Teenage Bookbag

Welcome to Teenage Bookbag, where your hosts Leah and Mary-Kate revisit the books they loved in middle school. For this episode, we're talking about The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman. For this episode, Mary-Kate reads one of Leah's middle school favorites for the first time. Join us as we discuss the joys and challenges of reading high fantasy, non-didactic children's literature, and armored bears.

Intro and outro music: "Teenage Dirtbag," written by Brendan Brown, performed on the recorder by Ashley Newton. Audio mixed and mastered by Kyra Scrimgeour.

Welcome to Teenage Bookbag, where your hosts Leah and Mary-Kate revisit the books they loved in middle school. For this episode, we're talking about The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares. Join us as we discuss summer vacations, the rituals of long-distance friendship, and whether or not this book is sex positive.

Intro and outro music: "Teenage Dirtbag," written by Brendan Brown, performed on the recorder by Ashley Newton

Welcome to Teenage Bookbag, where your hosts Leah and Mary-Kate revisit the books they loved in middle school. For this episode, we're talking about The Penderwicks, by Jeanne Birdsall. Join us as we discuss summer vacations, growing up with sisters, and the value of "timeless" children's literature.

Intro and outro music: "Teenage Dirtbag," written by Brendan Brown, performed on the recorder by Ashley Newton

Welcome to Teenage Bookbag, where your hosts Leah and Mary-Kate revisit the books they loved in middle school. For this episode, we're talking about Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld. Join us as we discuss this early entry into the YA dystopian fiction boom of the late 2000s and early 2010s.

Intro and outro music: "Teenage Dirtbag," written by Brendan Brown, performed on the recorder by Ashley Newton

Welcome to Teenage Bookbag, where your hosts Leah and Mary-Kate revisit the books they loved in middle school. For this episode, we're talking about Pirates!, by Celia Rees. Set sail with us back to the early 2000s and rediscover this jewel of YA historical fiction.

Timestamps for the specific content warning mentioned in the episode (Leah's first excerpt reading and discussion): 26:50 to 44:40

Intro music: "Not Lazy," by Mr. Smith, accessed via the Free Music Archive and used under Creative Commons license CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Welcome to Teenage Bookbag, where your hosts Leah and Mary-Kate revisit the books they loved in middle school. For our very first episode, we're talking about Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging, by Louise Rennison. Be prepared for us to name drop our old crushes, share stories of our own embarassing adolescent exploits, and revel in some very British humor.

Intro music: "Not Lazy," by Mr. Smith, accessed via the Free Music Archive and used under Creative Commons license CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)