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Books Teen Boys Would Read (If They Knew They Existed)
We've been inundated with requests for Dewey's Booklist. Unfortunately we don't have one. So let's make one together here. Post your recommendation for a book teen boys would read …
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Anyone have suggestions for middle schoolers who love the Hunger Games by Collins?
I have had so many of my 7th and 8th grade students asking me for books "just like" hunger games and I am coming up with a big blank. Does anyone have some suggestions?
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Exploring “re-readability”
There are many books that inspire me to pick them up time after time to re-read certain passages; time after time, I find myself reading far more than I intended to, sometimes star …
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13answers
545 views
Books that would be good for ESL students to read
I'm currently teaching English as a foreign language in Korea and I've had several students ask me for recommendations for books to read. The problem is that while my students typi …
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291 views
looking for teen LGBT books
I'm looking for teen/young adult fiction books that center around lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters. I'm not thinking of a specific book.
Thank you all, I'd never h …
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8answers
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Similar reads to Carl Hiaasen (for teens)
I had a patron who was looking for Carl Hiaasen books for a teen, unfortunately she had already read all of the teen ones, and the mother felt she wasn't quite ready for his adult …
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Do you have a Young Adult Collection in your k-8 achool library? If so, do you have a policy that states the grade that can use it ?
I have had many conversations with other school librarians regarding whether to have a young adult collection/section or not. If you do have a YA collection how do you deal with yo …
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graphic novel and novel adaptation conundrum
With all of the new adaptations and graphic novel/ manga versions of classic novels, we are having an issue with deciding where to place these new books. For example, should a mang …
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dark fairy book
This is a book I read a few years ago I found it in the teen section, it was a real dark story about a girl who's mother pushed her to be a model (or something like that) and there …
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Arabic Language Books
I'm a librarian at a school with a large Arabic-speaking population. I'm having a very difficult time finding new books for my middle and high school students. We've been able to …
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Book for young teens - about 30 years old
This is a book about a person who impersonates someone who is dead. I know, trite plot.
Anyhow, she looks like an heiress who was murdered but few people know this. She is rec …
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What makes a book YA?
Our library is FINALLY automating. And as such, I'm trying to reduce the confusion of our children's department. How do you decide what does and does not belong in the YA category? …
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Good books for a teen Valentine’s display?
Edit: Thanks for all the great suggestions! I'm putting together book blurbs for the display now, and it looks like it'll be terrific!
This year, my Valentine's theme for the high …
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A challenging find--book read several years ago.
I'm usually pretty good at picking out the books from descriptions, but this is one I read that I just can't figure out, so I figure I should try the brain power here.
Rememebered …
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Unknown Fantasy Book, Anyone Recognize?
I remember picking this up at my local library when I was in junior high school (so in the late 80's). But I don't think I ever finished it, and can't remember the name of the book …
