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2013 Youth Media Award Winners Announced!
This morning, the winners and honor books for ALA’s Youth Media Awards were announced to an enthusiastic crowd in Seattle during ALA’s Midwinter Meeting. Here are the YA titles that were recognized...
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Teens Talk About Award Winners
Now that we have all had a chance to talk about the Youth Media Awards, it’s time to hear what teens think about the books and authors that won. Here is what they had to say: Code Name Verity by...
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Great Historical YA for Book Clubs
Whether your book club is full of fans of historical fiction who love getting lost in different time periods or the members groaned all through high school history classes, there is a historical YA...
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ALA 2013: YALSA YA Author Coffee Klatch
2013 YA Author Coffee Klatch via YALSA’s Facebook Page Although ALA 2013 wasn’t my first ALA Annual Conference, I missed out on attending YALSA’s YA Author Coffee Klatch the first time around and I...
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Wolverine Through Books
Over the weekend, I had a chance to see the new Wolverine movie, and it was everything I’d hoped for. I’m a big fan of the X-Men movies and Wolverine in general. It takes place after the X-Men trilogy,...
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Books For Every Class In Your Schedule (Part 1)
Photo by dcJohn. CC BY 2.0. Welcome back to school! As you get ready to embark on the new year, check out this class schedule, designed just for you by The Hub bloggers. You just might find some new...
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What Would They Read? Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier debuted in theaters this weekend opening to the tune of $37 million dollars on its first day alone. It’s an entertaining new installment to the Marvel universe and...
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ALA Annual 2014: Stranger Than Fiction: Reader’s Advisory for Nonfiction
One of best programs I attended at the recent ALA Annual Conference in Vegas was the very popular session on Monday afternoon presented by Jennie Rothschild and Angela Frederick called Stranger Than...
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What are you reading over Vacation?
Summer is here! It’s been here for a while but there is a something about July that seems to be the prototypical summer month: school is neither just getting out or just about to begin; it’s hot but...
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2015 Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults: An Interview with...
The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year. The award winner will be announced at the...
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SYNC Audiobooks for Teens
The SYNC Audiobooks for Teens program, sponsored by AudioFile Magazine, and powered by OverDrive, will start next week on May 5th to give teens, librarians and educators the opportunity to download a...
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#QP2018 Nominees Round Up: Nonfiction Edition
Cat Tales: True Stories of Kindness and Companionship with Kitties by Aline Alexander Newman National Geographic Publication Date: April 11, 2017 ISBN: 9781426327346 In this adorable and fascinating...
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