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May 7, 2008


When you were a teen, did you consider those notes you passed in class “writing?” Probably not. And according to a new Pew report, more than half of teens that are text-messaging at school don't consider that “writing” either. No surprise, girls (ages 12-17) are much more prolific communicators than boys. Gotta love this quote from one of the older boys : “If it wasn't for girls, we wouldn't be talking on the phone or using IM or anything else like that ...” More on the Pew report below. - Dodie Ownes, Editor

In This Issue

  • Beating Pew to the Punch - Orange County Library System Busts It Out
    You would think that Heather Pippin, Orange County Library System's (OCLS) Youth Program Coordinator, has enough on her hands: an active teen council (Teen Voices officers, pictured left), the Java Lounge open mic coffeehouse, Art Revolution for Teens events, and Bust-A-Rhyme Poetry contest, for starters. And OCLS's Informed Teen website is full of teen content ... more » » » 
  • Teens, Technology and Writing
    For YA librarians already committed to high level programming and services , the new report from the Pew/Internet and American Life Project, Teens, Technology and Writing will validate much of what you do. If your library is developing or reviewing its teen services, it provides strong support for placing programs that encourage writing at the foundation of its strategy. more » » » 
  • Sherman Alexie's (Metaphysical) Boner
    What does Sherman Alexie love about young adult books? The young people showing up on his book tours. “I wrote a book about a freak, and all these freaks are now showing up, all these younger versions of myself. There is a lot more at stake for the readers.”more » » » 
  • Teens Obsessed in Danbury
    No, it is not another one of those wretched summer teen make-out movies – it is a video short, part of the Barnes & Noble Book Obsessed mini-documentary series, one of several online video offerings from B&N Studios. The Teen Readers video is the 7th in the Book Obsessed series (“where obsessed readers reveal their book passions”) and the first to feature teens in a library setting. more » » » 

TEENS KNOW "BEST"

GAMING

  • Grand Theft Auto Enters the Music Business
    Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) hit the stores on April 29, and was expected to ring up more than $400 million at retail shops in the first week, topping Halo 3's Fall 2007 release which topped the previous record with first week sales of $300 million. In many ways, GTA IV resembles the earlier releases in the franchise – lots of sexually explicit content, violence, and foul language. more » » » 

MULTIMEDIA

  • Andrea Portes' First Novel, Hick, to Be Feature Film
    When SLJ reviewed the book in July 2007, our reviewer wrote that “Hick is filled with difficult themes: sexual exploitation, unsavory adults, drug use, and poverty, but Luli keeps her chin up and embodies the human will to survive. This is an ultimately hopeful story that will appeal to teens who like problem novels and contemporary realistic fiction.” more » » » 

DIGITAL WHIRL

OPPORTUNITIES

  • Fall Out Boy Does Something – OMG!
    Fans of James Patterson’s New York Times bestselling Maximum Ride series will have the opportunity to share the powerful environmental message of the latest book in the series, The Final Warning (Little, Brown, 2008), by entering a contest to create the official Maximum Ride Back to School public service announcement (PSA). more » » » 


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