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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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Summer Vibes For A Cold Season
Special Guest Post by Teen Volunteer, Brianna P. The Summer I Turned Pretty is a coming of age book and a romance book set in the summer. Every summer that Belly Conklin can remember she has spent her summer at Cousins beach with her mother’s best friend Susannah. And her two sons Conrad and Jeramiah, which Susannah and her mom foretold that she would end up with one of them. Belly has been chasing Conrad for as long as she could remember, and she hopes this is the summer it
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22 hours ago2 min read
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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...
khohlfeld
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...
khohlfeld
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...
khohlfeld
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...
khohlfeld
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...
khohlfeld
Nov 12, 20191 min read
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