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YALSA Symposium Book Buzz Recap (11/3/19)
Over the weekend, we jetted off to Memphis for a few days of BBQ and books at the YALSA Symposium! If you weren’t able to attend (or need a refresher), here are the books we presented at the Book Buzz on Sunday morning:
WHERE THE WORLD ENDS | Geraldine McCaughrean
December 3, 2019
9781250225498
YA Fiction / Historical / Europe
Ages 12 to 18
THE NIGHT COUNTRY | Melissa Albert
January 7, 2020
9781250246073
YA Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary
Ages 12 to 18
JANE ANONYMOUS | Laurie Faria Stolarz
January 7, 2020
9781250303707
YA Fiction / Thrillers & Suspense
Ages 13 to 18
2020 YALSA Award Nominees
Congratulations to our nominees for YALSA’s 2020 Best Fiction for Young Adults list!
TIN HEART by Shivaun Plozza
Available now from Flatiron Books YA
Ages 12 to 18
When Marlowe gets a heart transplant and a second chance at life, all she wants to do is to thank her donor’s family. Maybe then she can move on. Maybe then she’ll discover who she is if she’s no longer The Dying Girl. But with a little brother who dresses like every day is Halloween, a vegan warrior for a mother, and an all-out war with the hot butcher’s apprentice next door, Marlowe’s life is already pretty complicated. And her second chance is about to take an unexpected turn…
BIRTHDAY by Meredith Russo
Available now from Flatiron Books YA
Ages 13 to 18
Two best friends. A shared birthday. Six years.
Six years of birthdays reveal Eric and Morgan’s destiny as they come together, drift apart, fall in love, and discover who they’re meant to be—and if they’re meant to be together. From the award-winning author of IF I WAS YOUR GIRL comes a heart-wrenching and universal story of identity, first love, and fate.
Our 2019 YALSA & RUSA Award Winners!
Congratulations to all of the amazing Macmillan authors who won awards or were selected for YALSA and RUSA’s various reading lists this year!
2019 Reading List (The Reading List is an annual best-of list comprised of eight different fiction genres for adult readers selected by RUSA’s Reading List Council.)
Adrenaline Short List
JAR OF HEARTS by Jennifer Hillier
Fantasy Short List
THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert
Historical Fiction Short List
A WELL BEHAVED WOMAN: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler
Mystery Short List
CRIMSON LAKE by Candice Fox
Science Fiction Winner
THE CALCULATING STARS: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal
Women’s Fiction Shortlist
HOW TO WALK AWAY by Katherine Center
MEET ME AT THE MUSEUM by Anne Youngson
2019 Over the Rainbow List (Honors adult books with significant LGBTQ content)
HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado
SO LUCKY by Nicola Griffith
2019 Rainbow Book List (Honors books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18.)
HOW I RESIST: Activism and Hope for a New Generation by Maureen Johnson
Alex Awards (the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences)
THE BLACK GOD’S DRUMS by P. Djèlí Clarkm
Odyssey Award (This annual award is given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults)
SADIE written by Courtney Summers, narrated by Rebecca Soler, Fred Berman, Dan Bittner, Gabra Zackman, & more, and produced by Macmillan Audio from Wednesday Books
Our 2019 YALSA Award Winners!
Congratulations to all of the amazing Macmillan authors who won awards or were selected for ALA / YALSA’s various reading lists this year!
2019 Best Fiction for Young Adults
THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert
SADIE by Courtney Summers
MIRAGE by Somaiya Daud
SKY IN THE DEEP by Adrienne Young
FRANKIE by Shivaun Plozza
See the full 2019 BFYA list here
2019 Amelia Bloomer Project Book List (best feminist books)
SADIE by Courtney Summers
See the full 2019 Amelia Bloomer list here
2019 Rainbow Book List (Honors books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questions content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18.)
HOW I RESIST by Maureen Johnson
See the full 2019 Rainbow Book List here
2019 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
SADIE by Courtney Summers (in the top 10!)
See the full 2019 Quick Picks list here
2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
THE STRANGE by Jérôme Ruillier
See the full 2019 GGNT list here
2019 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
SADIE by Courtney Summers (in the top 10!)
THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert
See the full 2019 Amazing Audiobooks list here
readmoreremoveTeen Read Week (VOTE FOR CARAVAL!)
Happy Teen Read Week!
Teen Read Week™ is a national adolescent literacy initiative created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). It began in 1998 and is held annually in October. Its purpose is to encourage teens to be regular readers and library users. You can also join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #TRW18.
