Pasadena Public Library
July Recap by Madison Comick, grade 9 The Leveller by Julia Durango Phoenix “Nixy” Bauer is the daughter of two employees of the MEEP, a virtual reality game of a future dystopian world. MEEP is played by getting a chip implanted in your brain when you’re thirteen. Nixy is paid to […]
Review by Satya Rajendra, Grade 7 Defender by Graham McNamee Tyne Greer is a six-foot-six giant high school girl that resides in an old apartment building called the Zoo. Her father, Ted Greer, is the superintendent of the building, and she helps him repair things in the building. But one day, when […]
an annotated list by David Gray, teen blogger Board games or tabletop games seemed to have gained popularity over the last few years, especially with hilarious new additions like Exploding Kittens. Board games can be be therapeutic; they help build relationships between friends and acquaintances, diffuse tension and ease social […]
by Jane Lee (grade 11), Teen Advisory Board A selection of fiction books about the worlds of virtual reality, a possibility that is becoming apart of our reality as well. What is virtual reality? Virtual reality is an artificial world created by a computer that is experienced through sensory stimuli. […]
YA Book Club recap by Hadley Willman, grade 11 In June, the YA book club met to discuss Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, a popular novel for teens that was originally marketed towards adults. Ready Player One tells of a world thirty years in the future where everyone in the world […]
Review by Satya Rajendra, Grade 7 Noggin by John Corey Whaley Noggin is an excellent, must-read book by John Corey Whaley. The story is full of funny jokes and hilarious moments. The book is full of positive roles models and messages. The novel has some mature content for teen readers, […]
Check out this year’s Teen Summer Reading program! What is the Summer Reading program? It’s a self-directed reading and summer activity program to motivate you to keep learning throughout the summer. Basically, all you have to do is sign up online (or we can help you do this in […]
Review by Kelly Huang, Teen Reviewer Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare Lady Midnight marks the start of a new trilogy that takes place in Cassandra Clare’s highly-esteemed Shadowhunter world in which Shadowhunters, or half-angel warriors, are sworn to fight demons. Clare’s long-awaited release takes place five years after the events […]
Review of the Santa Catalina Branch Anime Club by Coleman S., teen reviewer A while ago, I started watching anime and thought, “Man, it would be great if I could share this with someone.” Well, fast forward about five years and I met Deborah Takahashi, a Branch Librarian for the Pasadena […]
Review by Satya Rajendra, Grade 7 Desert Dark by Sonja Stone Nadia Riley has been selected to go to an elite school known as Desert Mountain Academy. What she or her parents don’t know is that the school is actually a secret training facility for future CIA black-ops members. But […]