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a blog by the librarians & volunteers from the Young People’s Services (Public Library)

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Inkheart

Reviewed by Nicole Ann Law, 14
What if every time you read aloud, the characters in the book would come alive? Well, that’s exactly what happens to Meggie, daughter of bookbinder Mo.
Both father and daughter share this rare and mystical power to make seemingly dead and unreal characters spring out from the very pages of the […]

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Twilight

Reviewed by Nor Hafiza Mehad, 17
Have you ever encountered a vampire?
Or have you ever found yourself trapped in strange events that you could never believe with your own eyes?
Well you would feel these mystical happenings when you read “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer.
The book was about a girl named Bella Swan who moved from Phoenix to […]

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Till we meet again

Reviewed by Kathleen Tan, Temasek Junior College
 Last month, I reviewed the book “Walking Naked” by Alyssa Brugman. This month, I’ve picked “Till we meet again” by Lesley Pearse. Both books contain friendship theme.
Beth Powell and Susan Wright promised each other to be “friends forever, whatever the weather” when they were ten. They are childhood best […]

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Y.O!spotting - What are teens talking about? Books?

If you’re tired of listening to librarians talking about good books, then hear what teens are talking about books they had read at Cheshire Public Library Teen Book Blog.
As I browsed through the blog, I  found some of my favourite titles
Totally agreed with Monica that Garth Nix’s Shade’s Children is a book worth reading. […]

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Walking Naked

 (Ed.: Don’t be shock if someone told you to read the book “Walking Naked”.  Kathleen read the book and shared her views with us. Have you read the book? What are your views? You can leave us your comments too.)  
Reviewed by Kathleen Tan, Temasek Junior College
Unlike what the title suggests, this book does not contain any sexual […]

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

“bookshelves” is not all about books

Hi!  ”bookshelves” is not all about books!
We’re looking for young people between 13 and 19 years old to submit the following to our blog:
A book you’ve read
A movie you’ve watched
Songs you’ve listened to 
A website you’ve discovered
Send us your review (around 150 to 200 words) and name to showteens@nlb.gov.sg. We will look through them and let you know once […]

Saturday, December 29th, 2007