Engaging Teens in Literature Evolution

1. Mid-Hudson Library System Emerging Trends & Young Adult Literature Christina Ryan-Linder; Youth Services & Community Connections Coordinator

2. 5 Core Values of Quality Service to Teens • Respecting & Responding to Unique YA Needs • Providing equal Access • Empowering Youth Through Participation • Engaging Teens in Active Collaboration • Supporting Healthy Youth Development Mid-Hudson Library System Connecting Young Adults and Libraries by Michele Gorman & Tricia Suellentrop

3. 7 Developmental Needs of Teens • Physical Activity • Competence & Achievement • Self-Definition • Creative Expression • Positive Social Interaction with Peers & Adults • Structure & Clear Limits • Meaningful Participation Mid-Hudson Library System http://www.search-institute.org/content/40-developmental-assets-adolescents-ages-12-18

4. True or False? • There are no second chances to make a first impression with teens. • Nothing is worse than an adult who tries too hard. • Teens are looking for respect from their peers, family and teachers. • If an adult does not like teenagers or is afraid of them, teens will know. • Young people are more willing to embrace technology, change and what is happening in the library than adults. Mid-Hudson Library System

5. Emerging Trends in YA Lit • Adult book sales are down but teens are buying books at a record rate. • Teens represent the future of reading. • Role of the peer influences greatly on teen readers. • Reading is becoming a form of social bonding “Being in the Know”. • WOM is huge with teens. • Early adaptors of certain types of books are the trend setters for their peers. Mid-Hudson Library System

6. Digital Libraries • Keeping students engaged through different mediums • Tailoring curriculum to the individual child’s needs • Interactive and project oriented learning • Open source content keeps information fresh and up to date Mid-Hudson Library System “Turning the Page” by Rebecca Hill; School Library Journal, October 2010

7. The Teen Commandments • Help Young People to be Seen & Heard • Delve into Guerilla Marketing • Never Let Them See You Sweat • Prepare to be Disposable • Encourage them to Broaden Their Horizons • Share Your Stories & Successes • Be Genuine • Make the Commitment • Embrace the Remix/Mash-Up Culture • Be Appealing Mid-Hudson Library System

8. Mid-Hudson Library System Will by Maria Boyd As punishment for mooning the girls school bus Will Armstrong a talented guitar player, must participate in the school musical. Australian author and setting dealing with self esteem and “my place in the world issues”.

9. Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story by Adam Rex • Unlike most vampires who are drop-dead gorgeous, sexy, and irresistible, Doug is the exact opposite. Overweight, unpopular, and dorky, he seals his fate by being in the wrong place at the wrong time and as a result was attacked by a starving, newly made vampire. Now he must spend the rest of his immortal life as an unattractive 15-year-old, feeding off cows to satisfy his need for blood. Mid-Hudson Library System

10. Nevermore by Kelly Creagh • "This Gothic Romeo/Juliet story is an English teacher's jewel box, with high appeal for readers who might ignore classic literature. Veiled and overt allusions to Poe, Shakespeare, and Frost will support discussion about love, loyalty, popularity, and independence beyond the trendy, dramatic, supernatural action." --VOYA Mid-Hudson Library System

11. The Genius Wars by Catherine Jinks • Boy-genius CadelPiggot has a new name (CadelGreenaius), a new family, and a new life. No more illegal hacking, no more false identities, and most of all, no more Prosper English. But when his best friend Sonja is attacked, it's up to him to figure out who was behind it. Before he knows it, Cadel is crossing oceans and continents, barrelling back into the depths of the criminal activity he thought he'd left behind, and coming face to face with Prosper English once again. Final installment of Evil Genius. Mid-Hudson Library System

12. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness • Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions in the final installment of the Chaos Walking Series. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. Todd and Viola have to decide to follow a tyrant or a terrorist; to save the life of the one you love most, or thousands of strangers? Mid-Hudson Library System

