Vivarium, directed by Lorcan Finnegan, is a horror movie about a couple, Gemma and Tom, who want to move and buy a new house. The two go to a store to buy a home and are greeted by an odd man, who takes them to where they will be living. When the man leaves them…
YOUth Review: To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a classic novel that takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. The story is told through the eyes of a young girl named Scout Finch, who lives with her brother Jem and their father, Atticus Finch. As Scout grows up, she begins…
YOUth Review: Looking for Alaska by John Green
John Green’s debut novel, Looking for Alaska, follows the story of 16-year-old Miles Halter as he transfers to Culver Creek Preparatory School, a boarding school located in Birmingham, Alabama, for his junior year. Seeking a ‘great perhaps’, Miles ditches his cozy, secure life in Florida in search of excitement and a deeper, more fulfilling existence…
YOUth Review: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye, written by J. D. Salinger, is a coming-of-age novel that explores loneliness, identity, and growing up. The story follows Holden Caulfield, a teenager who has recently been expelled from his boarding school and decides to spend a few days wandering around New York City before returning home. Throughout the novel…
Shackleton’s New Digs | TBPL Research Blog
In June 1910, one of the most famous men on Earth visited a hillside subdivision overlooking Lake Superior and made what appears to have been his only Canadian real estate purchase. How Sir Ernest Shackleton came to own two lots in a Thunder Bay subdivision is a small, strange footnote to a legendary life. It…
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