Friday Finds – September 20, 2013

This Week at TLT

Book Reviews

• The Year of Shadows by Claire LeGrand
• Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff

Meet author Mindy McGinnis and enter our giveaway!

Remember what it was like to be 14? It should help you understand why books like Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park are so important to today’s teens.

Libraries are joining the fight to battle hunger in our communities.

We have a guest post by Lyn Miller-Lachmann, author of Rogue, about teens on the autism spectrum and their online lives.

And a guest post by Kearsten recommending books that bite back – When You’re Tired of Emo Vamps.(Which mentions one of my very most favorite takes on vampires – by Scott Westerfeld!)

Heather gives us 6 practical and wise tips for talking to the local press.

Previously at TLT

Karen stalked authors (like this week’s Mindy McGinnis) at ALA. 

We’ve discussed Eleanor and Park before.

Kearsten is always full of good ideas.

Around the Web

The National Book Award longlist for young adult literature was announced – have you read any of these? Let us know!

Oh, North Carolina, no. (It’s getting embarrassing to live here.)

The Onion posted an article that I’m considering printing out to save for my nephew when he reaches his late teens…

Rainbow Rowell is more than just a great writer – read her take on censorship and her novel Eleanor and Park.

Here is author Gennifer Albin being smart on Marketplace.

And Malinda Lo being smart about diversity in YA fiction (as always.)

5th Wave has a sequel! 

Take the Fault in Our Stars trivia quiz.

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