Book Reviews
(category archive)
By Teens, For Teens – Into the Wild & A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Book Reviews, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen
Welcome back to our next installment of By Teens, For Teens. This blog post series consists of all teen-generated content. This time we have two book reviews for you to enjoy! […]
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VIRGINIA PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS IN WORLD WAR II: “ENEMIES WITHIN & WITHOUT”
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with African American Soldiers, Civl Rights, Domestic Relations, German Soldiers, Italian Soldiers, Jim Crow, Labor Shortage, Lectures, Prisoners of War, Race Relations, The Press, World War II
Prisoners of War Arrive During World War II, the U.S. was “home” to over 425,000 prisoners of war (POWs). They were Japanese, German and Italians from the Axis countries captured […]
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By Teens, For Teens – The Chase by Elle Kenneday & One of Us Is Lying
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen
By now I hope you’ve read our previous By Teens, For Teens blog posts and are starting to look forward to them! This series is all teen-created content and makes it […]
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Music of the Month – June 2021
Posted about 4 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Book Reviews
Music of the Month is a monthly round-up of RPL’s programs and resources related to music. Gellman Room Concerts @ RPL The Gellman Room Concert season is complete, but you […]
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YA Book Pairings: AAPI Heritage Month
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Asian American, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #aapi, #aapiauthors, #aapiheritagemonth, #asianauthors, #asianpacificamericanheritagemonth, #diverseauthors, #ireaddiversebooks, #ireadya, #stopaapihate, #stopasianhate, #teenreads, booksforteens
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This monthly celebration recognizes people from the East, the Southeast, the Indian subcontinent and the Pacific Islands. Although we sometimes group […]
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Celebrate the Days – June
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
There are holidays and observances almost every day of the month – so many reasons to celebrate. I’m not saying there should be cake every day, but I’m not […]
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Gemini Book Horoscope
Posted about 4 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Horoscopes, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with astrology, book horoscopes, book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, reading suggestions
Every month of 2021, we will be sharing a tailored horoscope blog post for the current sun sign plus something a little extra so the rest of us aren’t completely […]
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Slice-of-life graphic novels for all ages
Posted about 4 years ago by Alexandra Zukas
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Book Reviews
| Tagged with books for adults, children's books, graphic novels, reading suggestions, young adult
So when I say “slice of life,” you might be wondering what that means in terms of genre. In slice-of-life fiction, the story focuses on a short episode in a […]
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Music of the Month – May 2021
Posted about 4 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Book Reviews
Music of the Month is a monthly round-up of RPL’s programs and resources related to music. May 2021 Gellman Room Concerts @ RPL Saturday, May 1, 2021, at 2:00 pm, […]
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May the Fourth be with You
Posted about 4 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Reviews, Comics, Families, Movies, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, may the fourth be with you, reading suggestions, star wars
“Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” – Yoda, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones Star Wars is a franchise that multiple generations have grown up with at this […]
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