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Sunday Reflections: If You Build It, Will They Come? The story of a MakerSpace miracle.
Yesterday a Christmas miracle occurred. Except in January. And it had nothing to do with Christmas. No, let me start over. Yesterday, a library miracle occurred. Yesterday, we did the final full load in and set up for the MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County. You know, the library where […]
#MHYALit: Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ada, and Me by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Earlier this week, author Tom Leveen introduced us to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by sharing his personal story and how it influenced the writing of his book Shackled. Today, Middle Grade author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley shares her personal story with us and how it influenced her 2015 historical novel, The War that Saved My Life. […]
#MHYALit: You Are Not Alone, The Primary Message by E. Sparling
Today’s post about working with teens in the library and the subject of mental health is a pseudonymous post in order to protect the identity of the teen in question. The author has tried to remove any identifiable characteristics while reminding us by sharing a real life example of how important the work that we […]
#MHYALit: IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT: LIVING EACH DAY WITH PTSD by Tom Leveen
Today as part of our #MHYALit Discussion we are honored to once again host Tom Leveen. Yesterday Tom shared a post with us about Panic. Today he is discussing PTSD. We will have a new post every week day in January on the topic of Mental Health in YA Literature and the life of teens. […]
Book Review: Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick, by Teen Reviewer Lexi
Today Teen Advisory Board member and reviewer Lexi shares with her thoughts about the recent release DANGEROUS LIES by Becca Fitpatrick. Publisher’s Book Description: A teen is forced to make a fresh start after witnessing a violent crime—but love and danger find her anyway in this novel from Becca Fitzpatrick, the New York Times bestselling […]
#MHYALit: PANIC: WHAT FEAR FEELS LIKE by author Tom Leveen
Today as part of our #MHYALit Discussion we are honored to host author Tom Leveen. This is his first of two posts that will appear, tomorrow he discusses PTSD. We will have a new post every week day in January on the topic of Mental Health in YA Literature and the life of teens. Past […]
#MHYALit: How My Debut Year Got Me to Therapy and Why That’s a Good Thing by Annie Cardi
Today as part of our #MHYALit Discussion we are honored to host author Annie Cardi. This is her first of three posts that will appear here throughout the year as part of our discussion. We will have a new post every week day in January on the topic of Mental Health in YA Literature and […]
Sunday Reflections: Kicking of the Year of #MHYALit
***Trigger Warning: Suicide*** There was another post here. But today, I found out that one of my best friends from high school took his own life yesterday and I am raw and angry and sad and what I wrote seems so inconsequential. Every September 24th the texts would come without fail. You see, Curtis, Teri […]
Shelter from the Storms: How You Can Help Recovery Efforts
On Saturday, December 26th, the day after Christmas, I sat in my bathtub with my two crying girls and a dog as tornado sirens blared all around us. I would learn later that night that towns all around us were devastated by this storm, though this time we were spared. We were not so lucky […]
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