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Book Review: Breakfast with Neruda by Laura Moe, reviewed by teen reviewer Lexi
Publisher’s Book Description Michael Flynn is just trying to get through his community service after he made the dumb decision to try to blow up his friend’s car with fireworks–the same friend who stole Michael’s girl. Being expelled and losing his best buddy and his girlfriend are the least of his problems: Michael has learned […]
Video Games Weekly: Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2
One of the biggest requests I get from parents visiting the library is a video game that isn’t “too violent” that their kid/teen will also enjoy playing. As you can guess, it’s really hard to find a shooter game that fits that category, since most shooter games like Call of Duty are rated M. Luckily, […]
Book Review: Character Driven by David Lubar
What do Better Off Dead, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Lizzie McGuire all have in common? Besides the fact that they seriously date me, I mean. Character Driven by David Lubar all bring these references to mind in both voice and in the way the main character breaks the fourth wall. Cliff, that is his […]
#MHYALit: The Fantasy of Being Thin and YA Lit, a guest post by Katelyn Browne
Last week, we had several conversations about the book Kill the Boy Band and body shaming. You can read post 1 and post 2 for background. In the midst of all these online conversations, Katelyn Browne contacted me and said I want to write a post about “the fantasy of being thin”. Today, we are […]
Sunday Reflections: My Favorite MakerSpace Moments (So Far)
Our Teen MakerSpace is in full swing now at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (Ohio). We have hired and trained two MakerSpace Assistants, who it turns out are incredibly awesome. And every day we have anywhere from 10 or more teens come into the space. Word of mouth is definitely spreading […]
#FSYALit: There You’ll Find Me, a guest post by Dahlia Adler
Today for #FSYALit author Dahlia Adler discusses There You’ll Find Me by author Jenny B. Jones. You can read all of our #FSYALit posts here. Confession: I had no idea that There You’ll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones was Christian Fiction. When it was initially recommended to me, I was just looking for more […]
Video Games Weekly: Pikman 3
This week, I was going to review Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, but then I learned on Twitter that Nintendo released their Nintendo Selects 2016 sale! This sale is especially sweet for libraries that have Wii games that don’t want to spend the full $60 on older titles, and I personally think every game […]
Sunday Reflections: That’s Me in the Corner, Losing My Confidence (as a Reviewer)
I like Science Fiction. Like, a lot. I especially like Science Fiction that has alien invasions. Remember the moment in Independence Day when Will Smith walks out of the house to get the paper and he looks to the left, then he looks to the right, and then he finally looks up and realizes that […]
#MHYALit: Creating Georgia, A Mentally Ill Character – a guest post by author Yvonne Prinz
Today we are honored to host author Yvonne Prinz as part of the #MHYALit Discussion In 1990 I moved to San Francisco from Canada, met my husband, and opened a record store in Berkeley, just over the Bay Bridge. Berkeley, for a variety of reasons, has a large homeless population, something I wasn’t familiar with, […]
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