Teen Lib.

If you’re at all involved with young adult literature you have probably already read Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.  For those of you who haven’t, you need to.  It is one of the more important books in the genre and it deals with some very big teen issues.  You will get a brief idea of [...]

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Stotan is a very fun and important book, by Chris Crutcher, one of the premier young adult authors out their.  It is about four boys on a high school swim team together and how their adventures during one hellish week of swimming during Christmas break will help them weather some very hard times together.  If [...]

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Here is another one of my book talks. The book is Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. It is, in my opinion, one of the best Young Adult Books that came out in 2004. It was both and Newbery and Printz honor book. The story is interesting, funny, and exciting, but it is also based [...]

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Here is one of my favorite book talks on a book I thought was fantastic.  Ill let the book talk speak for itself.
Stuck in Neutral.
By: Terry Trueman
 
Shawn McDaniel is a lot like any other fourteen year old you might know.  He likes music, enjoys eating potato chips, and has discovered a new found appreciation for [...]

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I have just added a book talking category. As I explained in that category description I have written book talks for many of the young adult books that I have read and I hope to continue writing them as I read. I will post them here for any who are curious.  I will aslo try [...]

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