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Story mapping. Comic Creator Tools. Books, stories connecting us. Book Review. I'll Give You the Sun. 4. Eleanor and Park. YA Authors, Publishers, Bloggers. Reading. Stories. YA Literature. Literacy (Reading & Writing) Close Reading Tools/Resources. William Shakespeare and Renaissance language. A graphic novel review website. YA novels lists. Fiction: Short Stories. Short stories. Book Talk: Divergent by Veronica Roth. Since I began teaching I have dreamed of sharing one of my favorite novels with my students and experiencing that excitement and anticipation that is associated with diving into a new world of characters and places.

Book Talk: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Unfortunately, I was never able to make that happen because of a lack of time, not having the resources, and plenty of other excuses that I made. All that changed, however, when I stumbled across this amazing organization, First Book. First Book is an organization dedicated to providing books to children in need. If you teach in a Title I or low income school, you can sign up on their website to apply for book grants or shop in their marketplace for heavily discounted books for your students. I have been extremely lucky to have be awarded three separate book grants from First Book. If that was not enough, I was beyond excited to learn that my favorite novel Divergent by Veronica Roth was for sale in the First Book Marketplace. My students were hooked from day one! Audio. What to Read Next?! In the classroom. Pinterest Boards. YA Twitter Feeds. Fiction / YA. YA Lit. Trending Books. YALSA's Alex Awards. About the Alex Awards The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.

YALSA's Alex Awards

The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002. The award is sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust. Award Policies and Procedures Suggest a Title Committee Information Current Winners Official Nominations Best of the Best Teen Book Finder App 2014 Winners “Brewster” by Mark Slouka, published by W.W. “The 2014 Alex Awards has a book for every teen reader. Read the full list of 2014 nominations. 2014 Committee Chair Danielle Dreger-Babbitt, Sno-Isle Library Mill Creek (Wash.) Previous Winners. YALSA's Teens' Top Ten. About the Teens' Top Ten I TTT Nominees I Previous Winners I Promoting the TTT I About YA Galley YALSA has launched the Teen Book Finder Database, which is a one-stop shop for finding selected lists and award winners.

YALSA's Teens' Top Ten

Users can search this free resource by award, list name, year, author, genre and more, as well as print customizable lists. This new resource will replace the individual award and list web pages currently on YALSA’s site that are not searchable and that are organized only by year. Ghost Stories, Scary Stories, Spooky Tales, Supernatural Stories & Events from American Folklore. Best Young Adult Novels, Best Teen Fiction, Top 100 Teen Novels. It's almost a cliche at this point to say that teen fiction isn't just for teens anymore.

Best Young Adult Novels, Best Teen Fiction, Top 100 Teen Novels

Just last year, the Association of American Publishers ranked Children's/Young Adult books as the single fastest-growing publishing category. Which is why we were only a little surprised to see the tremendous response that came in for this summer's Best-Ever Teen Fiction poll. A whopping 75,220 of you voted for your favorite young adult novels, blasting past the total for last year's science fiction and fantasy poll at, dare we say it, warp speed.

And now, the final results are in. While it's no surprise to see Harry Potter and the Hunger Games trilogy on top, this year's list also highlights some writers we weren't as familiar with. Selecting a manageable voting roster from among the more than 1,200 nominations that came in from readers wasn't easy, and we were happy to be able to rely on such an experienced panel of judges.