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Greetings
Remember when the back-to-school list didn't include hand sanitizer? We need to make sure our teens and tweens have the right resources at their fingertips, whether it's information about disease outbreaks around the world or figuring out how to balance a paperless bank account (hello, college freshmen!). And it's never too soon to start talking about higher ed opportunities with your teens—see the story below on how an Ohio community college and a public library have built a partnership that promises to benefit both.—Dodie Ownes, editor
P.S. Take a moment right now to register for The Digital Shift, happening October 1. This free virtual event will look at trends in education, emerging technology, and tools and programs that support learning. Speakers will provide actionable answers to some of the biggest questions our profession faces. Visit The Digital Shift for complete program and speaker information. |
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| In the News |
National Library Lock-in Event Features Authors, Games, and Minecraft
By Claudia Haines and Jack Makled
The National Teen Library Lock-in grew out of an event coordinated by Jennifer Lawson from San Diego County Library in 2011 and has become a popular celebration that connects teens and librarians across the country. Youth services librarian Claudia Haines shares how the addition of Minecraft set this year's celebration apart.
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| YA Underground: Books for Teens You Might Have Missed |
Self-Publishing, Ghostwriting for Gangsters, and Cover Reaction
By Amy Cheney
Amy Cheney, YA Underground columnist, dreams of ghostwriters for gangsters, hopes for more diverse reads for her kids in the margins, and bemoans a recent cover redesign that "could be the death knell for reluctant readers."
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| Book and Media Reviews from Young Adults |
Teens Review Debut Zac & Mia, Off Pointe, and Throne of Glass 3
By Young Adult Advisory Councils, Johnson County (KS) Library
Zac & Mia will be of interest to fans of TFIOS, ballet lovers will want to grab Off Pointe, while fantasy gurus looking for a series to dig into ought to check out Sarah Maas's "Throne of Glass" books.
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| What's Hot in YA |
Novels in Verse, Literary Street Lit, and High-Interest Nonfiction
By Shelley Diaz
Kekla Magoon’s How It Went Down, about a black teen who is shot by a white man, is especially timely with recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, and just the right title for young adults grappling with streaming headlines. And a new book from the queen of verse novels, Ellen Hopkins, will entice fans of the format. The following fiction and nonfiction titles for teens will be perfect for late-summer reading and back-to-school shelf-browsing.
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| Curriculum Connections |
Constructing a Life | A Conversation with Isabel Quintero
By Daryl Grabarek
SLJ caught up with Isabela Quintero, the author of YA novel Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. "Adults forget what it is like to be a teen—that on their way to becoming adults, they are often faced with situations they don’t know how to react or respond to. I often hear adults say, 'In my day young women/men didn’t behave this way or that way.' I have to laugh because, yes they did!"
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| MIND THE GAPS: 2014 Horn Book at Simmons Colloquium |
On October 10–11, 2014, join an esteemed group of award-winning authors, illustrators, librarians, and other children’s book experts and aficionados in Boston, MA, for the 2014 Horn Book at Simmons Colloquium, MIND THE GAPS, a memorable two-day event celebrating the best in children’s and young adult literature. The program will take a hard look at the current state of publishing and what’s missing in children’s literature, and will feature recent Boston-Globe Horn Book award recipients including Steve Sheinkin, Patricia Hruby Powell, Christian Robinson, and Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.
MORE INFORMATION | REGISTER TODAY |
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| From the Blogs |
Kevin Keller Becomes a Superhero | Good Comics for Kids
By Brigid Alverson
Kevin Keller, the first openly gay character in the Archie Comics universe, takes on a new role in issue #14 of his eponymous comic when he stops a crime… and becomes a superhero. As we noted when the news broke earlier this year, Kevin doesn’t have superpowers; like Batman, he’s an ordinary guy.
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Two Books About Black Youth in America | Adult Books 4 Teens
By Mark Flowers
Reading the titles of the books under review—a book about football, and a book about juvenile prisons—a lot of people would not immediately think that they are related or that either has much to do with race in America. The following books featured on the Adult Books 4 Teens blog offer a timely look on race in America, one about football and another about juvenile prisons.
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