Teen Talkback with Interactive Booktalks!

Schall presents booktalks for 110 titles in seven categories: "Issues," "Contemporary," "Action/Adventure/Survival," "Mystery/Suspense," "Fantasy," "Heritage," and "Multiple Cultures." Each entry includes complete bibliographic information, a summary, and a plethora of additional information, including a sample booktalk, suggestions for suitable read-aloud or "talkback" sections, links for alternate booktalks, and links to discussion questions or author questions. Five read-alikes are listed after each title, with bibliographic information. The majority of these have a booktalk available from one of the author's previous titles. Novice booktalkers will be able to find a wide variety of books and styles, although with the prominence and prevalence of the CCSS, it's too bad that so little nonfiction is included.—Betsy Fraser, Calgary Public Library, Canada