Tag Archives: JLG

Mystery, Romance: “Period.8”

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Victoria Waddle

Period.8 by Chris Crutcher The problem with having too great a time span between reading Chris Crutcher books is that I forget how good they are. Forget how the fast-talking, conscience-driven teens can connect with teachers who care about them. … Continue reading →

Posted in bullying, Family Problems, Fiction, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Horror/Mystery/Suspense, Mature Readers, Read 180, Young Adult Literature | Tagged book reviews, bullying, Chris Crutcher, family problems, friendship, hi-low reading, high school students, JLG, Junior Library Guild, parent-teen relationships, Period.8, Read 180, reluctant readers, romance, Teen Issues, YA fiction, YA literature | 1 Comment

“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Victoria Waddle

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews There really is a dying girl in this novel, so to say that most of it is a lot of fun seems weird. But it is fun. You should … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Grief, Humor, Young Adult Literature | Tagged book reviews, cancer, child-parent relationships, children of alcoholics, coming of age, creativity, death and dying, family problems, fiction, friendship, grief, humor, Jesse Andrews, JLG, Junior Library Guild, life skills, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, mental depression, Teen Issues, YA fiction | Leave a comment

“Gabi: A Girl in Pieces”

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Victoria Waddle

Gabi: A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero “My mom says, ‘Ojos abiertos, piernas cerradas.’ Eyes open, legs closed.” This advice, the total sum of Gabi’s sex education at home, gets more ironic (and darkly funny) as the book … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith-Based/Religious Element, Family Problems, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Literature | Tagged book reviews, death and dying, drug addiction, family problems, friendship, grief, grieving, high school students, Isabel Quintero, JLG, Junior Library Guild, LGBTQ, Morris Award, parent-teen relationships, poverty, rape, romance, school problems, Teen Issues, YA fiction, YA literature | 4 Comments

Ontario Teens Read 2012-2013: Ms. Waddle talking up “The Fault in Our Stars”

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Posted in Adventure Stories, Family Problems, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Literature | Tagged cancer, JLG, john green, Junior Library Guild, romance, The Fault in Our Stars, YA fiction, YA literature | Leave a comment

The Fault in Our Stars: Poster and Bookmark Contest Winners

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Congratulations to all the winners in the poster and bookmark contests for The Fault in Our Stars, our ‘Ontario Teens Read 2-12-2013’ book. Some of the winners were selected by the Board of Library Teens, a club co-sponsored by Colony … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Literature | Tagged adventure stories, illustration, JLG, john green, Junior Library Guild, Ontario Teens Read 2012-2013, romance, The Fault in Our Stars | Leave a comment

“What Happened to Goodbye”

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen I wanted a good book—realistic, but one in which characters could work out their problems. Some good writing. So I picked up Sarah Dessen because I knew she’d deliver. In What Happened to … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Literature | Tagged basketball, divorce, JLG, Junior Library Guild, Sarah Dessen | 2 Comments

“Trash”

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

Trash by Andy Mulligan Trash takes place in an unnamed third-world country in South America. (The main characters want to go to Sao Paulo, Brazil, so they must be somewhere close enough to have heard of the city.) Raphael, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Fiction, Horror/Mystery/Suspense, Human Rights Issues, Multicultural, Young Adult Literature | Tagged JLG, Junior Library Guild, poverty | Leave a comment

“Matched” (on Ms. W’s summer reading list)

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

Matched by Ally Condie “It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.” —William Carlos Williams Yes, Matched is another future dystopia, but like Hunger Games, this … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Controversial Issue/Debate, Fiction, Human Rights Issues, Literary Read Alike, Romance, Sci-Fi/Futuristic, Young Adult Literature | Tagged JLG, Junior Library Guild, Romeo and Juliet readalike | 1 Comment

“Between Shades of Gray” (on Ms. W’s summer reading list)

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys As teens, we don’t hear much about Joseph Stalin’s reign of terror in the 1940s. The terrible things that he was responsible for are often placed in the shadow of the Holocaust. Yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Human Rights Issues, Young Adult Literature | Tagged JLG, Junior Library Guild, siberia, Stalin | Leave a comment

“Shiver”

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Another book I read—loved this one—and didn’t have time to review. (The Chaffey library is closed for AP testing, so I’m sneaking in a few reviews in the hope that you’ll find some good summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Horror/Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Supernatural, Young Adult Literature | Tagged JLG, Junior Library Guild, werewolves | 2 Comments