One City One Story 2016 Writing Contest: “A Vivid Memory” 3rd place Category 2: Grades 6-8 “My Life Story” by Serena Elise Brown Grade 8 Blair Middle School It all started out when I was two years old. My mom was on drugs and not doing well, and my […]
Frostbot Frenzy: Robots in Winter
Published on :by Hadley, Teen Advisory Board Titles selected by the Teen Advisory Board Readers Advisory Team. A selection of robot-themed books to read this winter. Find a book you like? Click on the title to see availability at Pasadena Public Library (PPL) and Glendale (GDL) branches. Clockwork Angel – Cassandra Clare When sixteen-year-old […]
YA Book Club — Everything, Everything
Published on :YA Book Club recap by Kara Eng, grade 11 Summary: My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, […]
YA Book Club — Carry On
Published on :YA Book Club recap by Kara Eng, grade 11 Summary: Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right. Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand […]
“What My Name Means to Me” by Maren Arther
Published on :Young Readers League “What’s in a Name” Writing Contest Category 2 (Age 12-14) 1st place
“Baby Kate” by Kaitlyn Chiu
Published on :Young Readers League “What’s in a Name” Writing Contest Category 2 (Age 12-14) 3rd place
YA Book Club– Six of Crows
Published on :YA Book Club recap by Kara Eng, grade 11 Summary: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price–and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich […]
YA Book Club — All the Bright Places
Published on :YA Book Club recap by Kara Eng, grade 11 For October YA Book Club, we read All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. We discussed different aspects of the book. We decided that the romance was fairly conventional with the whole “two broken teenage who meet each other. Who fixes […]
A Tale of Two Besties — teen review
Published on :review by Hadley, teen reviewer A Tale of Two Besties by Sophia Rossi Lily and Harper have been best friends since the day Lily showed up on her first day of fourth grade with a pair of tattered fairy wings and no regard for what the world thought of her. […]
Legacy of Kings — teen review
Published on :Review by Kara Eng, teen reviewer Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman This is a retelling of Alexander the Great as a youth. Before Alexander conquered the world, he was still living in the shadow of his father, a one-eyed “barbarian” conqueror. The book also follows other people: one hopeful […]