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Sunday Reflections: Please Don’t Ask Me How My Summer (or My Childhood) Was! A reflection on assignments and writing prompts
She came to the Teen MakerSpace every day. Until she didn’t. Just a few weeks before school we learned that she had been sent to another state to live with extended family because both of her parents were now in jail. 2.3% of U.S. youth under the age of 18 have a parent in prison. […]
Setting a New Default for Readers and Myself: A Guest Post by LABYRINTH LOST author Zoraida Cordova
Today we are very honored to host a guest post by LABYRINTH LOST author Zoraida Córdova. Labyrinth Lost is book one in the Brooklyn Brujas series published by Sourcebooks Fire. It is the story of Alex, a girl who wants to reject her magical destiny and in doing so banishes her family to another plane […]
Video Games Weekly: No Man’s Sky
No Man’s Sky has gained a lot of media attention in the gaming community over the past few weeks. It was one of the most anticipated games of 2016 for the PC and PS4, but has flopped almost as hard as the hype after its release. The number of users simultaneously playing No Man’s Sky […]
Sunday Reflections: A Day in the Life Serving Teens – This is what I wish you knew about teenagers
Working with teenagers is an interesting juxtaposition of two concerned parties: teens and parents. I am a parent. I am, in fact, the parent of a teenager. I am a strong believer in parental rights in the library. That’s not what this post is about. Parents often want to protect their teenagers from ideas and […]
Immigration in the News and in YA Lit
You can’t escape it if you watch or read the news – everyone is talking about immigration. I grew up in Southern California and now live in Texas, so I have always heard people talking about it. Always. But it’s not something that I have read a lot about in YA literature. It comes up […]
TPIB: Photo Word Bookmarks (Or Instagram Photo Booth Strip Looking Bookmarks)
Sometimes I learn about stuff at the library and go home and do it with my kids, but sometimes I do something at home and it turns out to be a great library/Teen MakerSpace activity. The Teen recently turned 14 and she wanted to have a taco birthday. It was very important to me that […]
Video Games Weekly: Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest is not necessarily a new game, but the Xbox One Definitive Edition of the game was just released this past June. The game has won multiple awards since its initial release in 2014, and is such a good game that you can buy special editions of Xbox consoles with a […]
Sunday Reflections: Wrestling with Nate Parker and the Narrative of Forgiveness
When I started high school, I completely had to cut myself off from a part of my family in order to protect myself from the man who had spent the previous year molesting me. I was not universally supported in this decision. Many people considered it an inconvenience to the family. Many others remarked that […]
What I Learned About “Representation Matters” While Reading BENEATH WANDERING STARS by Ashlee Cowles
By the time I graduated high school, I had attended 9 separate schools in three different states. Every time I would start a new school the first question everyone asks, after what’s your name, is “where are you from?” I have no good answer to this question. I am from nowhere and everywhere. I am […]
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