Pasadena Public Library
Pasadena Public Library, Teen Advisory Board, 11/20/2017 Present: Brittany, Chris, Denisse, Faith, Jane L, John, Jonathan G, Lauren, Luke, Sofia, Sophie, Taleen Pre-meeting assignment: murder mystery survey Focus of November meeting: STEAM 2018, winter events, murder mystery evaluation Agenda Debrief (45 minutes) Murder Mystery For the most part, […]
review by Alaina Joby, age 14 City of Saints and Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson A good mystery book is always fascinating because of the slight hint of what one might call “the otherworldly”. There is a moment when intuition is the only thing leading the protagonist towards the final answer. Some of […]
review by Kristina Yin, age 17 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian classic. American government and way of life have been taken over by extreme Christian fundamentalism due to a scarcely mentioned nuclear war (this book was written in the 50s under the Reagan administration, so the […]
review by Jacob Chon, age 14 The Lost Causes by Jessica Koosed Etting and Alyssa Embree Schwartz A mystery book for the YA genre, The Lost Causes is a fairly unique book and stands out against the majority of the YA genre. It follows five high school students with psychological problems so […]
Young Readers League 2017 Writing Contest 1st place Category 2 (ages 12-14) The Ghost Story by Christopher Souza Age 12 (Grade 6) Blair Middle School It was a dark and gloomy night and the wind howled like hunting wolves. Out of nowhere, a bolt of lightning hit one of […]
Young Readers League 2017 Writing Contest 2nd place Category 2 (ages 12-14) Horror Houses by Raela Jayasekara Age 12 (Grade 7) Blair Middle School “I must have been eleven when I saw a ghost. We had just moved into a new house. I ran up the stairs to the […]
Young Readers League 2017 Writing Contest 3rd place Category 2 (ages 12-14) The Selfie by Penelope Burian Age 13 (Grade 7) Blair Middle School ‘‘It was a dark and stormy night, just like how most ghost stories start,” Kate began. “We’re seriously doing this? Ghost stories are super childish!” […]
review by John Chon, age 15 Dreamfall by Amy Plum Summary: Cata Cordova suffers from such debilitating insomnia that she agreed to take part in an experimental new procedure. She thought things couldn’t get any worse…but she was terribly wrong. Soon after the experiment begins, there’s a malfunction with the lab equipment, […]
review by Alena Kunjumon, age 13 The Last Days of California by Mary Miller The Last Days of California, written by Mary Miller, discusses the journey that Jess, the narrator, undergoes both internally and externally. On the outside, her and her sister are two teenagers preparing for the rapture that will take […]
review by Sylvie Bower, age 16 Crossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya Bolden Crossing Ebenezer Creek is the story of those who aren’t usually heard of from General Sherman’s March during the Civil War — former slaves who join up with the march to protect themselves. It is the story of Mariah, a recently […]