Today Anne “sweet teeth” Spieth highlighted her favorite teen titles during Booklist’s Spring 2017 YA Announcements webinar (twitter hashtag #SpringYA17). For those who weren’t able to listen in, here’s what she discussed: 2017 YALSA Award Winners AMERICAN GIRLS by Alison Umminger | Out: June 20, 2017 | ISBN: 9781250133823 | Paperback | Girls & Women | […]
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Our 2017 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! 2017 Alex Awards (the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences): EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF IVAN ISAENKO by Scott Stambach IN THE COUNTRY […]
Teen Talk Tuesday (3/15/16)
Lovely librarians, we have so much YA goodness for you this month!! First, professional kid-scarer R.L. Stine (Fear Street series) has won two awards: the 2016 Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literary Award AND the 2015 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice and Career Achievement Award in Young Adult! The highly anticipated debut transgender romance IF I WAS […]
Booklist Spring 2016 YA webinar
Today Anne “sweet teeth” Spieth highlighted her favorite teen titles during Booklist‘s YA Announcements: Spring 2016 webinar (twitter hashtag #YASpring16). For those who weren’t able to listen in, here are Anne’s top picks: Highlights from Fall 2015 BREAKAWAY by Kat Spears (A 2016 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults nominee) | ISBN: 9781250065513 | Hardcover […]
2015 Long Island Book Buzz
Today Anne traveled to lovely Long Island and presented all these great Macmillan YA and Adult titles at a full-day book buzz: Adult BOYS IN THE TREES* by Carly Simon | On Sale: Nov. 24 LUST & WONDER* by Augusten Burroughs | On Sale: March 29 MOST WANTED* by Lisa Scottoline | On Sale: April 12 […]
2015 Tri State Children’s/YA Book Buzz Titles
Today is the Tri-State Children’s/YA Book Buzz! Anne presented her favorite books for teens including new titles from David Levithan, Stephanie Perkins and two debuts from Flatiron Books! Best of all? Ali Fisher co-presented and their babies Daniel and Jackson (OK, he’s a fur baby, but he’s still a baby!) kept things moving along. BLANKETS […]
Books for Teens 2016: WE [heart] Flatiron Books YA!
Our list of favorite forthcoming 2016 teen titles collected all in one place, just for you and your teen patrons is finally here. In addition to the always-exciting selection from Griffin Teen (including new books from David Levithan and Stephanie Perkins), keep an eye out for YA debuts IF I WAS YOUR GIRL and AMERICAN GIRLS from Flatiron […]