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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”. […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
YA Books about Consumerism & Media Consumption by Jane Gov, Youth Services Librarian updated 2/20/2020 Feed by M.T. Anderson Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains. For Titus and his friends, it started […]
YA Books About Advocacy & Activism by Jane Gov, Youth Services Librarian updated 2/20/2020 Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny, and memorable story about the power of love and resistance. YES […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, 2/15/2020 Present: Sophie, Taleen, Leon, Haile, Noah, Liam Focus of February meeting: summer programs Pre-meeting assignment 1: send Jane an updated photo and bio for our website; Pre-meeting assignment 2: summer reading prize research Supplies: Teen Writing Submissions flyer; projector w/internet to view […]
NEW YA BOOKS Sick Kids In Love Hannah Moskowitz · Entangled Pages: 300 Format: Hardcover Isabel has one rule: no dating.It’s easier — It’s safer — It’s better — — for the other person.She’s got issues. She’s got secrets. She’s got rheumatoid arthritis.But then she meets another sick kid.He’s got a […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, 1/18/2020 Present: Caeilee, Emilie, Genevieve, Haile, Leon, Noah, Sophie, Taleen Focus of January meeting: recruitment & TAB marketing Supplies: laptop with editing software + recording device; projector with computer to view videos Agenda Wrap up LEGO Robotics & debrief (15-30 min) […]
Review by Nina Dinan, 16 Shout: The True Story of a Survivor Who Refused to be Silenced By Laurie Halse Anderson In the poem “emergency, in three acts”, Laurie Halse Anderson recounts her experience giving a speech at a New Jersey high school. In this scene, she “stands in the spotlight […]