YALSA has recently announced the titles of the 2015 Teens’ Top Ten. Teens all over the world voted as part of Teen Read Week. Altogether, more than 27,000 votes were cast for the 24 nominees.
Here’s the official 2015 Teens’ Top Ten titles:
“The Shadow Throne” by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic)
“I Become Shadow” by Joe Shine. (Soho Teen)
“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” by Jenny Han. (Simon & Schuster)
“My Life with the Walter Boys” by Ali Novak. (Sourcebooks)
“Heir of Fire” by Sarah J. Maas. (Bloomsbury)
“The Bane Chronicles” by Cassandra Clare. (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
“The Young Elites” by Marie Lu. (Penguin/G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
“The Kiss of Deception” by Mary E. Pearson. (Macmillan/ Henry Holt & Company)
“Since You’ve Been Gone” by Morgan Matson. (Simon & Schuster)
“The Geography of You and Me” by Jennifer E. Smith. (Hachette/Poppy)
Check out the video below featuring 2015 Teen Read Week™ spokesperson Bella Thorne announcing the winning titles:
Can teens find quiet spaces for reading and studying in your library and vibrant spaces for hanging out, socializing, and creative activities?
Do you avoid charging fines and other penalties that can keep teens away from the library?
Do teens help you decide what you stock in the library?
Are you fighting against the stereotype of libraries as just book providers?
Are you going to where the teens are (outside of the library) to market your services?
Are you working to ensure that all library staff exhibit positive, welcoming attitudes toward teens?
Are your policies framed in positive language?
Are you matching your services to your teen community’s unique needs?
Do you provide opportunities for teens to demonstrate their knowledge and accomplishments, such as avenues for displaying teen fiction, teen photography, teen computer game designs, teen music compositions and performances, etc.?
Do you work hard to bring the teens in your community together at your library, either face-to-face or online?
Can teens find quiet spaces for reading and studying in your library and vibrant spaces for hanging out, socializing, and creative activities?
Do you avoid charging fines and other penalties that can keep teens away from the library?
Do teens help you decide what you stock in the library?
Are you fighting against the stereotype of libraries as just book providers?
Are you going to where the teens are (outside of the library) to market your services?
Are you working to ensure that all library staff exhibit positive, welcoming attitudes toward teens?
Are your policies framed in positive language?
Are you matching your services to your teen community’s unique needs?
Do you provide opportunities for teens to demonstrate their knowledge and accomplishments, such as avenues for displaying teen fiction, teen photography, teen computer game designs, teen music compositions and performances, etc.?
Do you work hard to bring the teens in your community together at your library, either face-to-face or online?
2015 Teen Read Week
The 2015 Teen Read Week website is live and October 18-24 is just weeks away! Check out the site for everything you need to plan your TRW activities. Individuals are encouraged to sign up on the site and become online community members to receive the latest updates and full access to resources such as a themed logo, archived webinars, and more. Teen Read Week will be celebrated this year with the theme Get Away @ your library from Oct. 18-24, 2015. Tell YALSA your plans for TRW with #TRW15.
When most people think of young adult novels, a lot of the same titles come to mind: Twilight, The Hunger Games, Divergent, and other titles. But, as Geri Diorio points out, there are plenty of great books that just don’t receive that same publicity. Diorio calls these ‘Quiet Books,’ and has put together a list of these for YALSA’s blog The Hub. We’ve got the list right here, but check out the full post for summaries of the books!
YALSA has recently announced the titles of the 2015 Teens’ Top Ten. Teens all over the world voted as part of Teen Read Week. Altogether, more than 27,000 votes were cast for the 24 nominees.
