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Game on! Gaming at the Library | SummerTeen 2015
Looking to incorporate games in your library’s programming and collections? A panel of librarians shared ideas and best practices on the topic during the first ever teen services track of SLJ’s SummerTeen all-day virtual event on August 13.
September Is Library Card Sign-Up Month; Giveaway: Lubar’s "Sophomores" | SLJTeen News
Libraries are gearing up for the annual celebration of the power of library cards. The 2015 Arab American Book and RITA Award winners were recently announced. Just in time for back to school, readers can enter for a chance to win a copy of David Lubar’s Sophomores and Other Oxymorons, the companion novel to Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie.
Ghost Stories That Aren’t: Moïra Fowley-Doyle on “The Accident Season”
Author Moïra Fowley-Doyle chats with SLJ about her haunting YA debut, The Accident Season.
Sisterhood, Body Image, and Sexual Abuse | Carol Lynch Williams on “Never Said”
SummerTeen speaker Carol Lynch Williams shares with SLJ what inspired her to write Never Said, her thoughts on body image, slut-shaming, and more.
Librarians Tackle Body Shaming via “Size Acceptance in YA” Tumblr
On June 1, Faythe Arredondo, Sarah Hannah Gómez, Kelly Jensen, and Angie Manfredi, four bloggers, readers, and (mostly) librarians launched the “Size Acceptance in YA” Tumblr examining “fatness, fatphobia, body shaming, body policing, body objectification, and all other things relating to size and body acceptance in YA literature.”
Grants Available for Book Clubs Serving At-Risk Teens; 2015 Thriller Awards Announced | SLJTeen News
Up to 50 grants will be awarded to libraries working with at-risk teens to create a reading and discussion program called Great Stories Club. The winners of the 2015 Thriller Awards were revealed. These news tidbits and more in this week’s SLJTeen news roundup.
#LoveOzYA, Romance, and Hijinks: Fiona Wood on “Six Impossible Things”
SLJ caught up with SummerTeen speaker and Australian YA author Fiona Wood to discuss what inspired her to write her upcoming Six Impossible Things, why romance is such a staple in YA lit, and more.
The Thrilling Possibilities of AI and YA Sci-Fi: Mark Alpert on "The Six"
Mark Alpert, contributing editor at Scientific American, explores the definition of humanity, the cost and benefits of scientific research, and teen angst in his debut YA novel, The Six.
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