The #YAAtoZ Index: The 2018 Project at Teen Librarian Toolbox
There are 52 weeks in a year, that means every 2 weeks we will cover a new letter. For example, the first 2 weeks of January we will cover the letter A. The next 2 weeks we will cover the letter B. What will that look like? It can look however we want it to look. Let’s take the letter B for example. There’s author Sarah Rees Brennan, the book Bone Gap, or topics like bisexuality, book boyfriends, best friends (or best anything really), bugs (either literal bugs or the things that bug you about YA), etc. If it starts somehow in someway with the letter B, you can write about it.
- January – Letters A & B
- February – Letters C & D
- March – Letters E & F
- April – Letters G, H & I
- May – Letters J & K
- June – Letters L & M
- July – Letters N & O
- August – Letters P & Q
- September – Letters R & S
- October – Letters T & U
- November – Letters V & W
- December – Letters X, Y & Z
So we’re talking book titles, book authors and book topics. You can make a book list or you can have an in depth discussion. You can be funny or you can be serious. You can be creative. In fact, if you have ever thought I have always wanted to talk about x, y or z but couldn’t figure out a forum for that, THIS is your forum for that.
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I think I have successfully created a Google Form that you can fill out to let us know what you would like to talk about here. You can fill it out at any time starting now and throughout all of 2018.
Look for new posts throughout the year!
Authors
YA A to Z: Laurie Halse Anderson
YA A to Z: Jenny Torres Sanchez
YA A to Z – Jacqueline Woodson
YA A to Z: Francisco X. Stork (a guest post by Linda Jerome)
#YAAtoZ: More letter D author recommendations from Twitter
#YAAtoZ: More Letter C Author Love from Twitter
#YAAtoZ: More Letter B Authors from Twitter
#YAAtoZ: More letter A recommendations from Twitter
YA A to Z: An Alphabet Soup of Awesome YA Authors
A #YAAtoZ of Reader’s Advisory Booklists
Adoption Books – Being Discussed, Being Seen, a guest post by Eric Smith
Alcoholism, In Real Life and in Real Fiction, by by L.B. Schulman
Alice in Wonderland retellings
Aliens: They’re Here: Science Fiction with actual aliens
Alzheimer’s As a Means to an End, a guest post by L. B. Schulman
Telling a Different Amputee Story, a guest post by Mindy Rhiger
Apocalypse Survival Tips from YA Lit
Let’s Talk About . . . Aromantic and Asexual, a guest post by Bridgette Johnson
Art: Portrait of an Artist, YA characters and art
Take 5: YA Lit on Asexuality Resources
Asian American Voices in Young Adult Literature, a #YAAtoZ guest post by Kristyn Dorfman
Assassins: Teenage Assassins in YA Lit
Best Frenemies to Lovers in YA, a guest post by author Molly E. Lee
Beyond the Grave: dead narrators
Bio engineering (Frankenstein 2012: YA lit with bio engineering)
Boarding Schools, a guest post by Tawny Stokes
B is for Brothers *and* Sisters; a Take 5 List
If You Like Buffy then try these list 1 and list 2
Top 10 CHARMING Characters in YA, a guest post by author Amber Hart
Classic Hollywood in YA Literature, a guest post by Lisa Clark
Comics: Non comic books about comic book culture ; Comics 101 with Ally Watkins
Consent in YA, a guest post by author Sara Baysinger
Contemporary with Edge (If you like Winger by Andrew Smith)
Dads: #bestYAdad: The best dads in YA lit
Death and Dying: Sometimes it is among the dying that we remember to truly live
Designer Drugs, a guest post by author Anna Hecker
Diversity: Middle Grade reads new in 2014 ; Graphic Novels 2015
If You Like Doctor Who then try these and these
Dragons Part 2: All You Need are Dragons, a guest post by Cindy Shutts
Drugs: Guilt, Shame and Blame – Heroin Overdose Deaths in Teen Fiction, a guest post by Kerry Sutherland
Egypt: Read About Your “Mummy” (and Egypt)
Environment: Earth Day Dystopias
“Fake News” and Disinformation, a guest post by Diana Rodriguez Wallach
Fairy Tales (twisted, of course) and Cinderella Retellings
Faith and Spirituality: Top 10 and Mysteries with a Message
Feminist Books ; “Nevertheless, She Persisted” A Take 5 List, plus 1
Food: Sweet Reads and Mouth Watering Reads
Freshmen 5: Great reads for HS Freshmen
Friendships, some of the best in YA Lit
GLBTQ: For Annie and Liza and Take 5: Top NEW GLBTQ Titles
Government: Fight the (Abuse of) Power – government in YA lit
Graveyards: Someone Just Walked Over My Grave: YA lit with graveyards
Hearts: Listen to these candy hearts
High School Survival Pack: Nonfiction to help teens through high school
Historical Fiction: The 80s as Historical Fiction; Going Back in Time Middle School Style and Historical Fiction for Dystopian Fans
Horror: The Stories that Haunt our Childhood: Local legends and superstitions in YA lit, Horrifying Reads for October (recommended by teens)
Israeli Female Soldiers: World War Z and Israeli Females in Teen Reads
Memorial Day Reads: Honoring those that serve in YA lit
Mysteries: MG Lit for Sherlock Fans
Nonfiction: Zest Books
Poe, inspired by
Politics: A look at the (abuse of) government in YA fiction
Poverty: Rich Teen, Poor Teen: Depictions of youth living in poverty in YA Lit
Reapers (and Necromancers) in YA Lit
Science: STEM Girls, books with female main characters rocking science and math
Science Fiction (see also Weird Science below)
Seniors: Out with the Old – Great reads for HS Seniors
Serial Killers: I Eat Cereal, but I am NOT a Serial Killer – serial killers in YA lit
Sexual Violence: Because No ALWAYS Means No: YA titles dealing with issues of consent and sexual violence. See also, this list of titles dealing with sexual violence.
Sexual Violence in the Life of Boys
Space, the final frontier (Science fiction that actually takes place in space)
Supernatural and Psychological Creepers
Tech: Teen Tech Week: More than just a game and More Teen Tech Week
Unconventional Stories: Books told in nontraditional formats
Under the Sea: Mermaids
Witness Protection: What’s My Name Again? Stories about teens in the witness protection program
Writing: Lists, Letters and More, YA with characters who write
If you like the X-Men then try these: You Could Have Been an X-Men
Filed under: #YAAtoZ
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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