Join readergirlz for live chats with young adult authors during Teen Read Week, October 12-18!
Don’t miss all of our activities during teen read week, and, vote for your favorite book!!
The Results Are In! October 25, 2007
Teens all across the country voted last week for their Top 10 Books. Here are the results:
1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).
2. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (Viking Children’s Books, 2006)
3. How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles (Flux, 2006).
4. Maximum Ride: School’s Out – Forever by James Patterson (Hachette Book Group USA/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).
5. Firegirl by Tony Abbott (Hachette Book Group USA/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).
6. All Hallows Eve (13 Stories)by Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt, 2006).
7. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt, 2006).
8. River Secrets by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury, 2006).
9. Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe (HarperCollins, 2006).
10. Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks (Chicken House, 2006).
What do you think? Agree or disagree? Let us know!
It’s Teen Read Week! October 16, 2007
In celebration of Teen Read Week’s theme, LOL@yourlibrary, we’re doing lots of fun stuff in the Loft!
Tonight (Tues, Oct 16) @ 6pm: High School Teen Advisory Board meeting. Always a laugh-riot!
Friday, October 19 @ 4pm: Let the Games Begin! Drop-in and play Nintendo Wii in the Loft.
Saturday, Oct. 20 @ 4:30pm: Junior High School Teen Advisory Board meeting. Sure to be hi-larious!
Also Saturday, Oct. 20 @ 2pm: LOL while watching The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
And don’t forget to take the survey. We want to know your top 10 books!!
Don’t forget: Chat with your flavorite author! October 10, 2007
As mentioned last week on this blog, every day in October you have the chance to chat with a different, awesome author!
Tonight it’s Sarah Mlynowski, author of the laugh-out-loud books: Bras and Broomsticks; Frogs and French Kisses; Spells and Sleeping Bags.
Go to the readergirlz website for more information!
Chat with your 31 Flavorite Authors October 1, 2007
In celebration of Teen Read Week (Oct.14 - 20), readergirlz.com is hosting online chats with 31 different YA authors all through the month of October: that’s one every night!
Here’s how you can take part:
1. Join the readergirlz group forum on MySpace NOW. You must be a member of the forum to participate in the 31 Flavorite Author chats.
2. Friend readergirlz at MySpace
3. Chat every night throughout October (6pm in Illinois) with your 31 Flavorite Authors.
4. Win FREE books! The thirty-first person each night to comment on the Flavorite Author chat will win a FREE book.
Here’s the schedule:
Week One
October 1st: Meg Cabot
October 2nd: Tiffany Trent
October 3rd: Brent Hartinger
October 4th: Lorie Ann Grover
October 5th: K.L. Going
October 6th: Nikki Grimes
Week Two
October 7th: Ellen Hopkins
October 8th: Justina Chen Headley
October 9th: Chris Crutcher
October 10th: Ann Brashares
October 11th: Sarah Mlynowski
October 12th: Cecil Castellucci
October 13th: Kirby Larson
Week Three
October 14th: Tanya Lee Stone
October 15th: John Green
October 16th: Sara Zarr
October 17th: Deb Caletti
October 18th: Rachel Cohn
October 19th: Kirsten Miller
October 20th: Mitali Perkins
Week Four
October 21st: Sonya Sones
October 22nd: Lisa Yee
October 23rd: Carolyn Mackler
October 24th: E. Lockhart
October 25th: Janet Lee Carey
October 26th: Gaby Triana
October 27th: Lauren Myracle
Week Five
October 28th: Holly Black
October 29th: Cynthia Leitich Smith
October 30th: Dia Calhoun
October 31st: Stephenie Meyer (Special time: 9 PM PST/MIDNIGHT EST)
