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Tag: Teen Issues

December 14, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: 5 of the Best Books I’ve Read in 2020, Nonfiction Edition

For the next installment of Teen Librarian Karen Jensen's Top 20 reads of 2020, we take a look at 5 nonfiction titles that everyone should read

October 21, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Feeling Empowered and Voting for the First Time, by Teen Contributor Morgan Randall

Teen contributor Morgan Randall talks about voting for the first time while away for her Freshman year of college

October 19, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

On Taking My Teen to Vote for the Very First Time

Teen librarian Karen Jensen discusses taking her teenage daughter to vote for her first time and what we can do to help teens prepare to vote

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Break Means Break Not Work: A Treatise Against Homework Over School Breaks, By Teen Contributor Riley Jensen

October 11, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Teen contributor Riley Jensen asks teachers to reconsider giving homework over breaks.

Sunday Reflections: Everything I Learned About Advocating for My Dyslexic Child I Learned by Being a Teen Librarian

September 1, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Everything I've learned about advocating for my children I've learned being a teen librarian

What A. S. King Means to Me, a guest post by The Teen

July 15, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A teen reader tells you in their own words why they like the works of YA author A. S. King.

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When Pride is Said and Done: Teen Contributor Elliott Shares Their Post Pride Thoughts

July 1, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

TLT teen contributor Elliot shares their post Pride thoughts.

Shout! Laurie Halse Anderson Continues to be the Voice We Need Shouting in the World About Sexual Violence in the Life of Teens

January 31, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

On March 12 of 2019, Laurie Halse Anderson will release her newest book Shout, a moving biography that seeks once again to highlight the very real truths of sexual violence in the life of teens - and in her own life.

YA A to Z: Being Heard – Anne Frank, Diaries and Teens, a discussion of Anne Frank with Author Mary Amato

March 28, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Today as a part of our ongoing A to Z look at teen issues, teen fiction and more, author Mary Amato is discussing Anne Frank and diaries with us. On March 28, 1944 a radio address changed Anne Frank’s relationship to her diary. Gerrit Bolkestein, the Dutch Minster for Education, Art, and Science gave the […]

YA A to Z: Adoption Books – Being Discussed, Being Seen, a guest post by Eric Smith

January 10, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

It’s the second week of January, which means we’re discussing the Letter A in YA A to Z. Today we are talking about adoption with the amazing literary agent and writer Eric Smith. You can find out more about YA A to Z here. There’s this look. It’s hard to explain. I’ve never seen myself […]

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