Pasadena Public Library
Review by Cadence Chen, 17 Any Sign of Life By Rae Carson Paige Miller wakes up to the end of the world. When she went to sleep, she had everything. A loving family. A best friend. A scholarship to play the sport she loves. But upon awakening, she has lost […]
Review by Cadence Chen, 17 Thoughts and Prayers By Bryan Bliss Thoughts and Prayers by Bryan Bliss follows three teenagers who are still finding their way back to normalcy after a school shooting turned their world upside down. Claire has run hundreds of miles away from the scene of the […]
Review by Jesus Gonzalez, 15 Love and Other Natural Disasters By Misa Sugiura Love & Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sugiura was an eye-catching lesbian rom-com which after reading, I couldn’t really decide on whether I hated or loved it. In it, our main character, Nozomi, just moved to San […]
Review by Hailey Chen, 13 Love in English By Maria E.Andreu Ana, a sixteen year old Argentinian, is trying to find the words to express herself in her new home, New Jersey. Being a poet and a lover of language herself, it feels even harder to not know what to […]
Review by Emily Battaglia, 17 Miss Meteor By Anna-Marie McLemore and Tehlor Kay Mejia Lita has always longed to become the beauty pageant winner Miss Meteor. This year may be her final chance, because she’s slowly dissolving into stardust and wants to depart from Earth following her dream. She can’t […]
Review by Jesus Gonzalez, 16 Act Cool By Tobly Mcsmith Act Cool by Tobly McSmith is the emotional, heart striking, coming of age story which we all needed without knowing we did. In it, August Green, a Trans ftm teenager is accepted into one of the most prestigious Performing arts […]
Review by Amber Elias, 15 Unchosen By Katharyn Blair The world has been thrown into chaos as a deadly sickness called the Crimson sweeps the eyes of the globe, infecting people through sight and setting them down the path of becoming mindless, cannibalistic zombies. For Charlotte, this is only a […]
The levelUP Youth Leadership Conference was a hybrid conference in 2021, starting with a fair at Hastings Branch Library, followed by a series of online programs presented by our community partners. Topics offered this year include: cooking class, car design workshop, mindfulness, creative writing, and a community health education series. […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, November 27, 2021 at Hastings Branch Library Present: luke, leo, noah, jasmine, aminda, vivien Announcements:Â Jackbox games is on Tues. Feb. 15 from 4:30-6pm at Hastings Branch Library Save the date: State of the Youth on Wed. Jan. 26 In Dec. […]
In this lesson, we are making fresh handmade pasta with a sweet corn lemon sauce. This lesson will take about 2-3 hours, so I recommend setting aside a long afternoon to complete the recipe. Take your time in rolling and shaping your pasta. Share the experience with family or friends. […]