Young Adult Literature Group Vox 2007-08-02T07:34:25Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4144618846a47/ Book reviews on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics and more for YAs Step Lightly: Poems for the Journey tag:vox.com,2007-08-02:asset-6a00d41448a57d3c7f00e398999f200001 2007-08-02T07:34:25Z 2007-08-02T07:34:25Z Librarygrrl http://librarygrrl949.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Step Lightly: Poems for the Journey

Willard, N., editor. (1998) Step lightly : poems for the journey. San Diego : Harcourt Brace. According to the introduction, the author began collecting poems she liked in a shoebox. She saved poems that gave her "the special kind of pleasure t...

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]]> A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana tag:vox.com,2007-08-02:asset-6a00d41448a57d3c7f00e39899b21c0003 2007-08-02T07:02:50Z 2007-08-02T07:02:50Z Librarygrrl http://librarygrrl949.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A Girl Named Zippy

Kimmel, H. (2001) A girl named Zippy : growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana. New York: Doubleday, c2001. Haven Kimmel was born in 1965 in Mooreland, Indiana, a town of about 300 people. Originally a series of essays only intended to be shared...

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]]> Angus, Thongs, and Full-frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson tag:vox.com,2007-08-02:asset-6a00d41448a57d3c7f00e398999ead0002 2007-08-02T06:20:06Z 2007-08-02T06:20:06Z Librarygrrl http://librarygrrl949.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolsn)

Rennison, L. (2000) Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging : confessions of Georgia Nicolson. New York : HarperCollins Publishers. Written in diary format, this book details the trials and tribulations of 14 year old Georgia Nicolson in hilario...

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]]> Teen Spaces: The Step-by-Step Library Makeover tag:vox.com,2007-08-02:asset-6a00d41448a57d3c7f00e398999cd70002 2007-08-02T05:47:21Z 2007-08-02T05:47:21Z Librarygrrl http://librarygrrl949.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Teen Spaces: The Step-By-Step Library Makeover (Ala Editions)

Taney, K. B.(2003) Teen spaces : the step-by-step library makeover. Chicago : American Library Association. This book is a practical and fun guide to redesigning or creating spaces for teens in libraries, both school and public. With vast person...

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]]> Deliver Us From Evie tag:vox.com,2007-08-02:asset-6a00d41448a57d3c7f00e398999bcf0002 2007-08-02T05:30:33Z 2007-08-02T05:30:33Z Librarygrrl http://librarygrrl949.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Deliver Us from Evie

Kerr, M. E. (1994) Deliver us from Evie. New York : HarperCollins. Summary: Sixteen-year-old Parr Burrman and his family face some difficult times when word spreads through their rural Missouri town that his older sister is a lesbian, and she l...

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]]> Teens & Libraries: Getting it Right tag:vox.com,2007-07-25:asset-6a00d4144617ff6a4700e3989741c90005 2007-07-25T14:38:58Z 2007-07-25T14:38:58Z Kevin Moore http://kevinmoore.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Teens & Libraries: Getting It Right

Teens & Libraries: Getting it Right Virginia A. Walter, Elaine Meyers American Library Association, Chicago, IL, 2003 139 pp., $32.00 ISBN: 0-8389-0857-8 Annotation: Youth librarians Virginia Walter and Elaine Meyers critique the history and pre...

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]]> John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth: a Biography tag:vox.com,2007-07-04:asset-6a00d4144617ff6a4700d09e7e9fb1be2b 2007-07-04T19:50:49Z 2007-07-12T05:09:11Z Kevin Moore http://kevinmoore.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))

John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth: a Biography Elizabeth Partridge Viking, New York, 2005 232 pp., $24.99 ISBN: 0-6700-5954-4 Annotation: Biographer Partridge follows John Lennon, founder of The Beatles, from his childhood in Liverpool, Engla...

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]]> You Hear Me? tag:vox.com,2007-07-12:asset-6a00d4144617ff6a4700cd973f58cc4cd5 2007-07-12T04:58:53Z 2007-07-12T05:02:33Z Kevin Moore http://kevinmoore.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

You Hear Me?: Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys (Betsy Franco Yas)

You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys Betsy Franco, ed. Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA, 2000 107 pp., $6.99 ISBN: 0-7636-1159-x Annotation: An anthology of poems and short essays written by teen boys, ages 11 through 19, written betwee...

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]]> Son of the Mob 100 tag:vox.com,2007-06-28:asset-6a00d4144617ff6a4700d4144669b56a47 2007-06-28T17:11:24Z 2007-06-28T17:18:26Z Kevin Moore http://kevinmoore.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Son of the Mob

Son of the Mob Gordon Korman Hyperion, New York, 2002 262 pp., $5.99 (paperback) Annotation: Vince Luca, the son of a notorious mob boss, becomes romantically involved with Kendra Bightly, the daughter of an FBI agent leading a criminal investig...

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]]> The Rules for Hearts: A Family Drama 100 tag:vox.com,2007-06-27:asset-6a00d4144617ff6a4700d4144885143c7f 2007-06-27T21:19:42Z 2007-06-28T15:23:57Z Kevin Moore http://kevinmoore.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Rules for Hearts

The Rules for Hearts: A Family Drama Sara Ryan Viking: New York, 2007 222 pp., $16.99 (hardcover) ISBN: 978-0-670-05906-5 Annotation: Battle Hall Davies leaves home to spend the summer before attending Reed College to live with her estranged bro...

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