Check out these fantastic titles included in YALSA’s 2023 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers List!! DAUGHTER by Kate McLaughlin (in the top ten!!) HOMETOWN VICTORY: A Coach’s Story of Football, Fate, and Coming Home by Keanon Lowe OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert THESE DEADLY GAMES by Diana Urban THIS GOLDEN STATE by Marit Weisenberg WHEN […]
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2021 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
Check out these fantastic titles included in YALSA’s 2021 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers list! JANE ANONYMOUS by Laurie Faria StolarzONLY MOSTLY DEVASTATED by Sophie GonzalesWHAT UNBREAKABLE LOOKS LIKE by Kate McLaughlin This annual list identifies titles aimed at encouraging reading among teens who dislike to read for any reason. Find the full list view […]
2021 YALSA Award Nominees
Congrats to all of our 2021 nominees for the Best Fiction for Young Adults list and the Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers list! Best Fiction for Young Adults: THE INSOMNIACS by Marit WeisenbergFABLE by Adrienne YoungWHAT UNBREAKABLE LOOKS LIKE by Kate McLaughlinTWEET CUTE by Emma LordFOUL IS FAIR by Hannah CapinJANE ANONYMOUS by Laurie Faria […]
Our 2014 Young Adult Library Services Association Nominated Titles!
Woohoo! We're thrilled that so many of our titles have been nominated by YALSA's prestigious awards and book lists committees!
2014 Morris Award Finalist
CHARM & STRANGE by Stephanie Kuehn
See all of the nominees for the 2014 Morris Award here.
YALSA's 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults (NOMINEES)
CHARM & STRANGE by Stephanie Kuehn
IF YOU FIND ME by Emily Murdoch
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell
See the full list of Best Fiction for Young Adults nominees here.
YALSA's 2014 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (NOMINEES)
Conflicted: Life During Wartime
THE GOOD SOLDIERS by David Finkel
I AM A SEAL TEAM SIX WARRIOR: Memoirs of an American Soldier by Howard E. Wasdin & Stephen Templin
GLBTQ: Books with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer-questioning, Intersex, Asexual individuals, and Their Allies
ROOKIE YEARBOOK ONE, edited by Tavi Gevinson
See the full list of Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults nominees here.
YALSA's 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers (NOMINEES)
ROOKIE YEARBOOK ONE, edited by Tavi Gevinson
ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY: Heartwarming Stories of Animals Caring for One Another by Lisa Rogak
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
USES FOR BOYS by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
BEFORE I DIE by Candy Chang
See the full list of Quick Picks nominees here.
YALSA's 2014 Great Graphic Novels for Teens (NOMINEES)
THE ODYSSEY by Seymour Chwast
MARBLE SEASON by Gilbert Hernandez
KITARO by Shigeru Mizuki
See the full list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens nominees here.
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Our 2013 YALSA Award Winners!
Major congratulations to all of the fine authors and illustrators who were selected for YALSA's various reading lists this year!
Here's a run down of the Macmillan winners:
2013 Alex Award Winners:
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.
GIRLCHILD by Tupelo Hassman
MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE by Robin Sloan
See all of the 2013 Alex Award winners here!
YALSA's 2013 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Boarding Schools to Summer Camps: Leaving home to find yourself
MARKED by P.C. & Kristin Cast
BORN AT MIDNIGHT by C.C. Hunter
Gowns, Greasepaint, and Guitars: Not the same old song and dance
WHEN THE STARS GO BLUE by Caridad Ferrer
See the full list of Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults here!
YALSA's 2013 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers
Selected books that teens, ages 12-18, will pick up on their own and read for pleasure; it is geared to the teenager who, for whatever reason, does not like to read.
THIS IS NOT A TEST by Courtney Summers (TOP TEN)
THE HUNT by Andrew Fukuda
BAD BOY by Dream Jordan
GLOW by Amy Kathleen Ryan
I AM A SEAL TEAM SIX WARRIOR by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
See the full list of Quick Picks here!
