http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ Takoma Park Maryland Library book blog for young adults. en-us karen.macpherson@gmail.com 2012-01-12T17:03:22-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002643.html John Green is one of the most popular writers of young adult books. His newest book The Fault in Our Stars has just been published, and John and his brother, Hank, have headed out on a nationwide book tour via... 2643@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2012-01-12T17:03:22-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002627.html Monday, December 19th at 7:00 PM Both banned books groups, the juniors and the teens, will join together to read aloud from various banned picture books and children's novels. The good parts.... 2627@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2011-12-02T11:26:27-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002573.html The next banned books club meetings will be October 24th. The junior group (grades 3,4 and 5) is reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.. The middle/high school group is reading The Sun Also Rises. Please register if you... 2573@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2011-09-09T18:31:24-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002499.html For the millions of fans of The Hunger Games, the can't-put-it-down trilogy by Suzanne Collins, the big question was who would play Katniss, the leading character, in the upcoming movies. Twenty-year-old Jennifer Lawrence was finally chosen for the role. Here's... 2499@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2011-05-18T16:17:59-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002495.html The Spark Book Club is an online, YA, book club for girls, sponsored by Justine Magazine. We discovered them when we checked out our followers on Twitter. Lots of ads, but also short plot summaries, reader reviews and some author... 2495@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2011-05-17T11:07:59-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002487.html 2487@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2011-05-06T14:25:43-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002471.html The Hunger Games, the wildly-popular dystopian triology by Suzanne Collins, recently achieved another mark of distinction: it was named as one of the top 10 most challenged books of the past year by the American Library Association (ALA). In noting... 2471@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2011-04-22T15:35:46-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002373.html The Banned Books clubs, both Jr. and Sr., scheduled for the 18th, are canceled. Sorry. We plan to resume in November. Keep reading! And check out the reviews written by your friends. We have posted some more. And note :... 2373@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2010-10-16T11:42:14-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002345.html Come join our award-winning Banned Books Club on Monday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. when we discuss The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. We have a limited supply of books available for check-out, thanks to the... 2345@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2010-09-15T16:30:28-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002275.html On July 1, we're beginning a new Library Page program and we need volunteers! This is a great opportunity to help the Library and, for high school students, a perfect way to earn lots of student service learning (SSL) hours.... 2275@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2010-06-08T14:13:53-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002232.html Here is a definitive (we hope) list of the reviews that have already been posted on the Book Comments web log. If you don't see the links, scroll to the right. Like books? Want to share your opinions while earning... 2232@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2010-04-30T15:52:48-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002131.html More reviews: Watership Down; Whale Talk; What's in a Name?; The Lord of the Rings; Watchmen; Twilight (series); Travel Team; The Outsiders; Stormbreaker; Suite Scarlett; I Am Rembrant's Daughter; Mutts: America's Dogs; The Gospel According to Larry; Ginger Pye; Ender's... 2131@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2010-02-02T11:20:42-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002107.html The meeting date for our next Banned Books Club meeting has been changed from Monday, January 25 to February 8. We still will be meeting at 7:30 p.m. Our book is "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, and extra... 2107@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2010-01-14T11:16:49-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002086.html More Student Service Learning (SSL) book reviews posted. We have been busy elves.... 2086@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2009-12-23T17:23:43-05:00 http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/archives/002071.html Middle-schoolers are invited to join our Banned Books Club discussion of picture books that have been challenged at libraries across the country (not ours!). During our program, we'll read aloud such books as "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak,... 2071@http://www.takomapark.info/library/ya/ 2009-11-25T17:44:45-05:00