Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, 3/18/19 Focus of March meeting: summer planning Assignment: N/A Agenda Debrief & upcoming Youth Mental Health First Aid Workshop on April 29 Writing meetups – Mar. 28 facilitator? YA Book Club – Apr 1 & May 3 facilitator, Liam Game Days […]
Moonrise — Teen Review
Published on :review by John Chon, age 16 Moonrise by Sarah Crossan Moonrise, by Sarah Crossan, is a very gripping and depressing novel about a boy who grows up under the shadow of his older brother. Joe Moon is seventeen years old with a brother, Ed, convicted of murder. Joe comes to the small Texan […]
Dive Smack — Teen Review
Published on :review by Jacob Chon, age 16 Dive Smack by Demetra Brodsky Like every high school student looking for a good college, Theo Mackey has his gimmick that will hopefully make him stand out. As the captain of his school’s well-respected dive team, he hopes that his athletic status will help him get recruited […]
Love Me, Love Me Not — Teen Review
Published on :review by Ashley Zhang, age 13 Love Me, Love Me Not by S.M. Koz Hailey Brown, a teenage girl, is put in foster care after being removed from her home because of her abusive mother. She goes through many homes, her boyfriend Chase messing it up for her every time. After being […]
Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners — Teen Review
Published on :review by Nina Dinan, age 15 Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners by Naomi Shihab Nye In this lovely collection of free verse poems written in a serene, contemplative tone, Naomi Shihab Nye explores a variety of subjects. Her poems include wistful exaltations of nature, laments written for Palestine, and soaring […]
Teen Advisory Board — February 2019
Published on :Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, 2/11/19 Present: Aminda, Carolyn, Chris, Emilie, Genevieve, Haile, Liam, John, Jonathan G, Mckenna, Sophie Focus of February meeting: advocacy Assignment: I’m in the process of updating our online library guides and it would help me out tremendously if you can let me know […]
Ramona Blue — Teen Review
Published on :review by Kira Toal, age 17 Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy Ramona Blue is a girl-vs-the-world contemporary romance novel. Its protagonist, a 6’3, blue-haired teenager named Ramona, lives in a trailer park in Eulogy, Mississippi with her father and pregnant older sister. The book follows her struggles to navigate various obstacles in her […]
The Glass Spare — Teen Review
Published on :review by John Chon, age 16 The Glass Spare by Lauren DeStefano The Glass Spare, by Lauren DeStefano, has the interesting premise of the observation of a character set in the Middle Ages. Wil Heidle, daughter of a king with empire-building dreams, is hidden away from the kingdom, unlike her siblings. She […]
New Books – February 2019 edition
Published on :The Brilliant Death AMY ROSE CAPETTA · Viking Books for Young Readers Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover For Teodora DiSangro, a mafia don’s daughter, family is fate. All her life, Teodora has hidden the fact that she secretly turns her family’s enemies into music boxes, mirrors, and other decorative objects. After […]
State of the Youth 2019
Published on :A review and opinion by William Krestow, age 16 On February 6, 2019 in the John Muir High School Library, youth activists gathered for a meeting on annual accomplishments. With a single exception, it was a typical yearly progress meeting. There were few adults directly participating in the discussion; the purpose […]