Money Boy By Paul Yee (2011) Ray Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big suburban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of gaming. He needs the escape. It’s tough getting grades that will please his army veteran father, when […]
Gravity By Leanne Lieberman (2008) Ellie Gold is an orthodox Jewish teenager living in Toronto in the late eighties. Ellie has no doubts about her strict religious upbringing until she falls in love with another girl at her grandmother”s cottage. Aware that homosexuality clashes with Jewish observance, Ellie feels forced to either alter her sexuality […]
On Growin’ Up By Ryan Kerr (2013) On Growin’ Up … a guide, based on the autobiographical coming-out story ofauthor and artist Ryan Kerr, is a hilarious, heartbreaking, and ultimately empoweringreflection on the pitfalls of growing up “different.” Get On Growin’ Up at the library today! Book Have you read On Growin’ Up? What did […]
Eleanor and Park – by Rainbow Rowell The best teen romance book I've read – ever. I'm not a fan of romance (at all), but this one really reminded me of all those awkward exciting feelings of one's first love(r). A truely tender romance of two awkward teens, who might not have found each other […]
Amazing art and writing from youth all over Toronto! photo used with Creative Commons licence from alexgamela
Rats. Word Out's over. School's back. Wah Wah. So we've got Teen Reads to keep you going – if you want to immerse yourself in dystopic, post-apocalyptic fiction – we have a bunch of amazing titles! Want another flavour? A gazillion other lists – like Banned Books, Fight the Power, Boy Meets Book, LGBTQ and others […]
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Thursday, August 16th @ 2pm will be the Word Out wrap-up party at Sanderson branch. Come and celebrate the end of a hot summer and being part of Word Out. Play games to win prizes, including a cash prize. Ages 12-19. Just drop by!
Huge thanks to all of YOU for the amazing displays and the amazing voting marathon! [drumroll] And the winner is…
Hey, what awesome books have you been reading this summer? Anything that you’re burning to recommend to others? Got a craving for a certain genre? Or a book that just makes you bust a move like MJ? Share it, dish it, spew it!