Youth Network: Teen Advisory Board + Day One Advocates + Youth Council Focus: United Youth Support Present: Staff: Jane Gov – Pasadena Library Nancy Verdin – Day One Ashley Carrasco – Day One Jazmine – Day One Day One Advocates: Stephanie Estrella Fernando Mario Teen Advisory Board: Cassie […]
What I Want You To See — Teen Review
Published on :Review by Jasmine Sov, 14 What I Want You To See By Catherine Linka Winning a full-ride scholarship to California’s top art school previously seemed like a crazy, awesome, happily-ever-after for Sabine Reyes, but it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. The renowned professor Colin Krell, who she’d hoped to be […]
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong (Young Readers’ Edition) — Teen Review
Published on :Review by Nina Dinan, 16 Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong (Young Readers’ Edition) By James W. Loewen, Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff “In his novel 1984, English writer George Orwell said, ‘Who controls the present controls the past.’ He meant that those in power shape the way […]
New eBooks — April 2020 edition
Published on :New YA Books You can borrow books online on Overdrive or Cloud Library with your library card! Catwoman: Soulstealer Sarah J. Maas · Random House Books for Young Readers Pages: 384 Format: eBook Sizzling with action and suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author SARAH J. MAAS delivers a coming-of-age Selina Kyle who will […]
Virtual volunteer opportunities
Published on :These are virtual volunteer tasks for teen volunteers at Pasadena Public Library. They can be completed any time before May 31, 2020. You do not need to be an official Library Teen Volunteer to participate in any of these tasks unless specified. However, if you would like to sign up […]
Free Online Tools for Collaboration
Published on :The following web tools will help you work more efficiently, effectively, and collaboratively with team members. Or if you just want easier access to your projects, all of these tools are web-based, so they can be accessed on any device with internet. Canva Collaborate on graphics, posters, flyers, […]
Don’t Read Comments — Teen Review
Published on :Review by Jasmine Sov, 14 Don’t Read Comments By Eric Smith Divya Sharma, a popular teenage streaming gamer known as D1V, seems like she’s got it all—a host of fans, companies tripping over themselves to be her sponsor, and a huge, established presence in this year’s hottest game, “Reclaim the Sun”. […]
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
Published on :Review by Nina Dinan, 16 Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir By Nikki Grimes Ordinary Hazards is a memoir in verse. As the daughter of a paranoid schizophrenic mother and a struggling violinist father, Nikki Grimes spent her early years in and out of foster care, contending not only with poverty but with an […]
New Books — March 2020 edition
Published on :New YA Books Most Likely Sarah Watson · Poppy Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover From the creator of the hit TV series The Bold Type comes an empowering and heartfelt novel about a future female president’s senior year of high school. Ava, CJ, Jordan, and Martha (listed in alphabetical order out […]
Build Your Own Bear
Published on :This season’s teen craft is Build Your Own Bear, a super simple program idea proposed by the Teen Advisory Board. It’s a stress-free hour of crafts with friends and peers. Participants stuffed their own plush bear and designed t-shirts. Here’s what we did: Supplies bear “skins” * bear sized […]