We recently started a teen book group here at the library. Guess who's in charge? You guessed it -- me! So when it comes time for the monthly meeting, I'm anxious to get some more info on our current selection. This month's pick is Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (not to be confused with the other gray book). So, in preparation for the meeting, I went ahead and searched ProQuest for any articles/reviews I could find on the book. I found plenty of great reviews and other information about the book. (By the way, I highly recommend this AMAZING story of a young Lithuanian girl's deportation in 1941 during Stalin's reign of terror.)

Now that I know what my audience is in the book group, I'll be able to utilize ProQuest more extensively. I looked at numerous book reviews in other publications -- such as Horn Book and School Library Journal -- to get some ideas of what to pick in upcoming months.

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