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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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A New Constellation
This is one of those rare books that will make you laugh out loud on one page and bring you to tears on the next. First of all, Brett’s...
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Nov 8, 20242 min read
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Get Fired Up!
If you haven’t heard by now that there is an ongoing organized effort to remove books from library shelves, it’s about time! This novel...
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Jul 19, 20242 min read
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The Walrus is Only the Beginning
This book is a wild ride full of action, mystery, science fiction, and humor! The story follows Noah Prime, a 14 year old who is just...
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Jun 28, 20242 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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Paranormal Perfection
This graphic novel is the perfect paranormal adventure for teens. When she was younger, Chelsea Grant liked her title of “Ghost Girl”,...
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May 3, 20242 min read
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If You Read This Book, I’ll Read it Again
What a ride! This story stars Mar, a transmasc nonbinary pirate who is also hiding a magical secret. Growing up on the sea, Mar has seen...
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Apr 26, 20241 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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Think Before Double Tapping
This book focuses on one situation that is unfortunately not as uncommon as one might hope. A student at a small school in Albany,...
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Apr 5, 20241 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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The Book That Made 41 Million Dollars
*Special Guest Post by Teen Volunteer, Madeleine* When Brandon Sanderson announced that he had written four secret novels over the...
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Mar 22, 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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Swiftly Check This Out
*Special Guest Post written by Teen Volunteer, Theo* This book tells the story of a girl named Shenanigan Swift who grows up in a family...
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Mar 1, 20241 min read
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Monstrously Good Storytelling & Artwork
This is a graphic memoir by artist Sarah Myer that documents their childhood through their young adult years. Sarah was adopted by a...
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Feb 23, 20241 min read
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Some Stiff Science For You
*Special Guest Post written by Teen Volunteer, Ava E.* I read this book during the summer and was pleasantly surprised by how...
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Feb 16, 20241 min read
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Now is the Time to Read
This beautiful and timely novel in verse follows Sadie, a Black, queer poet with anxiety who is interested in community organizing and...
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Feb 2, 20242 min read
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(You) Should Read This
I've read this book more than once in the span of a few months, gushed about it to MANY people in person and online, and I still can't...
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Feb 18, 20222 min read
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Back on the Record
I sped right through this! I thought the story was engaging, timely, and well-written. This fast-paced novel follows 17 year old Josie, a...
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Dec 15, 20211 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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