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YA by the numbers

YA by the numbers
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Jun 11, 2014

Pursuant to our discussion of who YA is for, I asked Horn Book intern Jill to take a look at the most recent issue of the Horn Book Guide and see what she saw. The spring 2014 issue of the Guide contains reviews of virtually every trade hardcover book published for young people during the […]

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou
Angela Carstensen | Blogs,  Jun 11, 2014
In tribute to Maya Angelou, we offer the words of one of our reviewers who shares the way the author influenced her life, and the way that encounter shapes her work today. Amy Cheney is a librarian at Alameda County Library, CA, where she serves teens incarcerated at the Alameda Juvenile Hall. One of her primary goals [...]
Constructing a Digital School Library Collection in the

Constructing a Digital School Library Collection in the "Race to the Top" | Tech Tidbits
Phil Goerner, Silver Creek High School, Longmont CO,  Jun 11, 2014
Colorado school librarian Phil Goerner shares how his team will be initiating a Learning Technology Plan to create a digital district library using funds received from a Race to the Top grant.
Scandals, First Love, and Genre-Bending Fantasy | Gr 9 & Up Fiction Reviews

Scandals, First Love, and Genre-Bending Fantasy | Gr 9 & Up Fiction Reviews
SLJ,  Jun 10, 2014
Whether teens are looking for the next The Fault in Our Stars readalike (A.J. Betts's Zac & Mia) or a fantasy-infused gender-bending novel (Corinne Duyvis's ,em>Otherbound), check out the following titles recently reviewed for young adults in SLJ's June issue.
A Hitchcockian Mystery, Magical Footwear, and More| Grades 5-8 Fiction Reviews

A Hitchcockian Mystery, Magical Footwear, and More| Grades 5-8 Fiction Reviews
SLJ,  Jun 10, 2014
Newly reviewed middle grade titles include several intriguing mysteries, some magical adventure stories, and a selection of graphic novels.
June Starred Reviews

June Starred Reviews
SLJ,  Jun 10, 2014
From a dystopian adventure set in Hawaii to a surreal, graphic-novel-inspired picture book to a deep exploration of one history's most infamous families, the June Stars offer excellent examples of the best in fiction, nonfiction, and media for children and teens.
Brutal Youth

Brutal Youth
Mark Flowers | Blogs,  Jun 09, 2014
“A violently active, dominating, intrepid, brutal youth–that is what I am after. Youth must be all those things. It must be indifferent to pain. There must be no weakness or tenderness in it. . . . I will have no intellectual training. Knowledge is ruin to my young men.” – Adolf Hitler, quoted by Hermann [...]
Why do we even call it YA anymore?

Why do we even call it YA anymore?
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Jun 09, 2014

I just can’t blog about this topic anymore. It’s worn me out. But I also can’t muster the reflexive outrage Our Crowd exhibits whenever someone wonders if there’s something weird about civilian adults with a steady reading diet of books for teenagers. There is. But it’s not because these YA books are less complex (a […]

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A Fabulous New Novel From Megan Abbott

A Fabulous New Novel From Megan Abbott
Mark Flowers | Blogs,  Jun 06, 2014
As promised, today we have a review of Megan Abbott’s new novel, The Fever. When last we saw Abbott she was wowing us with Dare Me, which got her a starred review and a place on our list of 2012′s Best Adult Books 4 Teens. The Fever has gotten her another starred review, and (spoiler [...]
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