13. The Space Between the Trees by Katie Williams • Always on the social fringes, Evie’s early Sunday paper route puts her at the scene of a disturbing crime. When the murder victim turns out to be a childhood friend, Evie’s crush on Jonah (who found the body) and her uneasy friendship with Hadley take on an eerie quality. Drawn into the search for the murderer almost unwillingly, Evie simultaneously moves quickly into adulthood, facing complex struggles and fears. Mid-Hudson Library System

14. Freefall by Mindi Scott • Seth McCoy was the last person to see his best friend, Isaac, alive, and the first to find him dead. It was just another night, just another party, just another time when Isaac drank too much and passed out on the lawn. Only this time, Isaac didn't wake up. Mid-Hudson Library System

15. Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder • A year after Brooklyn’s boyfriend, Lucca, was killed in an automobile accident, Gabe, the boy who was driving the car, commits suicide and, soon thereafter, begins haunting Brooklyn’s dreams. Told in Verse this a story of redemption and triumph with a bit of the supernatural. Mid-Hudson Library System

16. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver • Sam is self-consumed and oblivious about the impact of her actions on others. But as she repeatedly experiences slightly altered versions of the hours leading up to her death (think Groundhog’s Day)—and her relationships with friends, family, and formerly overlooked classmates bloom, end, or shift. Mid-Hudson Library System

17. When Rose Wakes by Christopher Golden • Ever since sixteen-year-old Rose DuBois woke up from months in a coma with absolutely no memories, she's had to start from scratch. She knows she loves her two aunts who take care of her, and that they all used to live in France, but everything else from her life before is a blank. Mid-Hudson Library System

18. The Curse of the Wendigoby Rick Yancey • While attempting to disprove that Homo vampiris, the vampire, could exist, Dr. Warthrop is asked by his former fiance to rescue her husband from the Wendigo, which has snatched him in the Canadian wilderness. Although Warthrop also considers the Wendigo to be fictitious, he relents and rescues her husband from death and starvation. This second book in The Monstrumologist series. Mid-Hudson Library System

19. Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld • Deryn is a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and Alek is the heir to an empire posing as a commoner. Finally together aboard the airship Leviathan, they hope to bring the war to a halt. But when disaster strikes the Leviathan's peacekeeping mission, they find themselves alone and hunted in enemy territory. Second installment of Leviathan. Mid-Hudson Library System

20. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly • AndiAlpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Andi is about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Andi accompanies her father to Paris where she finds a diary from a girl who lived 200 years before and the past and present begin to mingle together. Mid-Hudson Library System

21. The Julian Game by Adele Griffin • Raye Archer is warily thrilled when Ella, queen bee at her new school, enlists her to seek revenge against gorgeous heartbreaker Julian. With pictures of Raye in a blue wig and slinky top, they create a fictitious online profile (so different from Raye’s low-key, real-life persona); lure Julian into a relationship; and act out Ella’s vindictive schemes. Mid-Hudson Library System

22. Paper Daughter by Jeanette Ingold • In the month after 16-year-old Maggie Chen’s father, a respected journalist, was killed in a hit-and-run accident, a basement flood destroys his notebooks. As she searches through his paperwork, Maggie discovers puzzling inconsistencies. Had her father lied about his family history? Maggie, an aspiring journalist herself, uncovers a story that links directly to both the circumstances of her father’s death and to the truth about his origins. Mid-Hudson Library System

23. Countdown by Deborah Wiles • Living near Andrews Air Force Base, Franny and her classmates are used to air-raid drills, where they practice how to “duck and cover.” Worries about a nuclear disaster become concrete when President Kennedy announces Russian missiles are in Cuba, and the tension ratchets up for 13 days in October 1962. But, at the same time, life goes on, and while rumors of war swirl, Franny must also deal with family issues, including a shell-shocked uncle, an older sister with secrets, and a best friend who has eyes for someone else. Mid-Hudson Library System