May is Mystery Month at Booklist, and we’re celebrating along with them with our favorite chills, thrills, and kills (bum-bum-BUM) from newcomers and fan favorites alike: ALMOST MIDNIGHT by Paul Doiron In this thrilling entry in Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron’s bestselling series, a deadly attack on one of Maine’s last wild wolves leads Game […]
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Day’s YA – BIRTHDAY
Happy Friday, YA librarians! We’re back from TLA and our TBR piles are a mile high. If you’re in a similar situation, I recommend you start with this #ownvoices YA love story from Stonewall Award winner Meredith Russo. BIRTHDAY by Meredith Russo9781250129833Available May 21, 2019 from Flatiron Books YAAges 13 to 18 Eric and Morgan, […]
Booklist Recommends: On Diversity and Immigration
Keep your patrons in the know with these two Booklist best of lists on diversity and immigration: Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction A BOUND WOMAN IS A DANGEROUS THING: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris Hill “With a lyricism that sings, swings, and stings, poet and writer Hill […]
Sign Up Now: “Library Love for LibraryReads” Webinar
LibraryReads is a crowd-sourced goldmine for collection development and readers advisory–by librarians, for librarians. Join us for this special “Library Love for LibraryReads” webinar to hear about all the great titles that should make their way to the top of your TBR piles. Listen! Read! Vote! Tuesday, April 23rd, 20191:00pm Central/2:00pm Eastern Register for the […]
Teen Talk (3/26/3019 Edition)
Hello, YA librarians! Check out our latest & greatest YA titles from this month, then join us on Twitter today at 2:30pm EST for Early Word YA Galley Chat (#ewgcya) and tell us what you’ve been reading & loving! TIN HEART by Shivaun Plozza9781250312761Ages 12 to 18When Marlowe gets a heart transplant and a second […]
Adult Books for Teens
Booklist and School Library Journal have deemed these adult books to be great for teens . . . and we agree! I.M. by Isaac MizrahiAlso available in audioIsaac Mizrahi is sui generis: designer, cabaret performer, talk-show host, a TV celebrity. He’s a pop culture icon unlike any fashion designer of recent memory, just as likely […]
Adult Books for Teens
Booklist and School Library Journal have deemed these adult books to be great for teens . . . and we agree! SHE WAS THE QUIET ONE by Michele CampbellAlso available in audioWhen twin sisters Rose and Bel Enright enroll in The Odell School, a prestigious New Hampshire boarding school, it seems like the opportunity of a […]
Teen Talk (11/28/2018 Edition)
Hey, YA librarians! Check out our latest & greatest YA titles from the past two months, then join us on Twitter today at 2:30pm EST for Early Word YA Galley Chat (hashtag: #ewgcya) and tell us what you’ve been reading & loving! TEEN TRAILBLAZERS: 30 Fearless Girls Who Changed the World Before They Were 20 […]
YA Books for Adults
If you’re an adult who reads YA, we’ve got great news! Our friends over at Booklist published an article featuring 10 YA books that are perfect for adult readers, including SADIE by Courtney Summers and THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert. Read what they have to say below, and check out the full article view here. SADIE […]
THE GILDED WOLVES makes the Winter 2019 Kids’ Indie Next List!
The Winter 2019 Kid’s Indie Next List was announced yesterday and includes THE GILDED WOLVES by Roshani Chokshi in the Top Ten! THE GILDED WOLVES by Roshani Chokshi Available January 15, 2019 from Wednesday Books FOUR STARRED REVIEWS!! Paris, 1889: In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, […]