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It's a given that readers won't all like the same
books, but I don't want to recommend any book that I know teens hate. It
makes it much easier if I know how teens feel about books -- then I can take
those opinions back to my committees (see below) or to recommend to teens,
parents and teachers with whom I talk about books in my day job as a librarian.
You can reach me by email:
frasere at seeme4books.com
or send me a review
Find out what I think make young adult
nonfiction great this spring!
My book will be published with Libraries
Unlimited June 30th ...watch for it at a Library near you!
- The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA),
a division of the American Library Association, makes a list annually
of the Best Books
for Young Adults. The fifteen members of the committee read all of
the nominated titles and rely heavily on teen
opinions to help narrow down the list to about the top 75 - 85 books each
year, at the ALA midwinter convention in January. I was a member of
this committee from 2003--2005. During my time on this committee there
were
over 225 registered reviewers in Calgary giving me opinions of the nominated
titles, although I always welcome opinions from any young adult, from
12-18 years of age!
- The ALA has other ways that Teens can vote on
books, like the
Teens Top 10, a way for teens to vote for the best books during
Teen Read Week in October. I was a member of the committee
that oversees this from 2005 to 2007.
- I was unbelievably surprised very honoured to be appointed
as a member of the 2008 Michael L. Printz
Award Committee! This committee chose their winners from all of the 2007
titles published and distributed in the US [so books from other
countries were also eligible.] (Read more about it
here.) The winner was named at the ALA Midwinter meeting in Philadelphia in January, 2008.
Find out about our winners on the
2008 BBYA
page.
- The
Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book of the Year Award
Committee has 5 members across Canada. I was a member of the committee
for 2000 - 2004. There are about 75 books nominated each year. The
committee picks the prize winner (the winner for 2004, the year I was
the committee's Chair was Polly Horvath's
The Canning Season,) an honour book and the top-10 list. Here are the
eligible titles
(so far) for 2008. The winner is chosen in April/May and
awarded in June.
I need your help to find the best books!
Reviewers may send me their opinions of any books. In
February, 2008 I had to remove the direct links to my form because of
spamming. I am now pasting the url for the review's page.
The
review page is at seeme4books/form.html
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