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Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Survival. Of the fittest. The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream Pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their airplane had another idea, crashing on a…
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Banned Books Week: Part 2
Though I’m only in my first semester of my MSLS program at UNC, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to intern at a local public library in teen services. This week I created my first book display! Check it out below: What do you think?
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Banned Books Week Is Here!
As a MSLS student, I am very rightfully enamored with the tradition of Banned Books Week. If you’re not familiar with the project, here’s a little blurb from the official website: Banned Books Week is the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw…
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A Quick Bit of Delight for Your Monday!
I stumbled across this behind the scenes trailer for Les Mis this morning and thought that it absolutely had to be shared! I remember reading Les Mis in high school English class and falling completely in love with the story. Seeing it brought to the big screen, especially since I’ve never had the opportunity to…
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Multi-Cultural YA Literature
This week in my young adult literature class (INLS 530: YA Literature and Resources), we talked about literature of diversity. Growing up where I did it was easy to think that only one race (white), one sexual orientation (straight), one religion (Christianity), and one dominant gender (male) existed. Most of the literature I read…
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The Library of Alexandra 