Welcome to the YA Round Up, a young adult podcast created and distributed at the Morton Grove Public Library. We'll talk about new books, video games, library programs as well as spotlight teens and young adults in the community.

YA Round Up - Episode 001

YA Round Up Episode - 002

Episode 3 of the YA Round Up, a Morton Grove Public Library podcast presented by Teen Librarian James Facer. On today's episode we'll discuss interesting YA historical fiction releases as well as YA programs going in the month of February.

Episode 3

On today's episode of the YA Round Up we discuss awesome releases in 2017 including Soldier Boy by Kelly Hutton, The Hate U give by Angie Thomas and The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco. Also, I'm joined by Mark Knox and Will Pleas, two librarians at the Morton Grove Public Library as we talk about some of the many awesome video game releases of 2017.

baroque - relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail. In architecture the period is exemplified by the palace of Versailles and by the work of Bernini in Italy. Major composers include Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel; Caravaggio and Rubens are important baroque artists.

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