Reading Recommendations
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Commemorate Freedom: Juneteenth 2021
Posted about 3 days ago by kathryn Coker
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Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Reading Recommendations
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Virginia State Holiday As of October 2020, Juneteenth is a permanent statewide holiday in Virginia. Virginians, like others across America will celebrate in various ways ranging from parades, dancing, visiting historical sites, […]
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2021 Teen Reading Challenge: Juneteenth
Posted about 5 days ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Black History Month, Fiction, holidays; celebrations, nonfiction, Reading Challenge, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #activism, #activist, #teenactivism, #teenactivist, 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, blackauthors, blackhistory, blm, booksforteens, currentevents, ireadya, Juneteenth, readingchallenge, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads
Welcome back to month six of the 2021 RPL Teen Reading Challenge. How’s it been going to far? I don’t know about you, but historically this is about the time […]
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By Teens, For Teens – Into the Wild & A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Posted about 7 days 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 1 week 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 Read-Alikes
Posted about 2 weeks ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens
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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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YA Book Pairings: AAPI Heritage Month
Posted about 3 weeks 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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Gemini Book Horoscope
Posted about 4 weeks 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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X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month
Posted about 1 month ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Families, Health and Wellness, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with children, Chromosomes, Down syndrome, Genetic, health and wellness, law, Law Library, medical injustice, mental health, teens, undiagnosed, X and Y chromosomal variations
In 2012 the State Legislature passed HJ216 2012 which designated May as “X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month”. Genetic Disorders X & Y Chromosomal Variations are genetic disorders. […]
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2021 Teen Reading Challenge: Shared Talents
Posted about 1 month ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Challenge, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, art, baking, booksforteens, cooking, fashion, ireadya, music, readingchallenge, sports, stem, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads, teentalent, writing
Welcome to month five of the 2021 RPL Teen Writing Challenge. How’s it been going?? If you’re completing the challenge in order, this month you’ll be focusing on prompt #5 […]
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MEDICAL INJUSTICES
Posted about 2 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Black History Month, Health and Wellness, History and Preservation, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with african-american, Apartheid, Black History, Blood, book recommendations, children, Eugenics, Experiment, Genocide, injustice, Law Library, Medicine, Organ Trafficking, Race, Racism, Red Market, Transplant
Great strides in medical history have often been made as a result of research and experimentation, and the first human successes were arguably the result of successful experiments, often on […]
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