Tag Archives: YA books

Dear Teen Me: Let Me Tell You About DEAR TEEN ME

Posted on 8 November 2012 by

Dear Teen Me, A few days before your 30th birthday, you’ll get an e-mail from the folks at Zest Books, asking you to review – and blog about – their upcoming collection of letters from YA authors to their teenage … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Twilight, Chapters 2-5: No, Really, This is Four Whole Chapters, Right Here

Posted on 22 January 2012 by

“Twilight should be considered “inappropriate” by they’re [sic] standards.” “Well, Twilight does do some seriously inappropriate things to the English language.” (a Facebook exchange about my previous post, on “inappropriate” books for kids.) My original plan was to liveblog Twilight … Continue reading →

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What We Talk About When We Talk About “Inappropriate” Books for Kids

Posted on 20 January 2012 by

I’ve been re-reading Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games series in preparation for the first movie, which comes out at the end of March.  I’ve also been re-thinking about the challenge that put The Hunger Games on the ALA’s “Books Challenged and/or Banned in … Continue reading →

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