Heavy Medal
May 8, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Full of humor, memorable characters, great dialogue, and more wrestling than maybe any other book I've read before, this empathetic and meaningful look at grief makes it clear that there's no wrong wrong to do it, even if that means living with the voice of a professional wrestler in your head.
October 18, 2023 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen discusses the current issues in middle grade and young adult publishing and their impact on reading and libraries
March 7, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Teen contributor Riley Jensen shares 5 new YA releases for the month of March
October 28, 2021 by Ally Watkins
This is really the dedication to a 2021 young adult book published by a big 5 publisher. It sets the tone for the whole book. IYKYK, as the kids say. I was a church kid my entire childhood and well into adulthood, really. I was such a church kid. And I wasn’t ready for Erin […]
December 23, 2020 by Ally Watkins
It’s no secret that 2020 has been…a lot. But also, a lot of beautiful comics and graphic novels have come out this year. Here’s a few of my favorites middle grade and YA graphic novels from 2020, in no particular order: Go With the Flow is a great MG graphic novel about a group of […]
November 19, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
One of the reasons that I do this blog is that it allows me to create and curate a resource for myself. That’s right, I use this blog as a resource just as much as I hope others might. It works as sort of a journal, a manual if you will, to help me be […]
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