Welcome to Book Bites! Hosted by teen services librarian Josh Sanchez, each episode will feature a guest who will talk about one of their favorite YA or teen books. We'll make recommendations for similar books, as well as movies, music--even food. New episodes are released on the first Tuesday of every month!

We're talking to Brian for this month's episode and discussing one of his favorites: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It's your classic coming of age story written in an interesting format by a young man with a troubled past but looks optimistically to the future while he experiences many of his "firsts". We talk about the strong current of popular culture that flows through the story, the value of mixtapes, and the universality of the "teen experience."


Items Referenced:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Dead Poets Society