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#MHYALit: Shattered Illusions: Growing up with a Bipolar Father, a guest post by Kim Baccellia
“What’s wrong with Dad?” No one spoke out loud about my father’s strange behavior, but I knew something wasn’t quite right with him. My question would be answered with either silence or in a lowered voice, “We don’t discuss that.” There were days he’d be like a helium balloon, filled with so much air […]
Book Review: My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights by Brooks Benjamin
Publisher’s description Football hero. Ninja freestyler. It’s seventh grade. Anything is possible. All Dillon wants is to be a real dancer. And if he wins a summer scholarship at Dance-Splosion, he’s on his way. The problem? His dad wants him to play football. And Dillon’s freestyle crew, the Dizzee Freekz, says that dance studios are […]
Book Review: ’89 Walls by Katie Pierson
Publisher’s description College is not in the cards for Seth. He spends his minimum wage on groceries and fakes happiness to distract his mom from the MS they both know will kill her. It’s agony to carry around a frayed love note for a girl who’s both out of his league and beneath his dignity. […]
#MHYALit: Nineteen Years of Living, a guest post by Shaun David Hutchinson
Today author Shaun David Hutchinson joins us to share his story about depression, his suicide attempt, and the 19 years that have passed since then. See all of the posts in our Mental Health in Young Adult Literature series here. A few years ago, I went to the emergency room with pain in my […]
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Fall 2016 Roundup
One of the many really fun aspects of being part of Teen Librarian Toolbox is getting tons of books to consider for review. I try to mainly focus on books that deal with LGBTQIA+ characters, incorporate some kind of diversity, may fly under the radar, or are just exceptional books. I don’t spend a lot […]
#MHYALit: Fight the Stigma, Ask for Help, a guest post by Heather Marie
Today writer Heather Marie joins us to talk about getting help for depression and other mental illnesses. Her post originally appeared on her own blog, Heather Marie Talks Recovery. Find Heather at Twitter.com/HeatherMarieYA and HeatherMarieYA.com. The title of this post might seem easier said than done, but the reality of speaking on the topic of mental health […]
The Art of Being Normal
An important addition to collections for its first-person perspectives on the experiences and inner lives of transgender teens.
What’s New in LGBTQIA+ YA March and April 2016
It’s time for another roundup for new and forthcoming YA (and sometimes not YA) books featuring LGBTQIA+ characters. The titles I’m including here have LGBTQIA+ main characters as well as secondary characters (in some cases parents). Know of a title I missed in this list? Or know of a forthcoming title that should be on my […]
Book Review: Sea Change by Frank Viva
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one of my most recent reviews, which originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of School Library Journal. VIVA, Frank. Sea Change. 120p. TOON […]
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