Chat YA Up!

Join our hosts Gabi & Luke in the third episode of Chat YA Up! where we read young adult books and then review them for you!

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Our third episode is After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson

What happens when the lights go off after what might truly be an end-of-the-world event? How do you stay alive? Who do you trust? How much do you have to sacrifice?

Seventeen-year-old Pru Palmer lives with her twin sisters, Grace and Blythe, and their father, Rick, on the outskirts of an isolated mining community. The Palmers are doomsday preppers. They have a bunker filled with non-perishable food and a year's worth of water.

One day while Rick is at the mine, the power goes out. At the Palmers' house, and in the town. All communication is cut. No one knows why.

It doesn't take long for everything to unravel. In town, supplies run out and people get desperate. The sisters decide to keep their bunker a secret. The world is different; the rules are different. Survival is everything, and family comes first.

SEASON 1:

1. Throne of Glass  by Sarah J. Maas (25-11-2020)
2. Lenny's Book of Everything  by Karen Foxlee (9-12-2020)
3. After the Lights Go Out  by Lili Wilkinson (23-12-2020)
4. Sabriel  by Garth Nix (6-1-2021)
5. Small Spaces  by Sarah Epstein (20-1-2021)
6. Aurora Rising  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (3-2-2021)
7. Crown of Midnight  by Sarah J. Maas (17-2-2021)
8. What I Like About Me  by Jenna Guillame - This episode will include an interview with the author. (3-3-2021)
9. Gap Year in Ghost Town  by Michael Pryor (17-3-2021)
10. Illuminae  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (31-3-2021)
11. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder  by Holly Jackson (14-4-2021)
12. Heir of Fire  by Sarah J. Maas (28-4-2021)

Join our host Gabi, with guest speaker Sarah in the second episode of Chat YA Up! where we read young adult books and then review them for you!

For more information, follow us on Instagram & Facebook and don't forget to check out Library at Home!

Our second episode is Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee

I knew my brother. I knew when he talked too much about Timothy his imaginary pet eagle. He was scared.
'Whatever you do,' I said to Davey on the walk to school, 'Do not tell people about your eagle. Do not tell Miss Schweitzer about your eagle.'
He looked crestfallen. His shoulders slumped. He looked to make sure Timothy hadn't fallen off.

Lenny, small and sharp, has a younger brother Davey who won't stop growing - and at seven is as tall as a man. Raised by their single mother, who works two jobs and is made almost entirely out of worries, they have food and a roof over their heads, but not much else.

The bright spot every week is the arrival of the latest issue of Burrell's Build-it-at-Home Encyclopedia. Through the encyclopedia, Lenny and Davey experience the wonders of the world - beetles, birds, quasars, quartz - and dream about a life of freedom and adventure, visiting places like Saskatchewan and Yellow Knife, and the gleaming lakes of the North West Territories. But as her brother's health deteriorates, Lenny comes to accept the inevitable truth; Davey will never make it to Great Bear Lake.

A big-hearted novel about loving and letting-go by an award-winning author.

SEASON 1:

1. Throne of Glass  by Sarah J. Maas (25-11-2020)
2. Lenny's Book of Everything  by Karen Foxlee (9-12-2020)
3. After the Lights Go Out  by Lili Wilkinson (23-12-2020)
4. Sabriel  by Garth Nix (6-1-2021)
5. Small Spaces  by Sarah Epstein (20-1-2021)
6. Aurora Rising  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (3-2-2021)
7. Crown of Midnight  by Sarah J. Maas (17-2-2021)
8. What I Like About Me  by Jenna Guillame - This episode will include an interview with the author. (3-3-2021)
9. Gap Year in Ghost Town  by Michael Pryor (17-3-2021)
10. Illuminae  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (31-3-2021)
11. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder  by Holly Jackson (14-4-2021)
12. Heir of Fire  by Sarah J. Maas (28-4-2021)

Join our hosts Gabi and Luke, with guest speaker Bindi in the first episode of Chat YA Up! where we read young adult books and then review them for you!

For more information, follow us on Instagram & Facebook and don't forget to check out Library at Home!

Our first episode is Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas.

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.

Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her ... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead ... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

SEASON 1:

1. Throne of Glass  by Sarah J. Maas (25-11-2020)
2. Lenny's Book of Everything  by Karen Foxlee (9-12-2020)
3. After the Lights Go Out  by Lili Wilkinson (23-12-2020)
4. Sabriel  by Garth Nix (6-1-2021)
5. Small Spaces  by Sarah Epstein (20-1-2021)
6. Aurora Rising  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (3-2-2021)
7. Crown of Midnight  by Sarah J. Maas (17-2-2021)
8. What I Like About Me  by Jenna Guillame - This episode will include an interview with the author. (3-3-2021)
9. Gap Year in Ghost Town  by Michael Pryor (17-3-2021)
10. Illuminae  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (31-3-2021)
11. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder  by Holly Jackson (14-4-2021)
12. Heir of Fire  by Sarah J. Maas (28-4-2021)

Welcome to Chat YA Up!
Commencing  4:00pm Wednesday 25 November.

Join us with Chat YA Up! Shellharbour City Libraries YA podcast, where we read young adult books and then review them for you. A new bookish podcast brought to you by our hosts Gabi and Luke as they converse with guest speakers across a variety of different genres within YA.

1. Throne of Glass  by Sarah J. Maas (25-11-2020)
2. Lenny's Book of Everything  by Karen Foxlee (9-12-2020)
3. After the Lights Go Out  by Lili Wilkinson (23-12-2020)
4. Sabriel  by Garth Nix (6-1-2021)
5. Small Spaces  by Sarah Epstein (20-1-2021)
6. Aurora Rising  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (3-2-2021)
7. Crown of Midnight  by Sarah J. Maas (17-2-2021)
8. What I Like About Me  by Jenna Guillame - This episode will include an interview with the author. (3-3-2021)
9. Gap Year in Ghost Town  by Michael Pryor (17-3-2021)
10. Illuminae  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (31-3-2021)
11. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder  by Holly Jackson (14-4-2021)
12. Heir of Fire  by Sarah J. Maas (28-4-2021)

Remember to follow us on Instagram, Facebook and be sure to check us out at our programs website  Library at Home!