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–review by Kara, teen reviewer Going Bovine by Libba Bray This is the story of how Cameron Smith, a disappointment to all teen, somehow finds himself diagnosed with Mad Cow Disease (hence the title) and journeys across America with a dwarf who has a crippling sense of paranoia, a lawn […]
–review by Kara, teen reviewer Everlost by Neal Shusterman This book is about children in limbo. Our two main characters, Allie and Nick, are involved in the same accident, one that led to their deaths. This is their story about trying to “survive” in a world that is stuck in […]
–review by Kara, teen reviewer The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland This book is about the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, a painter living in 17th century Italy. While this book doesn’t cover her life from birth to death, it covers all of the important parts. It’s a work of […]
Our September YA Book Club meeting was in celebration of Banned Books Week. We discussed Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why, a powerful novel about high school bullying and suicide. The book was released in 2007, and since has been banned from schools for being “unsuitable for the targeted age group,” […]
Teen Advisory Board September 20, 2014 TAB members present: Ben, Chris, Haneen, Julia, Kara; missing: Michelle, Sarah, Jerry AGENDA NOTES Decide on winter break activities, promotional information, and Dec book club book Finish workplan for Halloween event The Fair: Little Bits Instagram – how can we use this? Three […]
–review by Kara, teen reviewer Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel This is the second book in the series. If you haven’t read the first book, This Dark Endeavor, stop reading this review and go find it to start the series. This time Victor doesn’t just dabble in alchemy, he […]
–review by Angelina, teen reviewer Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer The book is the first one published from Susan’s ‘The Last Survivors’ series but I think it’s the most amazing one yet. The story takes place in northeastern Pennslyvania. A female sophomore Miranda has an average […]
–review by Kara, teen reviewer All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Paul Baumer was convinced to join the war by his school teacher. But the war he joined would later be named the “The Great War,” or World War I. Baumer fights on the German side. […]
In the spirit of the Teen Read Week theme, “Turn Dreams into Reality,” our September writing exploration focused on blurring dreams and reality. Warm up Each teen writer started with a prompt from the Amazing Story Generator. A flipbook that randomly combine three elements to generate story ideas of all types. It […]
–review by Natalia, teen reviewer The Enemy by Charlie Higson The Enemy, by Charlie Higson, is one of my favorite books (it’s impossible to choose just one). The plot is as follows: About a year and a half ago, everyone over the age of sixteen acquired a horrible disease that […]