2008 YALSA Selected DVDs/Videos and Audiobooks for Young Adults

-- School Library Journal, 4/1/2008

Also in this article: DVDS/VIDEOS AUDIOBOOKS 2008 YALSA Selected DVDs/Videos for Young Adults Committee: 2008 YALSA Selected Audiobooks For Young Adults Committee: DISTRIBUTORS

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2008 Selected DVDs & Videos and Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults list in January at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. The video/DVD list recognizes productions for technical merit, content, and use with and interest to young adults ages 12 to 18. The audiobook titles have been selected for their appeal to a teen audience, the recording quality, and their enhancement of the audience’s appreciation of the written work on which they may be based.

DVDS/VIDEOS

Fishbowl. video or DVD. 28 min. Center for Asian American Media. college/institution: $175 (Rental: $50); K-12/public library/community group: $75 (Rental: $35).

The Grace Lee Project. video or DVD. 68 min. Women Make Movies (wmm.com). video: $89, DVD: $99.

The Guarantee. DVD. 11 min. New Day Films. $99.

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts. DVD. 52 min. Media Education Foundation. high schools: $125; public libraries: $34.95.

It’s Not About Sex. DVD. 23 min. Educational Video Center. $150; schools: $75.

Juvies. video or DVD. 66 min. Chance Films Inc. video: $12.95; DVD: $19.95.

Nightmare at School. DVD. 8:43 min. National Film Board of Canada. $99.

Unintended Consequences: Eminent Domain. DVD. 15 min. Izzit.org. $29.95.

AUDIOBOOKS

An Abundance of Katherines. By John Green; read by Jeff Woodman. 6 CDs. 7 hrs. Brilliance Audio. ISBN 978-1-4233-2451-5. $82.25.

Before I Die. By Jenny Downham; read by Charlotte Parry. 6 CDs. 7:10 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-6290-7. $50.

The Black Tattoo. By Sam Enthoven; read by John Lee. 11 CDs. 13:57 hrs. Listening Library. ISBN 978-0-7393-3675-5. $50.

Bloody Jack, Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy. By L.A. Meyer; read by Katherine Kellgren. 6 CDs. 8 hrs. Listen & Live Audio. ISBN 1-59316-094-1. $29.95. (2008 Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook.)

Cupid. By Julius Lester; read by Stephen McKinley Henderson. 5 CDs. 5:37 hrs. Listening Library. ISBN 978-0-7393-4850-5. $45.

Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature. By Robin Brande; read by Kaili Vernoff. 5 CDs. 6:25 hrs. Listening Library. ISBN 978-0-7393-5134-5: $45.

Forever in Blue. By Ann Brashares; read by Angela Goethals. 7 CDs. 9:03 hrs. Listening Library. ISBN 978-0-73934845-1. $55.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. By J. K. Rowling; read by Jim Dale. 12 cassettes or 17 CDs. 21:40 hrs. Listening Library. cassette: ISBN 978-0-7393-6040-8, CD: ISBN 978-0-7393-6041-5. $90. (2008 Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook.)

I Am the Messenger. By Markus Zusak; read by Marc Aden Gray. 7 CDs. 8:40 hrs. Listening Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-7393-3692-2. $55.

Life As We Knew It. By Susan Beth Pfeffer; read by Emily Bauer. 7 CDs. 9 hrs. Listening Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-7393-3683-0. $55.

Mao’s Last Dancer. By Li Cunxin; read by Paul English. 8 CDs. 8:55 hrs. Bolinda Audio. ISBN 1-7409-3820-8. $64.

Mimus. By Lilli Thal; read by Maxwell Caulfield. 10 CDs. 12:28 hrs. Listening Library. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-4865-9. $70.

The Off Season. By Catherine Gilbert Murdock; read by Natalie Moore. 5 CDs. 6 hrs. Listening Library. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-5106-0. $45.

Peak. By Roland Smith; read by Ramon de Ocampo. 6 cassettes or 6 CDs. 7:30 hrs. Recorded Books. 2007. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4281-6351-5, $51.75; CD, ISBN 978—14281-6356-0: $66.

Rules of Survival. By Nancy Werlin; read by Daniel Passer. 5 CDs. 9:08 hrs. Listening Library. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-5115-4. $38.

Samurai Shortstop. By Alan Gratz; read by Arthur Morey. 5 cassettes or 6 CDs. 7:21 hrs. Listening Library. 2006. cassette, ISBN 978-0-7393-3629-8: $40; CD, ISBN 978-0-7393-3624-3: $50.

Soul Eater: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 3. By Michelle Paver; read by Ian McKellen. 6 cassettes or 6 CDs. 6:45 hrs. Recorded Books. 2007. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4281-4604-4: $51.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4281-4609-9: $66.75.

Thirteen Reasons Why. By Jay Asher; read by Joel Johnstone and Debra Wiseman. 5 CDs. 6:25 hrs. Listening Library. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-6122-1. $45.

Wintersmith. By Terry Pratchett; read by Stephen Briggs. 7 CDs. 8:30 hrs. Harper Children’s Audio. 2006. ISBN 978-0-06-123336-4. $29.95.

2008 YALSA Selected DVDs/Videos for Young Adults Committee:

Michael T. Wallace (Chair), ReadingHelp4Teens, Rockville, MD; Jeana Actkinson, Bridgeport High School, TX; Rachel Aronowitz, San Francisco Public Library, CA; Zahra M. Baird, Chappaqua Library, NY; Krista Britton, Old Bridge Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA; Lynn Carpenter, Birmingham Public Library, AL; Jacquelyn Caverly, Eden Prairie Resource Library, MN; Danielle Dreger, Boston Public Library, MA; Melanie Metzger, Cy-Fair College Branch Library, Cypress, TX; Angela Semifero, Marshall District Library, MI; Kerry Sutherland, Akron Summit County Public Library, OH; Brooke Young, Salt Lake City, UT; Sue-Ellen Beauregard, consultant, Booklist, Chicago, IL; Katie Boyes (administrative assistant), Maple Valley Library, WA.

2008 YALSA Selected Audiobooks For Young Adults Committee:

Sarah McCarville (Chair), Grand Rapids Public Library, MI; Lee Catalano, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR.; Shari Fesko, Southfield Public Library, MI; LeNee Gatton, Enterprise, AL; Julie Halpern-Cordell, Carleton Washburne School, Winnetka, IL; Kristin Brand Heathcock, Hillsborough Community College, Plant City, FL.; Nichole King, Santa Clara County Library, Morgan Hill, CA.; Emily Jones, Lynnwood, WA.; Drue Anne Wagner-Mees, Los Angeles Public Library, Brentwood Branch, CA; Sue-Ellen Beauregard (Consultant), Booklist, Chicago, IL.