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alternate label for “easy reader” books?
I work at rural community college library that serves both students and community members. Being a small library and one that focuses mostly on the academic side of things, our juv …
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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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How often do you update your college reference books?
I recently asked a question about how often to update college test prep books, like for the SAT, and concluded that once every several years is fine unless there is a major overhau …
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Which Star Wars series are appropriate for teens?
Hello! I'm trying to build our Star Wars YA collection, but I'm not sure which series are appropriate for teens. I found this article on Wookieepedia that lists the various series …
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WWII YA novel with a ghost
I'm looking for a YA novel I read back in the late 80's or early 90's. It was set in WWII England, and involved a boy who became best friends with/dated a girl who lived nearby. …
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8th Grade Language Arts Reading Material Needed
A good friend of mine is a middle school teacher in an urban school here in Michigan. Her language arts students are 8th graders, but many are reading a few grades below level. Doe …
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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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Contemporary figures with autobiographies & biographies
Hello! There's a high school student who's looking for a person who's written an autobiography and had a biography written about him/her. More particularly, a person who is still …
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YA novel - married to a widowed fur trader?
I've been trying to find a book one of my teens read a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, her memory is little spotty as to the details, so here's what she's given me so far:
"It …
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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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My incredible 7th grade reader is looking for romance books like The Forest of Hands and teeth
She has read Keturah and Lord Death, Beauty, a retelling, Book of a thousand days, Song of the sparrow, The Thief, Wintergirls, Companions of the night and all the Twilight books. …
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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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Childrens book about boy and girl ocean disater survivors
I'm trying to find a book I read fairly recently that I would like to display for our SRP, but I can't remember the title or author. It begins with a young boy starting his manhoo …
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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 …
