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review by John Chon, age 15 That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba Karim That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba Karim is an interesting novel about the modern Muslim family. Not most teen books are about this topic. This book does a fair job with it, balancing it out with […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, 5/21/2018 Present: Armand, Chris, Denisse, Haile, Lauren, Liam, Liliana, Jonathan, Sofia, Sophie, Taleen Special Guest: Deborah Aschheim Focus of May meeting: advocacy, activism, inclusiveness, diversity, social justice Agenda Discussion/Presentation Special guest Deborah Aschheim spoke to TAB about student activism, oral histories […]
review by Jacob Chon, age 15 House of Furies by Madeleine Roux House of Furies is a gripping tale of a young beggar who is thrust into a boarding house straight out of a horror movie. Louisa Ditton runs away from her status as a beggar to become a maid at […]
review by Kira Toal, age 16 The Art of Feeling by Laura Tims Summary: The Art of Feeling is a YA romance/drama by Laura Tims about pain, emotional and physical, and the different effects it has on two foils: a girl with chronic pain, and a boy with congenital analgesia. Characters: The […]
review by John Chon, age 15 The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter Summary: Cassie O’Malley has been trying to keep her head above water—literally and metaphorically—since birth. It’s been two and a half years since Cassie’s mother dumped her in a mental institution against her will, and now, at eighteen, Cassie […]
review by Jacob Chon, age 15 Madness by Zac Brewer What is madness if it is not doing something many times, each time expecting a different result? And who is Brooke, if she is not a girl who goes to therapy many times, each time expecting a different result? As a young […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, 4/16/2018 Present: Faith, Liam, Sophie, Taleen, Brittany, Denisse, John, Jonathan, Haile, Liliana, Enrique, Luke, Kristina, Armand, Jane L, Chris, Genevieve Focus of April meeting: advocacy Assignments: Register for Mental Health Day if you’re able to attend on May 19: […]
review by Jacob Chon, age 15 The Closest I’ve Come by Fred Aceves Marcos Rivas is like any other high school student. He simply wants to be loved. From his basketball games with other guys from the hood, to his abusive stepfather, Marcos’s life is not giving him that. All he gets are […]
review by Sylvie Bower, age 16 That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba Karim That Thing We Call a Heart is the story of Shabnam, a Pakistani-American girl, during her last summer in New Jersey before going to Penn. She isn’t speaking to her best friend, who’s recently started wearing a hijab, […]
review by Jacob Chon, age 15 There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins Summary: Love hurts… Makani Young thought she’d left her dark past behind her in Hawaii, settling in with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska. She’s found new friends and has even started to fall for mysterious outsider Ollie Larsson. But […]