Teen Read Week 2013

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October 13 -19 is Teen Read Week, a national celebration of reading sponsored by YALSA, the Young Adult Services Association of the American Library Association. This year’s theme is “Seek the Unknown @ Your Library,” encouraging you to explore something new! Each year, YALSA posts books nominated for the “Teens’ Top Ten” by teenagers from all over the United States, and invites teens to vote for the Top Ten of the year.

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Please check the list of this year’s nominees, vote for up to three you loved, and consider reading some of the others! You can see many of the nominees and previous years’ winners at the Mira Costa Library. Come by today! Voting for the Teens Top Ten closes October 19, so don’t miss the deadline!

Here’s the list of nominees for 2013:

1. Albin, Gennifer. Crewel.
Macmillan/Farrar Straus Giroux. 2012. (9780374316419).

2. Banks, AnnaOf Poseidon.
Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends. 2012. (9781250027368).

3. Cabot, Meg. Underworld.
Scholastic/Point. 2012. (9780545284110).

4, Cashore, Kristin. Bitterblue.
Penguin Group/Dial. 2012. (9780803734739).

5. Cole, Kresley. Poison Princess.
Simon & Schuster. 2012. (9781442436640).

6. Cooner, Donna. Skinny.
Scholastic/Point. 2012. (9780545427630).

7. Cross, Sarah. Kill Me Softly.
Egmont. 2012. (9781606843239).

8. Damico, Gina. Croak.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Graphia. 2012. (9780547608327).

9. Fukuda, Andrew. The Hunt.
Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin. 2012. (9781250005298).

10. Harstad, Johan. 172 Hours on the Moon.
Little, Brown & Company. 2012. (9780316182881).

11. Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina.
Random House. 2012. (9780375866562).

12. Hocking, Amanda. Wake.
Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin. 2012. (9781250005649).

13. Hopkins, Ellen. Tilt.
Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books. 2012 .(9781416983309).

14. Kontis, Alethea. Enchanted.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012. (9780547645704).

15. LaFevers, Robin. Grave Mercy.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012. (9780544022492).

16. Lange, Erin Jade. Butter.
Bloomsbury. 2012. (9781599907802).

17. Laybourne, EmmyMonument 14.
Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends. 2012. (9780312569037).

18. Levithan, David. Every Day.
Random House/Alfred A. Knopf. 2012. (9780307931887).

19. Lowry, Lois. Son.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012. (9780547887203).

20. Lyga, BarryI Hunt Killers.
Little, Brown & Company. 2012. (9780316125833).

21. McGarry, Katie. Pushing the Limits.
Harlequin Teen. 2012. (9780373210862).

22. Nielsen, Jennifer. The False Prince.
Scholastic/Scholastic Press. 2012. (9780545284141)

23. Picoult, Jodi. Between the Lines.
Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse. 2012. (9781451635812).

24. Rhodes, Morgan. Falling Kingdoms.
Penguin Group/Razorbill. 2012. (9781595145840).

25. Roth, Veronica. Insurgent.
Harper Collins/Katherine Tegen Books. 2012. (9780062024039).

26. Speer, Scott. Immortal City.
Penguin Group/Razorbill. 2012. (9781595146014).

27. Stiefvater, Maggie. The Raven Boys.
Scholastic/Scholastic Press. 2012. (9780545424929).

28. Wein, Elizabeth. Code Name Verity.
Disney/Hyperion. 2012. (9781423152880).

Link to vote. Don’t forget to vote by October 19. Then, stand by to learn the winners on October 22.
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Mira Costa Teen Read Month

October 16-22 is YALSA’s (the Young Adult Library Services Association) Teen Read Week Celebration, an annual national event sponsored by the Young Adult Division of the American Library Association. At Mira Costa, we are expanding this celebration to the entire month of October, with a whole variety of great activities:

  • Scary Books Exhibit. TLC: The Library Club, our school library service club, has organized a Scary Books exhibit. Come visit and  borrow a scary book to get yourself ready for Halloween!
  • Borrow a book from the Scary Books display or any library book between now and Halloween, and earn a chance to enter TLC: The Library Club’s candy guess contest. Guess the number of candies in the candy jar, and you could be the winner of the whole jar!
  • Enter more contests and win prizes!: Create a bookmark for the Manhattan Beach Public Library Bookmark Contest (entries due to our library October 28). Create a poster for California School Library Association’s @YourLibrary Contest (entries due to our library October 31). Create a a visual photo version of your favorite book for YALSA’s Teen Read Week Photo Contest (entries due October 31).
  • Join The Library Club members as they meet with other library clubs across the U.S. during Lunch and Period 5 on October 19 for a virtual book club discussion of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games. Ask at the library for more information.