Pasadena Public Library
In August, one of our teen reviewers got the chance to snag a Skype interview with Shannon Messenger, one of the authors who will be featured at our annual Pasadena Loves YA book festival on September 17. The two series under her name are the ongoing middle grade […]
by McKenna Blackshire, grade 8 The Mental Health Resource Center Reception began with two Teen Advisory Board members, Frissiel Juscamatia and Meep Gomez, talking to the audience about their own experiences and beliefs related to Mental Health. This was followed by representatives from several organizations, each specializing in mental health, […]
by Kara Eng, grade 12 In the Beginner’s Workshop for Scratch, children 8-12 learned the basics of using coding. Scratch is a program designed to teach the basic logic of coding. In addition to allowing users to program with preset blocks of coding, there is a large library of programs […]
Review and author interview by Jane Lee, grade 11 Going Geek by Charlotte Huang Going Geek is a novel that centers around Skylar Hoffman’s struggle as she drops to the bottom of the social food chain after losing the amazing boyfriend, the coolest friends, and the most desirable dorm. Senior […]
Review and author interview by Haylie Koorn, grade 9 South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf South of Sunshine is a book that dives right into the drama of a teenage girl going into her senior year. Kaycee Jean McCoy is trying to flow with the crowd in her small town where […]
Review and author interview by Jane Lee, grade 11 Emerge by Tobie Easton Ever since the Little Mermaid unleashed a curse that stripped Mer of their immortality, war has ravaged the seven seas. Lia Nautilus is part of a secret community of land dwelling Mer that has taken refuge along […]
Review and author interview by Haylie Koorn, grade 9 My Kind of Crazy by Robin Reul Sometimes you just need someone else to understand your craziness so you can feel okay. Hank Kirby likes being invisible so that no one has to feel pity over him and his family. But one day, […]
August Recap by Hadley Willman, grade 11 The Eye of Minds by James Dashner The YA book club met this month to talk about The Eye of Minds, book one in the newly completed Mortality Doctrine series by James Dashner, fan favorite author of The Maze Runner. In this world, […]
Review by Satya Rajendra, Grade 7 Away We Go by Emil Ostrovski Away We Go is a fictional novel about the deadly virus called the Peter Pan Virus, or PPV (The Peter Pan Virus is inspired by a real life computer virus of the same name). The main story is […]
by Kara Eng, grade 12 Pasadena Public Library Director, Jan Sanders, is retiring this year. She has spent the last 45 years working at various libraries, the last 10 at Pasadena. Her career has always been community-oriented. During her first few years as a librarian in Missouri, she visited a […]