Tag Archives: young adult

Best of 2018: Ofilia

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Kelsey

Happy Tuesday, fellow readers! We’ve got a brand new best of for you today, and this time it’s Ofilia’s! Ofilia is our fearless leader here in the youth services department of SPL, and loves all things Frida Kahlo. She’s also … Continue reading →

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Best of 2018: Yentl

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Kelsey

Don’t worry, we didn’t forget about our Best Of lists! We’ve just been slacking. Well, KELSEY has been slacking. Slacking on getting those posts up! Anyway, we’re gonna end the first month of 2019 properly, with some lists all about … Continue reading →

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Welcome to SPL’s Best YA of 2017 Lists!

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks

It’s that time, folks! Best of the year lists are out! Check here every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday during the month of January to read the youth services staff at the Smith Public Library’s best of young adult for 2017 … Continue reading →

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Anna’s Best of 2016!

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks

Black Lives Matter by Sue Bradford Edwards What It’s About: Black Lives Matter covers the shootings that touched off passionate protests, the work of activists to bring about a more just legal system, and the tensions in US society that … Continue reading →

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Kelsey’s Best of 2015

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks

  4.) Baddawi by Leila Abdelrazaq Baddawi is the story of a young boy named Ahmad struggling to find his place in the world. Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the … Continue reading →

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Mothership by Martin Leicht & Isla Neal

Posted on May 12, 2015 by lindsaymbeattie

Mothership  By: Martin Leicht and Isla Neal (Book 1 of the Ever-expanding Universe Series) Teen pregnancy is never easy especially not when extraterrestrials are involved. Elvie Nara was doing just fine in the year 2074. She had a great best … Continue reading →

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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Posted on April 1, 2015 by splteenmachine

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart About: Spending the summers on her family’s private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer. … Continue reading →

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