In addition to Teen Read Week, the 2018 Teens’ Top Ten voting is now open! And Stephanie Garber’s CARAVAL is a nominee!
Now through the October 13, teens can vote for their three favorite titles from the list of nominees! Encourage your teens to vote! readmoreremove
BFYA 2019 Nominee – SKY IN THE DEEP
Congratulations to our nominee for YALSA’s 2019 Best Fiction for Young Adults list: SKY IN THE DEEP!!
SKY IN THE DEEP by Adrienne Young
Available now from Wednesday Books
Ages 12 to 18
OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE.
Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago. Faced with her brother’s betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating. readmoreremove
BFYA 2019 Nominee: THE HAZEL WOOD
Congratulations to our nominee for YALSA’s 2019 Best Fiction for Young Adults list: THE HAZEL WOOD!!
THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert
Available now from Flatiron Books YA
Ages 12 to 18
Welcome to THE HAZEL WOOD, Melissa Albert’s fierce, captivating contemporary fantasy about a seventeen-year-old girl who must venture into the world behind a pitch-dark, cult-classic collection of fairy tales to save her mother.
You can view the full list of nominees here.
CARAVAL is a Teens’ Top Ten nominee!
Welcome, welcome to Teens’ Top Ten! Stephanie Garber’s CARAVAL was just named a 2018 YALSA Teens’ Top Ten nominee! 
The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country.
See the full Teens’ Top Ten list here and watch the announcement video below. readmoreremove
Our 2018 YALSA & RUSA Award Winners!
Congratulations to all of the amazing Macmillan authors who won awards or were selected for YALSA and RUSA’s various reading lists this year!
2018 Alex Awards (the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences):
ALL SYSTEMS RED by Martha Wells
DOWN AMONG THE STICKS AND BONES by Seanan McGuire
A HOPE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SEA by Melissa Fleming
See the full Alex Award list here.
2018 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens
DREAMIN’ SUN v.1 by Ichigo Takano, illustrated by the author
DREAMIN’ SUN v.2 by Ichigo Takano, illustrated by the author
DREAMIN’ SUN v.3 by Ichigo Takano, illustrated by the author
THE GIRL FROM THE OTHER SIDE: Siúil, A Rún Vol. 1 by Nagabe, illustrated by the author
HANA & HINA AFTER SCHOOL, v.1 by Milk Morinaga, illustrated by the author
HANA & HINA AFTER SCHOOL, v.2 by Milk Morinaga, illustrated by the author
THE WENDY PROJECT by Melissa Jane Osborne, illustrated by Veronica Fish
See the full GGNT list here.
2018 ALA Amelia Bloomer Project Book List (best feminist books)
GIRLS MADE OF SNOW AND GLASS by Melissa Bashardoust
DOWN AMONG THE STICKS AND BONES by Seanan McGuire
A HOPE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SEA by Melissa Fleming
See the full Amelia Bloomer list here.
2018 Rainbow Book List (Honors books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18.)
DOWN AMONG THE STICKS AND BONES by Seanan McGuire
See the full Rainbow list here.
Over the Rainbow Reading List (Honors adult books with significant LGBTQ content)
BESTIARY: Poems by Donika Kelly
DON’T CALL US DEAD: Poems by Danez Smith
THE END OF EDDY by Edouard Louis
ENIGMA VARIATIONS by Andre Aciman
FEVER IN THE DARK by Ellen Hart
INSOMNIAC CITY: New York, Oliver, and Me by Bill Hayes
NO ONE CAN PRONOUNCE MY NAME by Rakesh Satyal (a Top 12 pick)
THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS by Laurie Frankel (a Top 12 pick)
See the full Over the Rainbow (adult) list here.
The ALA’s Reference and User Services Division (RUSA) has announced their 2018 Notable Books, Reading, and Listening Lists, as well as the winner of the Sophie Brody Medal:
Nominees for YALSA’s 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list
We’re so pleased to report that the following titles have been nominated for YALSA’s 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list!
FIRE!!: THE ZORA NEALE HURSTON STORY by Peter Bagge
POPPIES OF IRAQ by Brigitte Findakly and Lewis Trondheim
ROLLING BLACKOUTS: DISPATCHES FROM TURKEY, SYRIA, AND IRAQ by Sarah Glidden
UNCOMFORTABLY HAPPILY by Yeon-sik Hong
See the full list of nominees here. Congratulations to all of the authors and illustrators nominated this year!
