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TLT Roundtable: What About “Clean” Books? What does “clean” mean when we are talking about books?
Yesterday, Blink YA shared a post about “Clean” YA Reads. You can read it here. As it always does, when this term pops up it sparks considerable discussion. Over time I have thought a lot about what this term means and my feelings towards it. And yesterday, I reached out to my fellow TLTers to […]
Book Review: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo, reviewed by teen reviewer Lexi
A big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are. Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. She’s determined not to get too close to anyone. But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, Amanda […]
TPiB: It’s Shark Week!
Shark Week is my favorite weeks of the year. I’m a little bit obsessed with sharks. Not in a I would want to see one up close in personal in real life way, just in a they are totally cool like dinosaurs, aliens and robots way. I dive into Shark Week every year. See what […]
The Making of Our String Art “READ” Sign
This year, I am pretty excited because not only did we debut the new Teen MakerSpace, but I was able to hire two MakerSpace Assistants to help keep the area staffed after school and on weekends. One of my assistants is Morgan Durfee, who was an art major in college and is an awesome cos-player. […]
#MHYALit: This Book Will Save Your Life, a guest post by author Kathleen Glasgow
Today we are honored to host author Kathleen Glasgow as part of the #MHYALit Discussion. Her book, GIRL IN PIECES, releases in September from Delacorte Press. You can read all the #MHYALit posts here. I could not feel my fingers. And then I could not feel my arms. And then my shoulders, and then, and […]
Scenes from a Teen MakerSpace Open House
Yesterday in celebration of The National Week of Making, we officially introduced our Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH) to our community by hosting an open house. Our Teen MakerSpace is normally only open to teens ages 12 through 18, but we wanted to let the public know […]
Sunday Reflections: How Do I Talk to The Teen About Orlando?
On May 19th of this year I got to interview John Corey Whaley, so I took The Teen with me. I remarked to him then that I was pretty sure this was the first time that my teenage daughter had gotten to talk to an openly out adult and that I thought this was a […]
Book Reviews: What I’ve Been Reading – BURNING; A HUNDRED HOURS OF NIGHT; HOUR OF THE BEES; THE LEAVING; ROCKS FALL, EVERYONE DIES; THE LONG GAME (FIXER #2); STRIKE (HIT #2)
Publisher’s Book Description: After three years in juvie, Angela Davis is just a few months shy of release, and she’ll finally be free from the hole that is Brunesfield Correctional Facility. Then Jessica arrives. Only ten years old and under the highest security possible, this girl has to be dangerous, even if no one knows […]
Video Games Weekly: Journey Collector’s Edition
This review is going to be a little bit of a throwback because the original version of Journey came out in 2012, but I hope you find it useful! I’ve been waiting for our library’s vendor to stock the collector’s edition of Journey for PS4 (I don’t own a PS3), but I finally gave up […]
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