This week our panel of students, Dhruv, Nicolas, and Ella, argue about what&apos;s hot, and what&apos;s not, in the world of middle school literature. Which books are no longer popular that once were? Which books are super popular now, but we think they&apos;ll be out in 10 years? Which books do we think will stand the test of time?

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week our panel of students, Dhruv, Nicolas, and Ella, argue about what&amp;apos;s hot, and what&amp;apos;s not, in the world of middle school literature. Which books are no longer popular that once were? Which books are super popular now, but we think they&amp;apos;ll be out in 10 years? Which books do we think will stand the test of time?&lt;/p&gt;</description>

S2 - Episode 2: Hot or Not? Middle School Lit Edition

Ever read a book that just annoyed you for some reason, but you couldn&apos;t quite put your finger on it? Well it might have been the way that author&apos;s often write their characters, and especially their secondary characters, as stereotypes -- not fully fleshed out people, more like one dimensional representations of a certain type, whether it&apos;s the dumb blonde, the nerdy asian kid, or the tragic but beautiful heroine. In this episode, our new podcast team, including Summer, Ella, Angelina, and Mrs. Collins, dive into some of the stereotypes that really bug us, as well as some of the books that do a great job of turning those stereotypes on their heads.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Ever read a book that just annoyed you for some reason, but you couldn&amp;apos;t quite put your finger on it? Well it might have been the way that author&amp;apos;s often write their characters, and especially their secondary characters, as stereotypes -- not fully fleshed out people, more like one dimensional representations of a certain type, whether it&amp;apos;s the dumb blonde, the nerdy asian kid, or the tragic but beautiful heroine. In this episode, our new podcast team, including Summer, Ella, Angelina, and Mrs. Collins, dive into some of the stereotypes that really bug us, as well as some of the books that do a great job of turning those stereotypes on their heads. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

S2 - Episode 1: Stereotypes in books that drive us nuts!

In this, our second to last episode of the season, tune in to get some great book recommendations that you almost definitely haven&apos;t heard of from our student panel of Tove, Abi, and Sean, and of course Mrs. Collins, your friendly school librarian.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this, our second to last episode of the season, tune in to get some great book recommendations that you almost definitely haven&amp;apos;t heard of from our student panel of Tove, Abi, and Sean, and of course Mrs. Collins, your friendly school librarian. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 9: Books you haven't heard of (but should TOTALLY read!)

In this episode our student panel of Asha, Abi, Angelina, and Sean chat with Mrs. Collins about reading in quarantine in general, what we are reading, and more!

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode our student panel of Asha, Abi, Angelina, and Sean chat with Mrs. Collins about reading in quarantine in general, what we are reading, and more!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 8: Books and reading while in quaratine

On today&apos;s episode our student panel of Abi, Angelina, Sean, Tove, and Elise are joined by Stacey Lee, author of such fabulous young adult fiction titles as Under a Painted Sky, Outrun the Moon, The Downstairs Girl, and The Secret of a Heart Note to discuss one of the most common sources of contention between middle school students and their parents and teachers -- controversial or difficult issues in middle school books. Specifically, should middle school students be allowed to, or even encouraged to, read books that include violence, profanity, sex, drugs and alcohol, or other difficult topics? What value, if any, is there in reading books that include these topics?

<description>&lt;p&gt;On today&amp;apos;s episode our student panel of Abi, Angelina, Sean, Tove, and Elise are joined by Stacey Lee, author of such fabulous young adult fiction titles as &lt;em&gt;Under a Painted Sky&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Outrun the Moon&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;The Downstairs Girl&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;The Secret of a Heart Note &lt;/em&gt;to discuss one of the most common sources of contention between middle school students and their parents and teachers -- controversial or difficult issues in middle school books. Specifically, should middle school students be allowed to, or even encouraged to, read books that include violence, profanity, sex, drugs and alcohol, or other difficult topics? What value, if any, is there in reading books that include these topics?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 7: Should middle school students be allowed to read controversial or difficult issues? (with Stacey Lee!)

The Library Club students of Greene Middle School and Mrs. Collins, the Librarian, argue about books -- which authors are the best, whether Harry Potter is still worth reading, the book vs. the movie, etc. 

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