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August 19, 2015

BOOK REVIEW: THE WINNER’S CURSE

Guest Post by Mia Seventeen-year-old Kestrel lives in an empire where adulthood offers only two choices: get married or join the military. Her father, a general, expects her to choose the latter path, while certain eligible young men hope for the former. Kestrel desires neither. One day while wandering the […]
July 10, 2015

4 Librarians Who Conquered ‘Big Brother’

“As a librarian, I believe it is my duty and responsibility to speak out about any infringement to the intellectual freedom of library patrons,” said Mr. Chase. “But until today, my own government prevented me from fulfilling that duty.”
July 1, 2015

Celebrate Your Freedom to Read this 4th of July

Hey! It’s the Fourth of July this weekend. You know what that means–time to blow stuff up and grill some dogs. But before we get to that . . . let’s take a minute to pay our respects to all of those who fought, and continue to fight, for the freedoms […]
June 16, 2015

Book Review: Escape Reality with Candy and the Creepy Creatures of Abarat

In Clive Barker’s Abarat, readers meet 16-year-old Candy Quackenbush, a small-town girl with an alcoholic father and weak-willed mother. Candy knows there are more interesting places out there and longs for something weird. When Candy meets the John brothers, a creature with 1 body and 8 heads, she brings the […]
June 9, 2015

7 Children’s Books that Get Better with Age

There is something magical about children’s books–the simplicity of innocent stories, laced with poignant lessons about life and love. Everyone has that one special book. The one that still has the ability to make them laugh out loud and maybe shed a few bittersweet tears. Maybe it’s the one their […]
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