Webcast: Young Adult Book Buzz 2009

Today’s tweens and teens are enjoying a greater variety of young adult fiction than ever before – paranormal page-turners, coming of age tales, manga masterpieces and stories from the edge of the universe and beyond – there really is something for everyone.  

What’s to love about the latest wave of YA lit? These books are well-written and many contemplate serious issues as part of the story. Most avoid flat characterization which teens see through right away. There are intelligent but not perfect lead characters that are believable, and most importantly, they act like teens – not mini-adults. And because we all know that the teen brain is wired just a bit differently, these characters often take on more than an adult would be able or willing to do!

Our panelists will be presenting the best of their Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 titles, and you might find out about some favorites that are back-in-print or now available in paperback.  Guaranteed, the YA Book Buzz 2009 will entertain you, inform you and have you creating a ‘to buy’ list for your tween and teen collection.

Panelists:

Victoria Stapleton, Associate Director, School & Library Marketing, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Brie Edmonds-Ashton, Marketing Manager, Harlequin Teen/Kimani TRU

Andrew Wooldridge, Publisher, Orca Book Publishers

David Levithan, VP, Editorial Director, Scholastic

Moderator: Dodie Ownes, Editor, SLJTeen

Join us live on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time for this one hour webcast event.
 
If you are not able to make the inaugural webcast of Young Adult Book Buzz 2009, you will be able to access the webcast archive for one year following the initial webcast, and will receive an email from School Library Journal as soon as it is available.