Though the school year has just started, it is already time for juniors to start worrying about SAT scores, higher education, and career plans. According to the 2008 State of Our Nation’s Youth report, nearly 70 percent of today’s high school students plan to go to college. Thanks to the Ad Council (see story below), there’s a cool new way to give teens a little extra “boost” that can get them to school and avoid dropping out. Just don’t tell them about the three awesome new ‘movies from books’ debuting in October! – Dodie Ownes, Editor
SLJ Covers 2009 A bigger and better view of SLJ's covers from 2009
BookExpo America 2009: SLJ's Day of Dialog School Library Journal held a Day of Dialog in conjunction with the annual BookExpo America on May 28, 2009 at the Brooklyn Public Library. Full story: bit.ly/1a0G7o
2008 National Book Awards Nominees in the young people's literature category graced the red carpet on Awards night Nov. 20, 2008.