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Dodie Ownes, editor of SLJTeen couldn't keep quiet about Printz honoree A. S. King's latest title, Reality Boy, and reviews it alongside teen-approved This is How I Find Her by Sara Polsky.
How much do our expectations influence our reading? Sometimes it's the cover that throws you off, or maybe the author's back story. And then again, what we think is great may not ring the bell for the teens we serve. Amy Cheney presents several titles that have met her teen readers' expectations, including classics, self-help narratives, and YA novels for reluctant and urban readers.
Late fall 2012, SLJTeen editor Dodie Ownes was introduced to Somebody Up There Hates You by YA debut author Hollis Seamon. Her first thought was, “Oh no, a riff on The Fault in Our Stars.” But that never really should have been a concern.
Both of our featured titles have ties to journalism. In Famous Last Words, Sam is the obituary writer for a local paper, while Holly is the copy editor for the high school newspaper in Since You Asked. Teens taking the summer off from writing may be inspired to return to the keyboard and see what kind of stories they can cook up themselves.
Summer vacation calls for cool tunes and lots of screen time. Daft Punk's latest album promises to put them front and center on the U.S. music scene—tracks from Random Access Memories will be blasting from car windows. To escape the heat, our reviewer recommends hitting the virtual race track with Grid 2, a car racing game. And for fans of everything Mario, add Minis on the Move to the collection for puzzle fun and games.
Marie Lu, author of the "Legend" series (Putnam) knows a thing or two about dystopian worlds. That made her the perfect person to sit down with Alex London to talk about some of the observations he draws about society in his YA debut novel Proxy (Philomel).
As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, two noteworthy titles focus on another nation and its struggle for freedom from British rule: India. Whether drawing comparisons to our country's fight for independence, learning about Mohandas Gandhi or India for the first time, these books will open readers' eyes to an important period in this nation's history.
Historical fiction about India on the brink of partition, suspense featuring a psychic wunderkind, and a Sarah Dessen novel.
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