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Today Kerry Sutherland discusses some recent titles she has read that depict teens in marginalized situations as a result of mental health in their lives. See all of the posts in our Mental Health in Young Adult Literature series here. Many of the books I have discovered during my time with the In the Margins […]
Today we are honored to host author Mackenzi Lee as part of the #MHYALit Discussion. See all of the posts in our Mental Health in Young Adult Literature series here. When I was eleven years old, I discovered I was allergic to nuts. This might be a thing you did not know about me, […]
Last week, I reviewed a fighting game called Pokken Tournament. This week, I’m reviewing Street Fighter V, which if you can’t tell by the title, is another side-scroller fighting game. It’s difficult to compare the games because Pokken Tournament is Pokemon’s first stab at a fighting game, whereas Street Fighter is one of the most […]
Last night I hosted the #readYAlit chat on Twitter where we discussed #MHYALit (mental health in YA Lit). You can view that chat at this link: https://storify.com/naomibates/mental-health-in-ya-lit Also, be sure to check out this important resource: Say It Out Loud: Speaking with Teens about Mental Health – See more at: https://www.nami.org/sayitoutloud#sthash.L3ZHm1VV.dpuf
My half of my BFF necklace sits in a box in my closet. I don’t know what happened to the other half; maybe it flew out the car window that fateful day our junior year that changed my life forever. Maybe they took it off of her when they loaded her into the ambulance, trying […]
March #ARCParty// It's time for another #ARCParty, where The Teen, The Bestie and I share some of the latest ARCs we have received and I get a first hand look at what a couple of teens are thinking. Storify by TeenLibrarianToolbox Mon, Apr 04 2016 13:39:13 Edit March #ARCParty We’re going to look at some […]
Gamers have been waiting for Pokken Tournament to be released for a while, and it’s finally here! It’s probably one of the most awaited Wii U games besides Starfox Zero, which isn’t out yet (librarians will probably want to preorder it though, jussayin’). Background: You probably are familiar with the Pokemon franchise, so I […]
I love poetry. In fact, I still have all my old high school notebooks full of my very bad angst filled poetry. Occasionally, I still even add a new poem. And since April is National Poetry Month, I wanted to find a way to combine some poetry activities with the new MakerSpace at The Public […]
Today we are honored to host author Emery Lord as part of the #MHYALit Discussion. Her latest release, WHEN WE COLLIDED, debuts tomorrow from Bloomsbury. Today she is joining us to discuss medication, teens and mental health. You can read all the #MHYALit posts here. Let’s get the personal info out of the way: I […]