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#FSYALit: Orthodox Representation in YA Lit
Over the past year, I have seen an increase of representation of Protestant Christians in YA lit that isn’t published by a Christian publisher. Maybe it’s just because I have been looking for it more for this discussion, but it does in fact seem like there has been a genuine increase in authors recognizing and [...]
Sunday Reflections: She is Safe? A Personal Reflection for Sexual Assualt Awareness Month
I woke up that Sunday afternoon, groggy from an after church nap, wiping sleepies out of my eyes and wondering why my friend was standing there next to me shaking and crying. As I blinked into a form of consciousness, I feared what this moment would reveal, how it would change our lives. The longer [...]
#SVYALit: ALL THE RAGE and rape culture, Trish Doller interviews author Courtney Summers
Today the book All the Rage by Courtney Summers is finally released into the world. It’s a great book. It’s an important book. It’s the type of book that encourages dialogue about important and very relevant cultural issues. While Rolling Stone is retracting their UVA rape story and causing many to question the reality of [...]
From the Screen to the Page: How the YouTube Sensation Became a YA Book, a guest post by Paige McKenzie and Alyssa Sheinmel (#YouTubeWeek)
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl is a gasp out loud ghost story that began as a YouTube series. I was not familiar with the web series until I read the book, but I really liked the book so I went and checked the YouTube channel. The book kept me on the edge of my seat [...]
Sunday Reflections: YouTube Killed the MTV Star (#YouTubeWeek)
On August 1, 1981 MTV debuted with the music video Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles. In my mind, I totally remember being there and watching it happen, though in many ways that seems impossible because I would have only been 9 at the time. Yes, go ahead and make your man are [...]
This Song Will Save Your Life: Push by Matchbox Twenty, a guest post by author Leila Sales (Blog Tour)
I am a pretty huge fan of This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales. For one, it is about music, which I love, and how music can in fact save you. On Sunday we discussed some of the songs that have saved TLT. And tucked away in the pages of This Song Will [...]
#FSYALit: Author Tessa Gratton Explores Faith in YA Fantasy
Today as part of Faith and Spirituality in YA Lit: a Discussion, we are very honored to host author Tessa Gratton who joins us to share some of her own teen faith journey and to discuss faith and spirituality in YA fantasy literature. One of the most definitive moments of my teenaged years was the [...]
Sunday Reflections: The Songs that Saved TLT
What makes you feel most like you? For me, the obvious answers are being with my family and being in the library. The less obvious answer is when I slap on a pair of headphones and just walk. I started doing this some time around middle school, which is in fact when most kids start [...]
5 Things Libraries Can Learn from Starbucks and Lego
In March, two companies launched PR campaigns that were a bit of a misfire and received some backlash. First Starbucks launched their #RaceTogether initiative, which would have their barista’s write #RaceTogether on the coffee cups they served and asked their employees to engage in discussion with their customers. The thing is, it turned out that [...]
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