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–review by Kara, teen reviewer Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo ***SPOILERS for those who have not read the first two books in the series: Shadow and Bone & Siege and Storm.*** We last saw Alinas as she was going underground with the Apparat and we pick up with her being […]
May’s book discussion pick was Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo What we did Shadow and Bone author Leigh Bardugo brightened up our meeting by joining us via Skype! Each attendee asked multiple questions about the book, her ideas, and career. We also discussed her book at length […]
–review by Kara, teen reviewer Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Lina and her family are taken during the middle of the night by the NKVD, who are known today as the KGB. Lina and her family are deported from their home country of Lithuania and charged under Soviet Penal […]
Summer Reading Challenge — Week 1 Over 250 teens are currently registered for the Teen Summer Reading Challenge… that’s more than we’ve ever had before! Some of you have been busy completing your activities and have been claiming your free books. The most popular pick so far is surprisingly […]
–review by Josh, teen reviewer The Stranger by Albert Camus The concept of this novel alone is thought-provoking enough to spend hours analysing. A man arrives in a city in France after his mother dies, and after killing someone in self-defense, is put on trial; the main driving force of […]
Untitled story by Celeste Rivera (teen) Have you ever had your friend ask you one of those questions that go along the lines of, “If me or your mom were about to die who would you save?” I’m Lauren and my friend Cassandra had started asking me those questions […]
May 31, 2014, 4pm, Central Library TAB notes– Five out of seven members in attendance (Chris G, Sarah M, Ben S, Kara E, Haneen E) plus 5 trial teen volunteers Agenda review Summer Reading Challenge (Children, Teen, Adult) Children — registration, maintenance, awarding prizes, sample spiel, information Teen — registration, […]
Untitled flash fiction by Angel Gomez (teen) 15th of May Hot day. Water was scarce and yet they still poured gallons of it to plants that were dead already. It had started last month. We were given a government issued warning through the radio. Everyone was in the chaos […]
–review by Josh, teen reviewer The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner Grammatical rules become non-existent, time irrelevant, and confusion normal in this emotionally-charged novel about a family and their mentally retarded son; but goddamn, it’s sure done well. Faulkner divides the book into three separate sections, each of […]
On April 26, nearly 150 guests gathered at Central Library to meet, get books signed, and hear 20 YA and middle grade authors speak at the 2014 Pasadena Teen Book Festival. Teens, Bridge to Books, and YA Book Council volunteers managed registration, setup, and book signing lines as guests poured […]