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Reviewed by Jasmine Sov, age 16 Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp To eighteen-year-old Pen Prado, the center of her life is her father’s restaurant, Nacho’s Tacos. However when she confesses to her parents that she’s been skipping school and that what she really wants is to […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, 6/18/2022 Present: Vivien, Noah, Hailey, Caelie Agenda Announcements: new Teen Librarian starts June 27 -based out of Youth library at Jefferson School grand opening Sept. 10 -will oversee Teen Advisory Board and YA collections new Hastings librarian starts July 5 […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, 4/18/2022 on Zoom Present: Leo, Caelie, Hailey, Jasmine, Noah, Luke, Vivien Agenda ANTI-BOOK EVENT “goody bag” and scavenger hunt assembly at La Pintoresca Library on Sat. May 7 –bubblegum –well-being care kits –origami paper –origami instructions (Caelie will look up pdf […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, 3/19/2022 Present: Noah, Hailey, Jasmine, Vivien, Caelie. Agenda Discussions: Middle grade author event on May 14 Levelup Summer program (create something that requires volunteer help – like making lots of crafts or decorations) Summer storytime training July-August This project was […]
Reviewed by Amber Elias, age 15 Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall Corinne knew who she was. Or at least she knew who she was supposed to be. She knew that she was supposed to get good grades in school and have an abundant social life. She knew […]
Reviewed by Hailey Chen, age 14 Shipped by Meredith Tate Wesley Clarke and Stella Greene are both desperate. They both need the coveted valedictorian prize (a full ride scholarship to a school of your choosing) for different reasons, and neither of them are willing to give it up. They’ve been […]
Reviewed by Amber Elias, age 15 Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson The fast-paced, crime-ridden life of Jack Nevin always kept the scrawny boy hopping from one place to the next with his equally as con-oriented keeper, the Enchantress, and his half sister Lucia. The trio tormented big cities […]
Reviewed by Sam Redfearn, age 15 We Can Be Heroes by Kyrie McCauley Beck and Vivian’s entire lives changed in a single day— the day their best friend, Cassie, was shot. Cassie was the glue that kept the three of them friends, so in the first few months after she […]
The popular teen art series, facilitated and sponsored by Armory Center for the Arts, continues through Fall 2021. The series, which began as a project of the Youth Network, started online during the early months of the Pandemic in 2020. The series continued monthly online for six seasons, and over […]
Reviewed by Jasmine Sov, age 16 Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirda Popular girl Humaira “Hani” Khan and studious overachiever Ishita “Ishu” Dey could not be more different from one another, and yet the strangest movie-like circumstances cause their paths to cross. Hani is friendly and […]