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Tag: School Violence

February 18, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sunday Reflections: When Adults Fail, the Teens will Save Themselves

On February 14th, there was another school shooting. This was the 18th school shooting in 2018 and 17 people were sadly and tragically taken from this mortal coil too soon. But this school shooting, or more precisely what is happening after this school shooting, is different. This time, teens are stepping up to the microphone […]

January 5, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor

YA Book Club Discussion: This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

On December 12, the teen book club I run at the library talked about Marieke Nijkamp’s This Is Where It Ends, a story about a school shooting. Sourcebooks was nice enough to send us a box of books, some chalkboards, and chalk as part of a pre-publication event. Six very talkative teens took part in […]

November 19, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

TAB Book Discussion: THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS by Marieke Nijkamp

I have a secret: I have never been able to succeffully host a teen book discussion group at any of the libraries I have worked at. At most I ever got 3 people to attend, so I eventually gave it up and moved on to more successful programming. But I was contacted by Sourcebooks and […]

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Take 5: School Violence

November 17, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

Did you know that under the Teen Issues link up there on the menu bar, you can find lots of great posts and book lists organized by issue? Everything from addiction to violence is covered. If you don’t see a topic covered that you think is of interest, please leave a comment, tweet us (Amanda MacGregor @CiteSomething or Karen Jensen @TLT16), […]

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