Vaping, e-cigarettes and reports of lung injuries and deaths are in the news a lot lately. Here are some library resources and websites to help you find more information. For recent news about vaping, check out "Vaping: From 'Safer Than Cigarettes' to Public Health Crisis" (U.S. News, October 4, 2019) or "Inside the Dangerous Rise…
Teen and Tween Books Featuring Characters with Invisible Disabilities
These tween and teen books bring awareness to characters with "invisible" disabilities. They showcase character battles and the will to survive and thrive, as well as the need for help and empathy. Each author also intimately describes a personal struggle with disability as well as a hope to inspire a more open and inclusive world…
Exploring Love in New Teen Graphic Novels
Love isn't always easy, and is often kind of confusing, as depicted in several new teen graphic novels. If you have an opportunity to read them, you'll soon discover that what's special about each is that they normalize LGBTQ relationships. They also help illustrate that relationships of all kinds are tricky, but if you listen…
No Means No: 20th Anniversary of Speak
Much of the recent press around now very public sexual assault and harassment cases has brought to mind some of the very first novels I read about rape. The first was The Color Purple, which was shocking and deeply affecting, yet there is no book on this subject that had quite the lasting or haunting…
Teen Recipes for a Healthy Start in 2019
With each New Year come new commitments to do better, be better and - quite often - eat better! Thanks to some easy-to-follow cookbooks, it'll be easy for you to stick to your plan as you learn to prepare some meals you actually want to eat! Cook With Amber features recipes from Amber Kelley, an award-winning…
New Teen Guides to Activism
If you haven't seen them already, be sure to check out our new summer books about teen activism! You Are Mighty is pretty much a how-to manual for becoming an activist. With fabulous illustrations by artist Lauren Tamaki, you might have trouble not laughing out loud at her zany sense of humor (for instance, the introduction…
Hour of Code: Teen and Tween Titles
Hour of Code is a grassroots campaign that takes place during Computer Science Education Week, which is December 4-10 this year. Educators across the world are encouraged to introduce one hour of computer science to young people to "demystify code" and "broaden participation in the field of computer science." This week, I decided it would…
Unhinged Minds: New Teen Titles
Two notable teen novels I've read this fall related to becoming "unhinged." Along those lines, I've always loved spirals, but now imagine them as tightening, dizzying and paralyzing in their vast depth, thanks to John Green's latest novel, Turtles All the Way Down. Green's book explores mental health issues and reminds us of the fragile depths…
Get to Know Teen Fiction Author Benjamin Alire Sáenz
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month and Teen Read Week™, I wanted to introduce one of my favorite teen fiction authors, Benjamin Alire Sáenz. When he was little, Sáenz couldn't decide if he wanted to be a painter or a writer. But he knew he wanted to be an artist of some sort, and that he…
Artist Cauleen Smith and the Human 3.0 Reading List
Chicago artist, Cauleen Smith, has created some striking films, sculptures, paintings and performance pieces in her lifetime. In fact, she was one of the first artists to be honored with the Ellsworth Kelly Award from The Foundation for Contemporary Art. What many don't know about Smith is that beyond creating visual art and film, she…
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