Tasha Squires is the School Librarian at O’Neill Middle School in Downers Grove, IL, where she works to engage both students and teachers in a love of reading and learning. Prior to O’Neill, she started her career as a Young Adult Librarian in a large public library district serving a diverse Southwestern suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Winner of the 2015 Follett Challenge, she is also the author of Library Partnerships: Making Connections Between School and Public Libraries published by Information Today, INC. She is the creator and main contributor of the blog www.booksinthemiddle.wordpress.com as well as a booktalking podcast of the same name at https://booksinthemiddlepodcast.buzzsprout.com/229361  She welcomes comments and conversations and can be reached at tasquires66@gmail.com.