
100 Scope Notes
November 8, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Author Kip Wilson talks about the importance of getting the facts right in historical fiction.
October 6, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor
Here then is a hope that in the future we’ll have a different set of expectations. Our children’s books have historically whitewashed the past. Let’s hope that going forward they have the wherewithal to open the eyes of their child readers to what it was really like in the past.
October 4, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor
Timelines and locations play important roles in THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, set in 1893 Chicago. Explore some of those places in this post.
September 8, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor
Readers won't soon forget Petra's harrowing story.
May 20, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor
Who would have thought a “keep it current” and a never “way back in time” writer would be seduced by the lure of history?
January 21, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor
This will be an illuminating read for modern teens who may not know much about what it was really like to be a queer teen in the 1950s.
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August 25, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor
A gorgeously layered look at love, loss, and the complex lives of girls. Not to be missed.
January 14, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor
A complex look at the quest for social justice in 1919 and one young girl's awakening to the need for change and her role in it.
September 11, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor
Publisher’s description The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom. Dream Country begins in suburban Minneapolis at the moment when seventeen-year-old Kollie Flomo begins to crack under the strain of his life as a Liberian refugee. He’s exhausted by being at once too black […]
April 19, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Today in our YA A to Z series, new librarian Amanda Perez joins us to talk about Historical Fiction in YA Lit. Historical Fiction authors go through a great deal of research in order to present their readers with an accurate window into history. The final product presented to teen readers is often a masterful […]
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by Travis Jonker
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