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Book Review: Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys stories selected by April Genevieve Tucholkepublication date: 2015 pages: 400 ISBN: 978-0803741737This book contained horror and thriller stories. The characters in the...
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Book Review - See No Color
See No Color by Shannon Gibneypublication date: 2015 pages: 185 ISBN: 978-1-4677-7682-0This book had a great cover. It contained a black and white photo of a young woman with beautiful curly hair...
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The Right Book + The Right Reader =
Some couples in young adult novels seem so real that it is like you know them. The best pairs are those where two people are individuals who discover more about themselves because of their interactions...
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Book Review - Enter Three Witches
Enter Three Witches: A Story of Macbeth by Caroline B. Cooneypublication date: 2007 pages: 278 ISBN: 978-0-439-71156-2In honor of the Library’s Winter Reading Program, A Winter’s Tale Spin, I wanted to...
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Join the Kansas City Public Library Teen Leadership Council!
Do you want to make a difference in Kansas City?The Kansas City Public Library has three spots open for teenagers to join the Teen Leaders of Today! These volunteer positions have helped the library...
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Teen Tech Week 2016
Teen Tech Week is the time of year when libraries around the country showcase all of the digital resources and services that are available for teens to succeed in school and prepare for college and...
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Book Review - We Are the Ants
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinsonpublication date: 2016 pages: 451 ISBN: 978-1-4814-4963-2If you were given the chance to either destroy the world, or to save it, what would you do? For some of...
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Book Review - Front Lines
Front Lines by Michael Grantpublication date: 2016 pages: 544 ISBN: 978-0-06-234215-7In this alternate history, Michael Grant asked: how different would World War II have been if women were allowed,...
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Time Travel
Apparently, one of the big trends in new young adult books coming out is time travel. That pesky fourth dimension that has us trapped right now isn’t going to stop authors. Imaginations aren’t bound by...
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Manga Shakespeare
Shakespeare can seem completely boring. Huge words and convoluted plots make it easy to feel overwhelmed. How many people have sat through the Shakespeare unit in high school waiting it out until...
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Book Review - The Haters
The Haters by Jesse Andrewspublication date: 2016 pages: 325 ISBN: 978-1-4197-2078-9This book, written by the author of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, followed bandmates Wes, Corey, and Ash as they...
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Library as Ally: Responding to the Orlando Massacre
You are not alone. Libraries are a resource, and it is in our mission to help. In fact, the American Library Association’s Division for Teens, YALSA, includes in its mission statement that our primary...
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Book Review - Klickitat
Klickitat by Peter Rockpublication date: 2016 pages: 229 ISBN: 978-1-4197-1894-6In Klickitat, Rock explored the subtle danger and loneliness that exists in contemporary suburban America. The setting...
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This Message Has Been Brought to You by...
Messages bombard you constantly. At the recent KC Youth Services Summit, Teen Librarian Wick Thomas shared that teens see an average of 3,000 advertisements a day. He got that statistic from SF...
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