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Take 5: YA Horror 2014
Afterworlds, Amity, Collection Development, Daniel Kraus, Edgar Allan Poe, Horror, Poe, Reader's Advisory, Scott Westerfeld, Take 5
|It’s October, which means everything is pumpkin flavored or scented and you can’t change the channel without running across a horror movie. While I’m not big on horror movies – I haven’t been able to watch them ever since I saw The Ring because if the scary isn’t going to stay inside the TV box […]
October is a HUGE month for new YA! There are lots of great reads coming your way. Today I’m sharing with you 5 that are on my TBR list. As a bonus, I’m adding a September release that I just started reading. I got a little bit behind. Survival Colony 9 by Joshua David Bellin […]
Something Old, Something New: Loosely Connected Short Story Collections
Adi Alsaid, Collection Development, Let's Get Lost, Paul Fleischman, Road Trips, Whirligig
|Short story collections, I have always found, are a hard sell. Unless your name is Stephen King, those seem to circulate well. In theory, it seems like short stories are a good idea of reluctant readers, and a great way to try and find a new author. But nope, a hard sell. But occasionally, there […]
Take 5: Teens as Sci Fi Soldiers(ish) – When YA Lit meets The Bourne Identity or Red Dawn (or even 12 Monkeys)
Amy Tintera, Blackout, Collection Development, I Become Shadow, Joe Shine, Kristen Lippert-Martin, Reader's Advisory, Reboot, Robison Wells, Soldiers, Sophie Jordan, Tabula Rasa, Uninvited
|When we read The Hunger Games, we like to think to ourselves that we know that would never happen – who sends kids out to kill? But the truth is, there are countries all over the world where children are in fact forced to become soldiers and fight for causes they know little about and […]
This is what happened when I asked Twitter to recommend MG & YA lit titles for those asking about Ferguson
Collection Development, Ferguson, MG Lit, Reader's Advisory, YA Lit
|Inspired in part by Robin’s post yesterday on talking with her middle grade students about Ferguson and the book Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth, I wondered what kind of list we could put together quickly to recommend to students who were wondering about the events happening in Ferguson. So I went to Twitter and […]
The other day I got a box of books in the mail from Scholastic (Thanks Scholastic!) and I had set them on the table which has become my office. Later that evening, I heard a shriek of delight from the Tween: “You didn’t tell me you got the new Jedi Academy” she screamed with joy. […]
A Little Summer Lovin’
Beach Reads, Collection Development, Deb Caletti, Jennifer Echols, Jenny Han, Lindsey Leavitt, Lisa Schroeder, Love Stories, Reader's Advisory, Romance, Sarah Ockler, Summer
|Ah, Summer. There is something about summer that makes me want to read some summer flings. While during the rest of the year I am drawn towards dark and edgy, there is something about the summer sun shining brightly that makes me want to pick up those books with light, airy covers that suggest […]
I am always scouring looking for Graphic Novels. They are super popular at my library and since I don’t really read them, I’m not always sure what to buy. Thankfully, Amanda Foust and Jack Baur wrote a piece on Graphic Novels for the April issue of 2014. Here they highlight their favorite titles published between […]
Take 5: 5 New Titles Coming from Simon & Schuster
Collection Development, Contemporary Fiction, Ellen Hopkins, Historical fiction, Reader's Advisory, Teen Pregnancy
|Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine Publisher’s Description: “There are whispers of a ghost in the slaughterhouse where sixteen-year-old Wen assists her father in his medical clinic—a ghost who grants wishes to those who need them most. When one of the Noor, men hired as cheap factory labor, humiliates Wen, she makes an impulsive […]
On Sunday night I took part in a Twitter chat under the hashtag #TitleTalk about sports fiction. The truth is, I’m not a big sports fan. In fact, when people talk about some people not liking to read for recreation I use sports as my go-to example: I’m never going to like sports for fun […]
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