Something new

I'm adding another label to my blog posts..."teen lit". The more time I spend at work, library classes, and now my internship at a public library, the more exposure I'm getting to young adult fiction, which, incidentally, is the type of writing I usually do myself. After creating booklists of YA fiction for the library and being lent books by a co-worker, I deemed it time to start a teen lit section of my blog. Some books will undoubtedly appeal to the younger end of the teen "spectrum", while others may be more widely accepted by a variety of ages.

So...the first book I'll talk about on here is one geared more toward the younger end, and was one that my co-worker had lent me. The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, revolves around the controversial topic of human cloning, where the protagonist is a clone of an all-powerful drug lord. It takes place in the future, and lends itself to lengthy discussions about cloning and how it could change society as we know it. It does sound like something for older teens, but the reading level really is for the younger end. Of course, that doesn't mean the older ones (and adults, too) won't enjoy it. It's worth a look.