I will admit that being a High School Librarian is the BEST JOB EVER!! I honestly feel that it keeps me young at heart. There is nothing better than to give a student a book that will help them, inspire them, entertain them, make them happy, make them sad, and help them grow. I read […]
My Favorite YA Retellings of 2016!
December 31, 2016 by ·
I love retellings and adaptions of my favorite classic fairy tales and classic literature. YA Retellings are among my favorite! Here are a few I read this year that I absolutely LOVED!! Shame the Stars by Guadalupe Garcia McCall A Re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet As Old as Time by Liz Braswell Beauty and the […]
TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY by Jay Asher 10th Anniversary Edition
December 27, 2016 by ·
I remember reading this book about 9 years ago as a brand new English teacher. Upon completion, I knew it was going to be a game changer in YA Literature. I came across it again in library school a few years later and was not surprised to see that it was. It helped change the […]
Football Fever Forever! Football Fiction for Young Adults
December 3, 2016 by ·
I admire when a YA author can take real life, sensitive issues and write them with care. Here is a list of realistic fiction set with football as the backdrop. I enjoyed every single one of these books. ENJOY! Jake Cullen is a freshman quarterback playing high school football in the high-pressure land of Friday Night […]
Author & Book Spotlight! Guadalupe Garcia McCall
November 22, 2016 by ·
It was my second year as a high school librarian and we were fortunate to host Guadalupe Garcia McCall at our high school. She had just been awarded the Pure Belpre Award for her debut novel Under the Mesquite. Under the Mesquite is a novel in verse that captured my heart and mind in an […]
Saving Hamlet by Molly Booth
November 3, 2016 by ·
I can’t wait to share this book with my library patrons! A time-traveling, fun-loving , quirky good time of a book! It is sure to be a hit with our students!
Two Towers by Jewell Parker Rhodes
September 25, 2016 by ·
WOW. This book was amazing. This book hit home for me because my son is in the 5th grade and came home on September 11, 2016 and wanted to talk about what happened that day. He told me how his teacher covered it in great detail and showed them footage of the day. He told […]
The Replacement Crush by Lisa Brown Roberts
September 21, 2016 by ·
The Replacement Crush by Lisa Brown Roberts Publication Date: September 6, 2016 Publisher: Entangled TEEN True love can’t be strategized. After book blogger Vivian Galdi’s longtime crush pretends their secret summer kissing sessions never happened, Vivian creates a list of safe crushes, determined to protect her heart. But nerd-hot Dallas, the sweet new guy […]
The Perilous Journey Of The Much Too Spontaneous Girl by Leigh Statham
September 20, 2016 by ·
The Perilous Journey Of The Much Too Spontaneous Girl (The Perilous Journey of the Not So Innocuous Girl #2) by Leigh Statham Publication Date: September 20, 2016 Publisher: Month9Books Lady Marguerite Vadnay and her trusty automaton, Outil, have settled into life in New France rather well. Marguerite is top of the class at flight school […]
