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Friday, April 10, 2020

Storytime With Dolly Parton

April 3, 2020April 2, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Bun B, Chris Evans, Dolly Parton, Eva Longoria, Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson

A strange new trend: celebrities reading aloud to children online

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Young-Adult Authors Plug Way In

March 20, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Christina Soontornvat, Ellen Oh, Jarrett Krosoczka, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lemony Snicket, Matt de la Peña, Mo Willems

Online readings and virtual book tours galore

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Five YA Fantasy Novels to Help Your Kids (and You) Escape Reality

March 17, 2020March 20, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments A Phoenix First Must Burn, Astrid Scholte, Elana K. Arnold, Marie Lu, Melissa de la Cruz, Patrice Caldwell, Red Hood, The Kingdom of Back, The Queen’s Assassin, The Vanishing Deep

But don’t forget to wash your hands

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The New Censorship

March 10, 2020March 13, 2020 Neal Pollack 3 Comments A Place for Wolves, Amélie Wen Zhao, American Dirt, Banned Books Week, Barnes and Noble, Blood Heir, Censorship, Hachette, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Kosoko Jackson, Milo Yiannopoulos, My Dark Vanessa, Ronan Farrow, Roxane Gay, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Woody Allen

Book bans are suddenly coming from inside the house

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Into the ‘Deathless Divide’

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Deathless Divide, Dread Nation, Justina Ireland

In this sequel to ‘Dread Nation,’ biracial girls fight zombies in the American West

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Who Killed Nancy Drew?

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Afterlife with Archie, Anthony Del Col, Chuck Wendig, Jennifer Fisher, Nancy Drew, Nancy Drew Sleuths, Riverdale, Sherlock Holmes, The Hardy Boys

Writer Anthony Del Col may be “icing” the beloved teen detective, but says it’s not “fridging.”

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‘Every Other Weekend’

January 13, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Abigail Johnson, Every Other Weekend

Teens Lean on Each Other When Adults Can’t Deal in this New YA Novel

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‘The How and The Why’

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Cynthia Hand, the How and the Why

A YA Novel About an Adopted Teen and her Birth Mother, Seeking Answers

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Slay Queen

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments AAVE, black gamers, Brittney Morris, Slay, YA novel Slay

A Debut YA Thriller About the World of Black Gamers

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L’Amour Fou

October 15, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Serpent and Dove, Shelby Mahurin

‘Serpent and Dove,’ a Fun, Frenchy YA Fantasy Romance

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Don’t Read, Don’t Tell

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments A Day In The Life Of Marlon Bundo, Alex Gino, Banned Books Week, Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey, George

Pretty Much Every Volume in Banned Books Week Has LGBTQ Content

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Boyfriend

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Mary H.K. Choi, Permanent Record

In ‘Permanent Record,’ a College Dropout Dates a Pop Star

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Taking The Leap

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments As Many Nows As I Can Get, Shana Youngdahl

‘As Many Nows As I Can Get,’ a Beautiful YA Novel About a Bad Relationship

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‘When the Ground is Hard’

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Malla Nunn, When the Ground is Hard

In this Teen Novel, Swaziland in the 1960s Feels a Lot Like America Today

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‘Patron Saints Of Nothing’

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Patron Saints of Nothing, Randy Ribay, Rodrigo Duterte

A Filipino-American Teen Immersed in Duterte’s Drug Crackdown

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