Pasadena Public Library
The Pasadena Public Library’s Teen Center is pleased to host PCDA’s Teen Buddies/Teen Club young creatives for their 6th annual art show. Teen creatives share their original handmade sensory art forms, photography, personal stories and a short live performance. Professional Child Development Associates is a non-profit organization whose focus is on […]
Pasadena Public Library, Teen Advisory Board, 12/18/2017 Present: Brittany, Chris, Denisse, Enrique, Jane L, John, Jonathan G, Jonathan H, Kristina, Lauren, Liliana, Maya, Penelope, Sofia, Sophie, Taleen, Thomas Pre-meeting assignment: white elephant survey & committee choice Focus of December meeting: Y.E.S. Grant Agenda Debrief & […]
review by Jacob Chon, age 14 Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld Summary: Nobody’s ever really explained the Spill. Was it an angelic visitation? A nanotech accident? A porthole opening from another world? Whatever it was, no one’s allowed in the Spill Zone these days except government scientists and hazmat teams. But a few […]
review by John Chon, age 14 Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman Summary: This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than […]
10 YA Books About Race by Jane Gov, Youth Services Librarian updated 12/11, 2017 This month, our book club discussed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. It was the most highly rated book we have ever selected for YA Book Club–with five star ratings from everyone. The book’s […]
review by Madison Comick, age 14 Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist Let me start off by saying this contains spoilers. You have been warned. Now that you’ve been cautioned, let me begin by stating the obvious. If you are reading this, you can see. If sixteen-year-old, blind-since-birth Will Porter had this […]
review by Nina Dinan, age 13 Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History by Karen Blumenthal While Hillary Clinton is likely best known among young people for her most recent presidential campaign, her public life has spanned decades and is laid out for readers in Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History. This […]
This year’s annual Halloween event–a dinner party, after-hours lock-in, murder mystery–was exceptional; the theme was Harry Potter. With an almost entirely teen cast, the Teen Advisory Board transported the guests into a Hogwarts mystery. As the Halloween feast was winding down, a mystery was afoot. The culprit could be a […]
review by Alicia Zhang, age 13 The Best Kind of Magic by Crystal Cestari In the novel The Best Kind of Magic by Crystal Cestari, teenager Amber Sand is overwhelmed by the intensity of the two worlds she straddles—one of magic, which is not as glorified as one may think—and the other regular […]
Pasadena Public Library, Teen Advisory Board, 11/20/2017 Present: Brittany, Chris, Denisse, Faith, Jane L, John, Jonathan G, Lauren, Luke, Sofia, Sophie, Taleen Pre-meeting assignment: murder mystery survey Focus of November meeting: STEAM 2018, winter events, murder mystery evaluation Agenda Debrief (45 minutes) Murder Mystery For the most part, […]