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A blog full of reviews from VCL's Head of Teen Services Katrina Hohlfeld & Teen Guest Authors. Check back for new reviews on all things YA! Want more? Check out Katrina's lists for summer reading recommendations.
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A Thirst Quenching Read
Here’s one for the romantics! A bookish, proper boy gets turned into a vampire while a strong-willed girl with a hot temper tries to...
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Feb 142 min read
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Find This Book!
*Special Guest Post by Teen Volunteer, Jane H.* A photograph of one book, The Book of Lost Names, immediately transports Eva Traube...
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Jan 242 min read
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Icarus & The Son
Here’s a new one for all those Greek myth lovers out there! I know there’s plenty of us. This is a contemporary re-telling of the story...
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Jun 7, 20242 min read
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Throw Yourself Into This Book!
This novel follows Sam, a modern Korean American girl who ends up accidentally hitching a ride into the 1990’s. What’s more? She ends up...
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May 17, 20242 min read
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Lots to Love Here
*Special Guest Post by Teen Volunteer, Emily* Love & Gelato is a mixture of an adventure, romance and coming-of-age novel set in...
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Apr 22, 20242 min read
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Long Live the Scandal!
Ooooo the royal drama! In this alternate-reality Britain, James has just inherited the throne. As the young, shy, mixed-race King, the...
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Mar 29, 20241 min read
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Simply Scrumptious Horror
This deliciously twisty, queer, horrifying story had me hooked! Zoey and her friends live in a world where a mysterious pathogen has...
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Mar 8, 20242 min read
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A Series So Epic and Magical
If you are a fan of fairy tale re-tellings, you simply cannot miss Brigid Kemmerer’s Cursebreakers series. Beauty and the Beast happens...
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Feb 12, 20212 min read
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One You Can't Miss!
Alright this one really caught me off guard. I picked it up for a light read and I got hit with some major feels. Skye Shin is talented,...
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Oct 5, 20202 min read
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Can She Be It All?
Don't be fooled by the cotton candy cover! This novel surprised me with its depth. The main character, Allie Abraham, is an American-born...
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Jan 10, 20202 min read
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Julia Drake Proves She's a Poet
To be totally honest, I only picked this one up because it was getting so much attention. But wow...I'm glad I did. Here are the main...
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Dec 6, 20191 min read
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Frankly, I Loved This Book
Frank Li is a Korean-American living in Southern California. It's his senior year of high school, and he's finally found a girl he'd love...
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Nov 13, 20191 min read
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Pumpkin Spice & Sweetness
Reading this graphic novel by wonder-duo Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks is like wandering through the most fantastic and fun corn...
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Nov 12, 20191 min read
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