YALSA's Great Graphic Novels 2013:
TRINITY: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
See the full list of Great Graphic Novels here!
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This is Not a Test is Nominated for 2013 Quick Picks!
Courtney Summers' apocalyptic emotional thriller, THIS IS NOT A TEST—which you may recognize as one of the inaugural recommendations on our new SF/F blog, Uncharted Pages—has been officially nominated for YALSA’s 2013 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers List! We wholeheartedly approve!
Four other Griffin titles were previously nominated: THE HUNT by Andrew Fukuda, BAD BOY by Dream Jordan, GLOW by Amy Kathleen Ryan, and I AM A SEAL TEAM SIX WARRIOR by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin.
Again YALSA says, "The Quick Picks list [...] suggests books that teens, ages 12-18, will pick up on their own and read for pleasure; it is geared to the teenager who, for whatever reason, does not like to read."
We're running a giveaway to celebrate Uncharted Pages and there's a copy of THIS IS NOT A TEST in the prize pack. Details here!
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2013 Quick Picks Nominees!
We're so thrilled to see that the four following compulsively readable titles have all been officially nominated for YALSA’s 2013 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers List:
THE HUNT by Andrew Fukuda
BAD BOY* by Dream Jordan
GLOW by Amy Kathleen Ryan
I AM A SEAL TEAM SIX WARRIOR by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
YALSA says, "The Quick Picks list [...] suggests books that teens, ages 12-18, will pick up on their own and read for pleasure; it is geared to the teenager who, for whatever reason, does not like to read."
We'll have our fingers crossed until ALA's 2013 Midwinter Meeting when they'll announce the final list (wish us luck typing and tying our shoes)!
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ALA Midwinter Love and Our YALSA Award Winners!
Whew, what a conference! Midwinter was a delight this year. We're so glad we got a chance to catch up with so many of you.
Now that we're back, we want to highlight the 2012 YALSA awards winners and nominees that we publish and distribute:
Our 2012 Alex Award Winners:
SALVAGE THE BONES by Jesmyn Ward
THE LOVER'S DICTIONARY by David Levithan
BIG GIRL SMALL by Rachel DeWoskin
See the full list of 2012 Alex Award-winners here.
Our 2012 Alex Award Nominations:
AFTER THE GOLDEN AGE by Carrie Vaughn
AMONG OTHERS by Jo Walton
EMORY'S GIFT by W. Bruce Cameron
See the full list of 2012 Alex Award-nominees here.
2012 Great Graphic Novels:
DAYBREAK by Brian Ralph
See YALSA's full list of 2012 Great Graphic Novels here.
UPDATE: YALSA posted more awards and lists today!
2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults:
MILES FROM ORDINARY by Carol Lynch Williams
See YALSA's full list of 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults here.
2012 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers:
FALL FOR ANYTHING by Courtney Summers
See YALSA's full list of 2012 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers here.
2nd UPDATE: YALSA posted their popular paperback picks!
2012 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, Stick and Stones
SOME GIRLS ARE* by Courtney Summers
THE CHOSEN ONE* by Carol Lynch Williams
*This is the THIRD appearance on a YALSA booklist for SOME GIRLS ARE and THE CHOSEN ONE. They have each now appeared on YALSA’s Popular Paperbacks for Young Adult List (2012), Best Fiction for Young Adults (2010 & 2011) and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (2010 & 2011). If you haven't read them yet, now's the time!
See YALSA's full list of 2012 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults here.
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2011 YALSA award winning titles – Macmillan ROCKS!
I am pleased to announce that the following 2 titles received the 2011 Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association:
Alden Bell's, The Reapers are the Angels & Steve Hamilton's The Lock Artist.
AND
Courtney Summers' Some Girls Are made the 2011 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers TOP TEN list and the Best Fiction for Young Adults list.
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