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review by Vanessa, teen reviewer P.S. I Sill Love You by Jenny Han I LOVE JENNY HAN. This book was amazing! This book is about how Lara Jean falls for Peter after fake dating him for a while. They go through ups and downs during their relationship as official […]
recap by Hadley, teen blogger “From Draft to Finish Line” featured four authors from HarperCollins Publishers. The panel moderator was Kody Keplinger, well renowned author of The Duff as well as featured title Lying Out Loud. The other three authors were Victoria Aveyard, author of Red Queen, Alexis Bass, author of […]
recap by Hadley, teen blogger The YA Sci-Fi and Fantasy panel featured Jessica Brody, author of the Unremembered series, Romina Russell, author of Zodiac, and Kiersten White, author of Illusions of Fate. The moderator of the panel was Livia Blackburne, author of Midnight Thief. What makes your story unique compared to other […]
recap by Julia See, grade 12, teen blogger The kawaii doll making workshop winded down the afternoon at the library. We made a little duck named Elizabeth. This is a character from the anime Gintama that the Anime Club watched earlier in the day. To make the doll, we […]
recap by Madison Comick, Grade 8 I participated in a Young Adult Writing Workshop at the Pasadena Central Library. The workshop leaders were Nicole Maggi, author of Winter Falls, In the Mouth of the Wolf, and The Forgetting, and Michelle Levy, author of Not After Everything, which debuts August 4, 2015. Nicole […]
review by Lauren, teen reviewer The Fault in Our Stars by John Green “I fell in love the way you fall asleep; Slowly, and then all at once.” The Fault in our Stars by John Green, is the story of Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster, two cancer survivors, whose […]
review by Julia See, grade 12, teen reviewer Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy I picked up this novel expecting a long and winding story about a bad love affair. Little did I expect all the layer plots and themes that compliment each other quite nicely. There’s frivolous gossip complimented […]
recap by Haneen Eltaib, grade 10, teen blogger Before I attended this event, I thought a zine was just a mini-magazine, where people could publish articles, poems, or stories. I never thought a zine could be a self-published 8-page booklet that could hold anything, including cartoons, art, or essays. I […]
Review by Hadley, teen reveiwer All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven What would you do if you met someone on the brink of death? Meet Theodore “Freak” Finch. The incredibly charismatic, misunderstood insomniac who faces the constant challenge of dealing with the bullies at school. Meet Violet Markey. The […]
review by Kara, teen reviewer The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker The Witch Hunter was pretty good. It’s the story about, well, a witch hunter. Elizabeth is one of her country’s best witch hunters. She’s completely dedicated to her quest of finding all magic users and making sure they burn for […]