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Are your classes as cool as the ones at Dave Roman's Astronaut Academy?

What’s it been? 6 weeks? 8 weeks since you started the school year? How are you liking the classes? Have you mastered anti-gravity gymmastics...
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Sibling duo takes The Reading Bug by storm

Twenty-five miles north of San Jose, two YA Lit superstars are taking The Reading Bug in San Carlos by storm today. Not only are they superstars,...
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San Jose's librarian gives you her top 10 of 2010

Katherine Luedke, librarian at the San Jose Public Library, has posted her Top Ten Best YA books of 2010 and encourages you to "make some time...
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Volin traces the path from Mickey to Maus

Last week, I had the pleasure of listening to Eva Volin, thanks to the Friends of the San Carlos Library. Volin is the Supervising Children’s...
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Publishers Weekly announces best YA books of 2009

While Publishers Weekly (PW)may not be nestled in your stack of mags to read, they do have juicy gos’ to share. In fact, did you know PW just...
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Let your inner werewolf out!

The next stop on our YA Halloween-themed reading list is – werewolves! While you all know how I feel about Maggie Stiefvater’s latest...
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An anniversary we will not soon forget.

Photo Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Public Affairs 2nd Class Mike HvozdaOn this 8th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, people...
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Twilight is getting graphic!

Speaking of graphic novels, guess what’s in the works? “Twilight” – Stephenie Meyer’s YA vampire-romance novel-cum...
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2009 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens

Another busy city, another wild convention! This week San Diego has been host to Comic-Con International, celebrating their own 40 years of mayhem...
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Comic Book Review: PERSEPOLIS

Someonerecently asked me, “If you could talk to an Iranian man or woman, what would you say to them?” and I replied almost immediately,...
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