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YAVA Award Celebration

Posted about 3 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
Join us for our annual Young Adult Virginia (YAVA) Award Celebration! This year our theme is “Into the Forest” and we have an enchanted afternoon planned.  Meet and mingle with […]
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By Teens, For Teens – A Thousand Splendid Suns & The Last Thing He Told Me

Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
This week for our By Teens, For Teens blog post, VolunTEEN Elaina S., age 15. has written two book reviews for you. Although both of these books are classified as […]
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Read a Book About Food — 2022 RAD Reading Challenge for Teens

Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Welcome back to another month of the RAD Reading Challenge, RPL style! If you missed my prior posts, you can find them all linked at the bottom of this post. […]
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By Teens, For Teens – Love Medicine & The Shining

Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Welcome back for this week’s installment of By Teens, For Teens! This week we have two reviews for your reading pleasure, one on a book featuring Indigenous characters and one […]
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Read a Book With a One-Word Title — 2022 RAD Reading Challenge for Teens

Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Welcome back to another month of the RAD Reading Challenge, RPL style! If you missed my prior posts, you can find them all linked at the bottom of this post. […]
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Innovative Women in History

Posted about 3 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
INVENTIVE WOMEN IN HISTORY According to the old proverb, “Necessity is the Mother of Invention,” and Mothers of invention have frequently been women. Throughout March, Women’s History Month, Richmond Public […]
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By Teens, For Teens – Pride and Prejudice & Cinder (the Lunar Chronicles Series)

Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Welcome back for this week’s installment of By Teens, For Teens! This time we feature both an old classic and a newer classic. Isabelle R., age 16 shares her review […]
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By Teens, For Teens – The Scarlet Letter & The Andromeda Strain

Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
This week we have two new book reviews from VolunTEEN David G., age 14. One older classic and one newer classic, these reviews will have you rushing to the library […]
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Read a #booktok rec — 2022 RAD Reading Challenge for Teens

Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Welcome back to another month of the RAD Reading Challenge, RPL style! If you missed my prior posts, you can find the intro post here and last’s month’s prompt to […]
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By Teens, For Teens – Red Wolf & The Hunger Games

Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
In this By Teens, For Teens blog post, we have two teen contributions. Magdalena W., age 12 reviews Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent, a dark fantasy where creatures of the […]
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