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The Five Best Things About KidLitCon
The ninth annual KidLitCon in Baltimore, themed Celebrating Young People's Literature, was a treasured, personalized experience for its attendees. Here's why!
Five Things to Love at YALSA'S YA Lit Symposium
Friendly authors, provocative programming, and the thrill of presenting were among the high points at YALSA’s fourth Young Adult Literature Symposium in Austin, TX.
The Story Behind Adele Griffin's Hybrid Novel, 'The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone'
Librarian and blogger Liz Burns shares an inside look at YA author Adele Griffin's format-bending faux biography of a teen artist, The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone.
Farewell
Well, with a title like that you know what this post is about! This is my last post here at School Library Journal. I’ll still be blogging, and you can find me and my posts over at a new location for A Chair, A Fireplace, & A Tea Cozy. Hope to see you there!
2014 So Far
We’re almost four months into 2014! What are some of your favorite books of 2014 so far? And what are some of the books you’re looking forward to?
Printz Award
I realized I never posted about the Printz Award and Honor Books! The Printz Award: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick. From my review:“Always, there is an Eric and a Merle; a hare and a loss; and the island of Blessed. These are the constants. What changes in the seven stories of Midwinterblood is the time, starting in the future, 2073, [...]
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Winner
The winner for YALSA’s Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults was announced at Midwinter! The winner: The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb. From my review: “In 1960, a group of Israeli spies and operatives captured the Nazi fugitive, Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann had been in [...]
Flashback: April 2012
A look back at what I reviewed in April 2012: Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin & Lisa Brown. From my review: “Jennie Lovell’s loved ones left to fight in the Civil War: her twin brother, Tobias; her fiance and cousin, Will Pritchett; and her other cousin, Quinn, Will’s brother. She knew the moment Toby died: could feel it. [...]
Let’s Have a Book Drive!
Here’s the scenario: Something has happened. A library (public or school) is destroyed or damaged, by fire, flood, wind, locust. “I know,” says a well-meaning person. “Let’s have a book drive!” And the books are gathered and sent to the library, so the kids have something. And the people who sent the books — whether [...]
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