What’s on your life list?

A life list is also known as a bucket list. It is a list of things that you want to do, see or experience during your life. It is not about getting straight A’s. It is not about getting a good job when you graduate from high school or college. It is about the fun, [...]

Behind the Book: Meet Libba Bray!

A software glitch resulted in people being told registration was closed for this event…but it’s not too late! Register now for Behind the Book: Authors Talk to Teens featuring Libba Bray. Libba Bray‘s Gemma Doyle Trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, The Sweet Far Thing) tells the story of a group of young [...]

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams Kyra Leigh Carlson is the oldest “acceptable” daughter in a family with 20 children and two more babies on the way.  Her eldest brother, Adam, is 17.  Her older sister, Emily, would be called “eldest daughter,” but she’s “unsound.”  At least Emily was born before Prophet Childs’ father [...]

Teen Review: Cory’s Hip Hop Recommendations, Pt. 2*

There are artists out today that can do a lot more than rap or just sing.  There are artists out there who are very creative, they produce and write their music and others’ music.  Some artists even get a little acting in during their career.  But the artist I will be telling you about is The [...]

Corsets and Crowns

That might sound saucy and a tad inappropriate, but that is what I think of when I think ‘historical fiction.’ My introduction to historical fiction was through adult books by Margaret George or Phillipa Gregory, but there is a plethora of awesome young adult historical fiction. Anderson, Laurie Halse Fever 1793 There is a yellow [...]

Treat Your Spring Fever with these Sexual Health Resources

As if you didn’t already have enough problems with hormones in your life, welcome to spring. You might not think about it, but when the weather turns warm and the sun comes out, something happens in your brain that might make you feel a little “antsy.”

Calling all Film Lovers

Dear Filmlover, I need your help. Would you like to make sure other teens get to know and love your favorite films? I’m on a committee  for the American Library Association to pick films for a list for teens. Who would know more about what teens like than you guys? Our theme is Outside/In: Rebellion vs. Conformity. [...]

Blog Every Day April!

Maureen Johnson, teen author extraordinaire, has started a movement she calls “Blog Every Day April.” It has a manifesto and everything.  So, we decided to play along.  Here’s our solemn vow: We, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh teen specialists, promise to blog every day weekday in April. Sorry, Maureen. I know it’s supposed to be [...]

Interactive Multimedia Storytelling: Cathy’s Ring coming May 2009

I recently came across a book called Cathy’s Ring which is the third in a series of books by Sean Stewart and Jordan Weisman.  The first two in the series are Cathy’s Book and Cathy’s Key.  I found Cathy’s Ring to be confusing, mostly because I didn’t read the first two books in the series, [...]