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The Used Book Emporium is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Longmont’s Used Book Emporium is a great shop for avid readers

Arizona Lee, Editor-in-Chief March 4, 2022

The Used Book Emporium was established in Longmont in 1996 and moved to their current spot on Main St in 1997. The shop still offers incredible service to Longmont residents and residents of surrounding...

“There are always going to be struggles over the proper limits to free speech.” — Chris Finan

Banning appropriate books is a backwards move (Opinion)

Melia Sloss, Copy and Design Editor February 22, 2022

For a long time, some have been pushing to ban books that include mentions of race, sexuality, gender, and other “sensitive” topics. They say it’s to shield children from pornography and obscene...

Girl in Pieces is a great book about a girl managing a fought time in her life. I recommend reading when you want an eye opening kick into reality.

Girl in Pieces is a gritty story of self discovery and healing

Stacy Avitia, Managing Editor January 31, 2022

This review contains minor spoilers from Girl in Pieces. It also contains mentions of self harm. Reader discretion is advised.  Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow is a dark, painfully real story about...

If you can't get a physical book, ebooks are always available through the school district.

For quarantined students or those learning virtually, checking out a book from Mead High School’s student library is simple

Paris Stark, Writer April 12, 2021

If students have chosen to be virtual four days a week or are currently quarantined in their homes and attending classes through Webex, physical library books may seem difficult to check out and pick up. But...

It's perfectly okay to fall in love with fictional characters.

So what if I’m obsessed with fictional characters? (Opinion)

Joya Haskin, Managing Editor January 25, 2021

You can call me crazy. It wouldn’t be the first time. It probably won’t be the last. But I promise that I am not crazy. So what if I develop small — more minuscule, really — attachments to fictional...

“Home is just a soft place to land in between adventures… It’s a harbor, not an anchor. Be brave, see the world, every forest and mountain, and know you always have a safe place to rest and come back to.” —Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

This novel made me rethink the structure and meaning of family

Arizona Lee, Editor-in-Chief December 23, 2020

This article includes small spoilers from What I Carry by Jennifer Longo. Reader discretion is advised. As much as I despise quarantine and being disconnected from those I care for, I have the pandemic...

“I know life well enough to know you can’t count on things staying around or standing still, no matter how much you want them to. You can’t stop people from dying. You can’t stop them from going away. You can’t stop yourself from going away either. I know myself well enough to know that no one else can keep you awake or keep you from sleeping.” —Jennifer Niven, All The Bright Places

This book and movie duo was the “bright place” of my summer

Arizona Lee, Editor-in-Chief September 4, 2020

This article does include spoilers of the All the Bright Places book and movie. It also mentions triggering topics such as suicide, suicidal thoughts, death, depression, and identity and bipolar disorders....

“An educated population that has empathy and understanding of what others are going through is a better population.” (Bree Ervin)

Are banned books taking away student rights?

Arizona Lee, Editor-in-Chief October 10, 2019

Would you believe me if I told you that the Harry Potter books were recently removed from a school in Nashville, Tennessee due to “satanic” undertones and the “teaching of witchcraft”? When...

The #MeToo movement reveals years of sexual misconduct in children’s and YA literature

The #MeToo movement reveals years of sexual misconduct in children’s and YA literature

Adah McMillan, Copy and Design Editor January 17, 2019

James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner and The Eye of Minds: dropped by publisher. Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why: dropped by agent. Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of...

John Green returns to the YA scene after 5 years.

John Green’s “Turtles All the Way Down” takes two thumbs up

Blake LaVanchy, Content Editor February 6, 2018

“Spirals grow infinitely small the farther you follow them inward, but they also grow infinitely large the farther you follow them out.” Revelations on mental health proliferate the young adult...

The cover of the most recent edition of Nerve

Nerve: “A game of Truth or Dare without the Truth”

Makinsey Hamblin, Guest Writer October 26, 2017

We all saw the trailers for the movie NERVE, and some of us might have even seen it in theaters, but not all of us know it is based on a book. September’s book club book was Nerve by Jeanne Ryan, and...

Sophomores Aiden Owen and Brandi Tracy pose wearing their Harry Potter merchandise.

Harry Potter and the students of Mead

Shelby Lewis, Copy and Design Editor October 25, 2017
Harry Potter has taken the world by storm and found his way into our school community. How exactly has he impacted their lives?
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