. A stranger who phones at all hours. Who knows […]

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