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Big Blue Marble Bookstore Young Adult Newsletter
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February 28, 2017 |
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YA Book Awards
From the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Follow the links for the lists of finalists!
Alex Award (books for adults with crossover appeal): ten titles, including
The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst
Morris Award
(book by debut author):
The Serpent King
by Jeff Zentner
Odyssey Award
(audiobook)
:
Anna and the Swallow Man,
written by
Gavriel Savit,
narrated by
Allan Corduner,
and produced by
Listening Library
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Nonfiction Award:
March: Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Printz Award (literary excellence):
March: Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Also, if you have an Android or an iPhone, you can download YALSA's brand new Teen Book Finder App to search YALSA lists and award winners.
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Peeps 2017 -- Early heads-up!
April 9 - April 16
Back for our 4th year, it's our Peep Diorama Contest!
Get it on yo
ur calendar now, and get out and buy some peeps while you have plenty of color choices!
Dioramas will be accepted starting Sunday, April 9th.
To be eligible for Customer Favorites, dioramas must be delivered to the store by Sunday April 9th @ 5:30pm. To be eligible for Celebrity Judge voting, dioramas must be delivered to the store by Sunday April 16th at noon. The Party and Final Judgin
g are Sunday, April 16th at 2 pm.
This year our age categories will be
- 7 and under
- 8-12
- 13-18
- 18 and up
- Professionals Class
Note: dioramas made by 2 or more people will be judged in the category of the oldest entrant.
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More details to come...
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The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
Two teens, one an American-born child of Korean immigrants and one trying to halt her whole family's imminent deportation to Jamaica, meet and fall for each other.
When I started the book, I found myself both fascinated and instantly resistant, because I didn't care for the dichotomy being set up between science and love, as though only one could be true, despite real life and the characters' own experiences. By the end of the book the nuance and complexity came through, though, and I really liked the way things were tied together throughout, including chatty side trips to explore incidental characters, word origins, or cultural histories. And also its careful focus on immigration, deportation, and attending bureaucracy.
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Noteworthy
by Riley Redgate
Jordan Sun is on full scholarship at a prestigious high school for the arts, and her staying there depends on getting parts. And she's not getting theater parts due to the low and harsh qualities of her alto voice. So she decides to go somewhere her voice will take her and try out for the highly select all-male a cappella group. In disguise. Conveniently, the school's departments are highly compartmentalized, so it's unlikely that many people will encounter both Jordan and her alter ego, Julian.
And she manages her transformation to Julian extremely well, which kind of surprises her. I find it fascinating to watch Jordan becoming conscious that while she is in a disguise she has chosen, there are actual gay and trans kids around her dealing with all sorts of issues for being themselves. And then working hard to be the kind of person she wants to be and to become.
Coming in May!
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Holding Up the Universe
by Jennifer Niven
A powerful take on visible and invisible differences -- Libby is just returning to school from years of homeschooling due (among other things) to bullying because of her weight. Jack is one of the popular kids, but he's never told anyone that he has severe prosopagnosia -- he can't recognize faces, even those in his family. When he joins in a bullying scheme in order to prevent his more mean-minded friends from behaving worse -- and she fights back -- Libby and Jack end up in community service and counseling ... where they start to come to some understandings of each other, where they come from, and where they're going.
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Books from Years Past...
2012
Shine
by Lauren Myracle
Blink and Caution
by Tim Wynne-Jones
Beauty Queens
by Libba Bray
Chime
by Franny Billingsley
Mexican Whiteboy
by Matt de la Peña
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti by Frances Temple
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| Big Blue Young Adult Book Discussion For adults who read YA and teens who like to talk about books We had our final meeting on May 19, 2016. Newsletters will continue, with recommendations and reviews, and relevant events. Feel free to send a review or comment! This is the continuing newsletter of the former Big Blue Young Adult Book Discussion, led by Jen Sheffield. The young adult genre refers to the books under discussion; readers of all ages are welcome. The books do not have to be big or blue, though that's always nice. For a list of past selections, check out the Book Clubs page on the Big Blue Marble website. For links to the continuing newsletters and these new recommendations, see the bookstore blog. |
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