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When I went home a little while back, I saw a copy of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in my little sister's room. Feeling a bit nostalgic, I went home and started reading the battered copy on my bookshelf. I don't know how many times I have read this book (almost as many as Harper Lee's To Kill...
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Filed under: reviews, fiction, books, historical fiction, teens, families, Mothers & Daughters, poor, World War I -- Fiction, growing up, love
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It's late September. This year's juniors are getting ready to take the PSATs, and seniors are squeezing in one last SAT or ACT while starting college applications and essays. What is a parent to do? How do you help, but still let the kids take the lead in this College Admission process? You could...
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What is the right thing to do when your best friend is hung up on a jerk who keeps breaking her heart over and over again? Lane and Vivi decide they need to protect Isabelle from her own tender heart, and hatch a plot to prove to her that there are other wonderful guys out there in the world. Unfortunately...
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How would you feel if your life was defined by a mistake you made over three years ago? Especially when three years ago, you did not fully comprehend the consequences of what you were doing or realize how long that mistake would follow you. Deanna's father caught her in the backseat of seventeen...
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I was almost late coming back from my break yesterday to finish if I stay by Gayle Forman. The story stayed with me long after I returned it. Even when I went home last night, I was still thinking about this exceptional book. Imagine if you had to choose between living the rest of your life without your...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009 West Branch Library 2000 W. Franklin Street 11:00am - 7:00pm The beat of Boom Squad, Inc. will be the start of an amazing finale to the 2009 Teen Summer Reading Program. Join us for a free concert in the park at West Branch Library . Rain or shine, the show will go on. We have...
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June is National Audiobook Month and teens at Central Library Teen Zone celebrated by learning how to read and record audiobooks for LibriVox. The program opened with the sound of an accordion and the voice of Death, the narrator of Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. A fine introduction and an example...
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Some teen books are of a more serious nature: more emotionally charged, and sometimes gut-wrenching in subject. A few titles I've recently read, good for older teens: Things Change by Patrick Jones Johanna wants nothing more than to be Paul's girlfriend, even defying her overly controlling parents...
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Finding your first job or your next job this summer may be a challenge, especially in this economy. To be successful, you must skillfully represent yourself. On Tuesday, April 14 at 6:00pm, Central Library Browning Events Room there will be a program called Finding Your First Job. Two human resources...
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This is the big question for Jeremy Dance, aka Lil J, in Walter Dean Myers' Dope Sick . Lil J is a 17-year-old on the run, part of a drug deal gone wrong in which an undercover cop's been shot. He finds himself hiding out in an abandoned building in the company of Kelly, a weird vagrant with...
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That poem by Frank G. Burgess might be the first one I ever learned, and I got a lot of enjoyment out of it. At least until I turned 8 or so. I don't think of myself as much interested in poetry, and certainly don't write any. (Well, except for when I write new words for familiar tunes and drive...
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Looking for a way to maintain your super-fab lifestyle without ruining the planet? Then pick up The Eco Chick Guide to Life: How to be Fabulously Green by Starre Vartan. This tiny book is packed with information on 'greening' your life in every way possible - from beauty and clothing to food...
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New books in the Educational Materials area of interest to parents and teachers: BOOKS ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST: selecting and using them with children and adolescents. Annotated bibliography with reading/interest level, awards/prizes. Background information and literature, guidelines for selecting children...
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I always feel creative in the fall. Maybe it's because I start thinking about holiday gifts, or the cooler weather makes me want to curl up under an afghan I'm knitting. Crafts can be a great break from schoolwork and can help you develop your dexterity, creativity and skills sets. Kinesthetic...
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Okay; I admit it. I have never liked vampires. From a very young age, I have been really very scared of them. So when the Twilight books came out, I was reluctant to take them on. Sure, Harry Potter had his Dementors, but you could be pretty sure Harry would come out okay. With vampires, though, you...