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Teens Review YA Debut "Defy", More from Benway and Jaffe
While Defy is Sara Larson's YA debut, readers will likely recognize Robin Benway from Audrey, Wait! and Michele Jaffe from her 'Bad Kitty' series. Our new crop of reviewers from Johnson County (KS) Library's Young Adult Advisory Councils (YAAC) are starting the year off with three reviews that don't hold back on strong opinion!
Introducing YAAC! Teen Reviewers for 2014
Each year SLJTeen rotates the responsibility for reviews by teens to one of the YA Galley Groups selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). In 2014, the Young Adult Advisory Councils (YAAC) from Johnson County Library, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, will be taking over teen reviews.
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
Gr 4–6—An expanded index and the introduction of color illustrations boost both the user appeal and the usability of this resource...
Animal Planet Wild World: An Encyclopedia of Animals
Gr 5–8—Though it is billed as an encyclopedia of animals, this title actually focuses on families of animals rather than individual species...
Animal Planet Atlas of Animals
Gr 2–5—With beautiful full-color photos and illustrations, clever visual representations of concepts like the evolution of life on earth, and balanced use of white space, this eye-pleasing atlas will give young animal lovers plenty to marvel over...
Barnaby
Gr 5 Up—Originally published as a daily newspaper strip, albeit in small circulation, this collection introduces the daily expostulations and exasperations of preschooler Barnaby Baxter and his rotund, inappropriate fairy godfather...
Shaking the Foundation: Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
Gr 6–8—Darwin's original conclusions on natural selection/evolution were controversial from the start, with even Darwin initially finding his research at odds with the religious convictions of his youth...
The Madness Underneath: Shades of London, Book 2
Gr 7 Up—In Johnson's sequel (2013) to The Name of the Star (2011, both Putnam), Rory is still recovering from an attack by the murderous Ripper and trying to reconnect with her friends and school life...
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