Let’s assume, for a minute, there’s an afterlife. Most people already do this. However, one step past the assumption the road diverges. One person imagines this particular heaven, while another pictures that one. A third might envision being reborn as a wholly different life form, a fourth a return to some ultimate state of being,… View more
The Alex Awards are given each year to books originally written for adults that appeal to a young adult audience. As a Young Adult librarian, I really wanted to read at least one of the winners, and I was really pleased with this year’s awards. The list was full of exciting titles, from vampire families… View more
Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. Except in your own body, where ignorance is not bliss. Meet Wayne Blake, a child growing up unaware of his infant diagnosis of hermaphroditism. Mother and midwife sense girl, father and doctor insist boy. As he is being raised male in Labrador, where one bows to the supremacy of… View more