Friday, October 18, 2019
Thursday, October 17, 2019
YALSA 2019 Teens' Top Ten
The winners of the 2019 Teen's Top Ten have been announced!
How many have you read?
Did your favorites make the top ten?
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Book Review - Before I Let Go
📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖
by Marieke Nijkamp
Shortly
before Corey is set to return to the small Alaskan town she once called home,
she learns that her best friend Kyra has drowned. Corey returns to attend
Kyra's funeral, where she discovers the town she once knew has changed. The
people there also seem to think that Kyra's death was meant to be.
Alternating
between chapters of the present and before, this story is one you have to pay
attention to. Readers will find themselves just as puzzled as Corey as to what
is going on in the place she called home for so long and the people who still
live there. Nijkamp also brilliantly set this story in a remote town, as any
other location would not give this story the same feeling.
Friday, October 11, 2019
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Book Review - What Goes Up
📖Recommend for Grades 6 and up📖
by Kate Kennedy
NASA’s
top-secret Interworlds Agency (IA) is looking for recruits; Teen recruits to be
exact. Rosa and Eddie are among the group of teens participating in a series of
tests to join the program. When aliens from an alternate Earth show up, well,
not in peace, Rosa and Eddie must travel to their planet along with two other
recruits and their instructor Reg, to help save their own planet.
A fun,
humorous, and entertaining science fiction novel. Rosa and Eddie differ from
one another but make quite a pair. The other characters in the story are
equally enjoyable. The dynamic between them all is done so brilliantly and
readers may find themselves wishing to be among them.
Friday, October 4, 2019
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Book Review - Love From A to Z
📖Recommend for Grades 8 and up📖
by S.K. Ali
After
getting suspended from school for confronting her racist teacher, Zayneb heads
early to visit her aunt in Doha for spring break. Adam is also flying home to
Doha, Qatar for spring break, with the secret that he was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis in November. When Zayneb is boarding the plane, Adam notices
that she has a marvel and oddity journal just like him. The pair run into each
other again when it turns out Zayneb’s aunt is friends with Adam’s family.
Their chance encounter on the plane and seeing each other again is both a
marvel and an oddity for each of them.
Zayneb
and Adam’s perspectives are alternated to tell this tale. The format is unusual,
as it is supposed to be a transcribed version of their journals with their
marvel or oddity as the chapter heading. While both Zayneb and Adam can be
intriguing at times, Adam’s sister easily steals the scenes she appears in.
Some of the other characters are forgettable and may be confusing to keep track
of. Zayneb is Muslim and of Middle Eastern descent, which causes her to deal a
lot with various forms of racism throughout the book and her inability to stand
for it is inspiring even if her direct actions aren’t the wisest.
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