Posts Tagged ‘yalsa’

What food in your refrigerator makes the best fake blood? How should you angle the camera if you want someone to appear menacing and creepy? These are the types of questions that preoccupied Alfred Hitchcock, the masterful director of macabre, tightly-plotted, classic suspense films like The Birds, Rear Window, and Strangers on a Train. Hitchcock [...]

Have you voted yet for the Teens’ Top Ten?  If not, you only have two more days to make it happen! Be a part of shaping a bang-up reading list created entirely by teens that will be used to help other teens find great books for years to come. Voting closes on September 18th. Here’s [...]

Tune in @ the Loft and enter YALSA’s (Young Adult Library Services Association) songwriting contest. Teens Only!  Submit a song no longer than 3 minutes that promotes libraries and the technological resources that libraries offer Enter individually or in a group (maximum of 4 teens) Upload your entry in MP3 format to the www.archive.org tagged as [...]

Here are some Best Books of 2007  lists. What are your favorites?  Let us know! Kirkus Reviews – Best Young Adult Books of 2007: Editor’s Choice from Karen Breen. School Library Journal’s (SLJ) Best Adult Books for High School Students 2007 by Francisca Goldsmith. School Library Journal’s (SLJ) Best Books of 2007: Book Review Editors [...]

The Results Are In!

Posted: October 25, 2007 by lawilliams in Read On!
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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: [...]

Chat with your 31 Flavorite Authors

Posted: October 1, 2007 by lawilliams in Websites
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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 [...]