Pasadena Public Library
Reviews by Bella, teen reviewer When a strange device is discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall, the entire complex is suddenly locked down. No one can leave. No one knows what is going on. At first, there’s the novelty of being stuck in a mega mall […]
Review by Hadley, teen reviewer All the Truth That’s in Me by Julie Berry Two best friends end up missing from hometown Roswell Station only days apart from each other. Lottie Pratt winds up a floating corpse in a river. Judith Finch finds herself wandering home two years later. Alive, […]
Review by Hadley, teen reviewer Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira Laurel switches schools after an unfortunate accident leaves her mother across the country and her sister May buried in the ground and the past. She believes that the best way to move on is to start over […]
Review by Hadley, teen reviewer Lessons I Never Learned at Meadowbrook Academy by Liz Maccie Roberta Romano is not as excited as a girl should be when her family gives her the opportunity to take a step up from her two-star public high school to the prestigious Meadowbrook Academy. Despite […]
recap by Madison Comick, Grade 7 On Monday, April 13th, teens gathered in the Studio on 4th at Central Library to paint paper mache boxes shaped like books. The materials we used were hollow-cardboard boxes, acrylic paints, paint brushes, and stencils. With these materials, participants created a simple (or […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 1st place Land of the Free by Judah Foster, Grade 9 Yesterday my mom threw my baby brother overboard the cargo ship. He flew from her hands like a bundle of trash and sank into the water […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 2nd place Anyone Can Be Successful by Julia Nail, Grade 9 Kira came to the United States of America because her family was seeking a better life. Her mother stayed at home and took care of the children, […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 3rd place Coming to America by Elizabeth Nail, Grade 9 Eleanor Beaumont // The First Day of School All through last night, I’d been up planning my outfit and wondering what the first day at my […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 6-8 2nd place Jaol Esgo by Uriah Foster, Grade 7 Jaol Esgo In the beautiful land of Ghana in the 1840’s, there once lived a man by the name of Jaol Esgo. He was a captain in the […]
Review by Bella, teen reviewer I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson Summary: The New York Times Bestselling story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah […]