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The Selection Coloring Book --- Guest Post by Teen Board Member Aliza M.

Recently the world has remembered something which I have never forgotten: coloring books are awesome.

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Valentine’s Series: How to Get Someone To Fall in Love with...Your Favorite Book

To celebrate Valentine's Day, some of our Teen Board members wrote blog posts celebrate all things book crushes, romance novels and awesome fictional dates.  Below, Aliza M. gives a lesson in how to help your favorite person fall in love with...your favorite book!
 

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UnBan a Book Week: FOREVER...by Judy Blume

Even though it was written in 1975, the teen protagonists in Judy Blume’s FOREVER…are undergoing the same issues that adolescents experience today --- first love, first sexual encounters, fidelity and grappling with sexual preference.

While FOREVER... has a huge fan base --- it was a runner-up for the Best Book of the Year Award by the National Council of Teachers of English and has been praised for candidly portraying teen life --- it has been repeatedly challenged by parents, teachers and abstinence groups across the country.

Below, author Hilary Badger (STATE OF GRACE) and Teen Board member Aliza M. talk about why they enjoyed FOREVER..., and exactly how they’d respond to those pesky book-banners.

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Why We Love Libraries! Library Memories from our Teen Board Members

National Library Week ended on Saturday, but our library love continues year-round here at Teenreads! We asked our Teen Board members to share a fond memory of their library or librarian --- read below to see their responses! If you’re interested in more library memories, click here to see last week’s blog post, where we shared our reviewers’ answers.

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The Teen Board does National Women’s History Month - Post 2

March is National Women's History Month, and the Teen Board is celebrating through a series of blog posts! Every Thursday this month, a different Teen Board member is writing a post that somehow relates to women and literature, so make sure you keep an eye out each week! The second one is by Aliza M., where she talks about a great female role model in YA lit --- Hermione Granger.Read on!

 

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Teen Board: DIVERGENT Discussion


Last Monday, a few of the Teen Board members and I met to talk about DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth. We wanted to talk about the book, but also about what we were expecting from the upcoming movie adaptation. Because it was difficult to get everyone together (especially during the week) I sent some question to the Teen Board to answer.
 
Do you agree with the responses to these questions? Are you excited for the Divergent movie to come out in March 2014?
 
And n honor of the third book in the series, ALLIGIANT, being released tomorrow, we'll be posting another discussion for INSURGENT later this week! Keep an eye out for that.

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Teen Board: What’s So Great About Harry Potter Anyway?


When I saw that it was the 15th anniversary of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series being published in the United States, I started wondering...Why do so many people love the world of Harry Potter? I mean, the books have been translated into over 60 languages, the series is one of the best selling book series in history, there is a Harry Potter theme park, and there are eight movies! What’s so great about Harry Potter?

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ReaLITy Reads: Aliza’s Response to FREAKBOY by Kristin Elizabeth Clark


Realistic fiction is a unique genre in YA because it illustrates challenging situations you may not have personally experienced but connects you to emotions you have. Whether it's uncovering life-altering secrets, making a tough choice, coming to terms with your sexuality or finding your voice, realistic fiction addresses themes relevant to real life. To highlight some of their fantastic realistic fiction, Macmillan established their ReaLITy program. Our Teen Board decided to check out these reads and respond to them in this blog series.

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