Take 5: Lights, Camera, Action: YA Fiction about Filmmaking
Today we are all about teen filmmakers, so here is a list of 5 ya titles that feature teens who are stepping behind the camera (and sometimes in front of it) and trying to be their own Andrew Jenks. Check out these 5 titles about Reel Teens.
Read our earlier review here.
― Jesse Andrews, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Read our earlier review here.
― Brent Crawford, Carter’s Big Break
― Adriana Trigiani, Viola in Reel Life
Filed under: Booklists, Collection Development, Movies, Take 5, Teen Filmmakers
About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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molly @ wrapped up in books says
What a fun booklist!
Betsy Powell says
Geek Charming is a cute book about a kid making a documentary about the most popular girl in school. It was made into a Disney Channel movie (which of course is not as good as the book!)
Anonymous says
“Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle” by Gordon Korman (sequel) and “Kate Walden Directs: Night of the Zombie Chickens” by Julie Mata.