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Poetry about basketball? About rapping and braids, girls and family drama? The Crossover (the 2015 Newbery Medal Winner) has all this, a...

Erica’s dad leaves her and her mom with the parting gift of an HD video camera.  The two move to a rough part of St. Louis, Missouri, as...

“The first thing I think about when the cage closes is, I hope God forgives me for what I’m about to do.” --Anonymous And so begins...

We all have those days.  Those days where everything and everyone is horrid and displeasing.  Those days where you just can’t put on a ...

Jamal Joseph, at 16, was the youngest member of the Panther 21 to be arrested in New York City in 1969 and his memoir, Panther Baby ,...

Students at Belmont, Bronx Hope, Crossroads and Horizon gave away their hearts this week -- paper hearts that is. All four of our largest...

Are you intimidated by origami? Not sure where to begin? Easy Origami is a good place to start. With a short introduction to the craft ...

If success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome, as Boo...

I had the opportunity to read Slavery and the Making of America . This is an explicit account of the slave trade from the late 1400s to...

What’s in a name? A neighborhood? A brother? A block?  These questions loom large for two young men, both named Wes Moore, born less th...

Part storytelling, part self help- Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens tells two tales which emphasize the same goal, dealing with change. ...

An impactful play in eighty-eight pages and five scenes, Escape to Freedom dramatizes the incredible life of Frederick Douglass.  Begin...

Q: Why wouldn’t the lion eat the clown?   A: He tasted funny.   Nothing lightens the heavy mood common in detention centers more ea...

History is full of women who would not behave - some were criminals while some were fighting for a place in a society that had no place f...

L-R: Student, Erica Nadel, Mackenzie Magee, Paul Griffin, Student, Ms. Shenice photo by Jessica Fenster-Sparber T hree groups of s...

Calling all manicurists, manicure-lovers and nail art admirers. Are you looking for creative inspiration? This slim volume is packed wit...

In the future, private automobiles are illegal, cell phones are powered by the sun, and Charlie’s African dad and British mum have been k...

Why, you ask, would an incarcerated or detained teen be interested in carrying around a book with the words “wimpy kid” on the cover? We...

 Holidays can be difficult when one is separated from loved ones.  With that in mind, we librarians have been collaborating with colleagu...

A hapless snail has freed the evil Lich from his bag of holding and he is on a mission to destroy everyone and everything in the Land o...