YA Series for Summer

And our own His Dark Materials trilogy is the very first!
http://flavorwire.com/184044/10-ya-series-to-devour-this-summer

Quick Reads

Just in time for summer reading, a list of quick YA reads from Booklist:
http://booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=4844276

All are under 200 pages, with a few under 225 for good measure.

Rock the Drop

Celebrate Teen Lit Day (April 14) by participating in Rock the Drop! See more at readergirlz: http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/2011/04/rock-drop-download-banners-and.html

Feminist Books for Kids

We were talking at the last book club meeting about feminism in teen literature. It turns out that ALA's Social Responsibility Round Table has a Feminist Task Force, part of which is the Amelia Bloomer Project. This project celebrates books in which women and girls overcome "the obstacles of intersecting forces of race, gender, and class, actively shaping their destinies." The 2011 list of books is at:
http://www.libr.org/ftf/AmeliaBloomer2011.pdf
--Katy

New Blog about YA Books

i just heard about a new blog from YALSA, called the Hub. I looked at the first few posts and it seems interesting:
http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/

Booklist--2011 YA Wish List

Trends the author wishes would go away. So funny, so true....

http://blog.booklistonline.com/2011/01/03/my-2011-ya-wishlist/

Hunger

An anorexic teenage girl becomes Famine, Horsewoman of the Apocalypse, complete with scales and steed. An interesting concept and a credible teen perspective.