Books & More, Teens @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick When Laureth Peak’s father goes missing and her mother doesn’t care, Laureth takes matters into her own hands. She’s supposed to be babysitting her 7-year old brother Benjamin for the weekend, but instead Laureth uses her mom’s credit card number (which she has memorized) to buy two plane tickets to New York, where one of her father’s notebooks was found. YA Interrobang After weeks of speculation, Warner Bros. announced that Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne would star as Newt Scamander in the film adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. The movie’s title is a reference to the book Scamander pens within the canon of Harry Potter. A real life version of the book, penned by Rowling, was released as a companion novel to the series in 2001.
What to read next Hi! I've been looking for YA books with a lesbian or bisexual girl as a main character and I haven't been able to find anything to fit my tastes. Can you please give me a list of books like this that you've found? Tor/Forge Blog New York City, December 14, 2011 – World Book Night U.S. has announced the selection of its honorary national chairperson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Anna Quindlen, and revealed the WBN 2012 U.S. book picks. In addition, World Book Night U.S. has opened the registration process for those wishing to become volunteer book givers. World Book Night is an ambitious campaign to give away a million free books across America all on one day — April 23, 2012 — by enlisting 50,000 volunteer book lovers to help promote reading by going into their communities and distributing free copies of a book they especially enjoy. World Book Night was successfully launched in the UK earlier this year, and now the U.S. is joining the effort, which is supported by American publishers, bookstores and libraries nationwide. Anna Quindlen has enthusiastically agreed to be the campaign’s Honorary National Chairperson. Quindlen said: “What’s better than a good book?
Official site of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks Campaign Have you heard about #DVPIT? #DVPIT is a twitter pitching event hosted and moderated by Beth Phelan. #DVpit is for marginalized writers (and illustrators) to pitch their work to agents and editors using the hashtag #DVpit. The Librarian's Corner - The Official YABC Blog This month's Librarian's Corner features popular summer 2015 releases to keep on your radar! These are highly anticipated books that everyone is talking about and that you'll want to get your hands on as soon as possible! As a librarian I can't wait to get copies of these books in and get them into the hands of my teen and adult YA readers.
» Children's Book Reviews by StorySnoops - Our Blog Let’s start with the Honor books, shall we? Doll Bones by Holly Black Zach, Poppy and Alice have been friends forever. They love playing with their action figure toys, imagining a magical world of adventure and heroism. But disaster strikes when, without warning, Zach’s father throws out all his toys, declaring he’s too old for them. Zach is furious, confused and embarrassed, deciding that the only way to cope is to stop playing . . . and stop being friends with Poppy and Alice. Your Connection to Teen Reads Today’s Quick Picks nominees are filled with thrills and chills. Breaking by Danielle RollinsBloomsbury USA Children’sPublication Date: June 6, 2017ISBN: 9781619637405 Charlotte has never been a top student at her prestigious, expensive, academically rigorous boarding school. Her best friends Ariel and Devon, however, are true Weston Prep material – freakishly smart and incredibly talented at a multitude of things. Understandably, Charlotte is reeling after they both commit suicide within weeks of each other – they were pretty much her only real family. Then she discovers a clue… and realizes that Ariel has left her a trail of breadcrumbs right to the answer to all her questions.
Jefferson Cup Award Click here to see our past winners and honor books The Jefferson Cup honors a distinguished biography, historical fiction or American history book for young people. Presented since 1983, the Jefferson Cup Committee’s goal is to promote reading about America’s past; to encourage the quality writing of United States history, biography and historical fiction for young people and to recognize authors in these disciplines. The Jefferson Cup Committee selects the winning title. The committee has nine members: a chairperson (selected by the previous year’s committee), one person from each VLA region (total of six persons) selected by the current chair, the past chair of the previous year’s Jefferson Cup Committee and the outgoing chairperson of Youth Services Forum.
Virginia State Reading Association Sponsored by THE VIRGINIA STATE READING ASSOCIATION in association with THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, THE VIRGINIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, & THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA YOUTH SERVICES. Purpose To encourage young readers to become better acquainted with contemporary books with outstanding literary appeal, to broaden students’ awareness of literature as a life-long pleasure, to encourage reading aloud in classrooms as a means of introducing reading for pleasure, and to honor favorite books and their authors. History Awards were given at one level for several years beginning with the 1981-82 school year.The first year for multiple level awards was 1986-87 with awards for one Elementary book, one Middle School book, and one High School book.Suggested titles are screened and those meeting eligibility requirements are considered along with committee nominations during the selection process.Reading lists for the coming school year are announced each spring. Back to the top
YALSA's Book Awards & Booklists *YALSA has launched the new Teen Book Finder Database, which is a one-stop shop for finding selected lists and award winners. 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. Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists! Gay YA