Tag Archives: friendship

The Fault in Our Stars or, Eyes of the Bluest Sky

“The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green 2012 ALA Youth Media Awards: YALSA and ALSC. Contact email: cyapodcast@gmail.com Upcoming: “The Midnight Zoo” by Sonya Hartnett and “Going Underground” by Susan Vaught  – re-recording “Irises” by Francisco X. Stork

White Crow or, You’re Gonna Wish You Never Met Me

White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick Topic: “The Rejectionist: A YA Op-Ed Mad Lib for Your Editorial-Writing Convenience“. The Rejectionist. Sunday, October 16, 2011.  

How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won A Bubba-Sized Trophy or, The Roof Is On Fire

How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won A Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen Roll Call Question: What is your literary boggart? Topic: Radical Change: As public libraries reinvent themselves, are we losing our leaders? by Margaret Tice. Library Journal. July 1, 2011 Extended: New York Public Library Scavenger Hunt Find the Future:  NYPL game site Gothamist article [...]

Delirium or, We Used To Be Friends

Delirium by Lauren Oliver Delirium movie deal by Deadline New York Topic “Are All Lists Created Equal? Diversity in Award-Winning and Bestselling Young Adult Fiction” by Casey H. Rawson. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adult. YALSA. Spring, 2011. Rawson’s Masters papers full version (PDF) Recommendations Jenny Talk of the Nation, July 6, [...]

I Am J or, Ain’t Nuthin’ But a “J” Thing

I Am J by Cris Beam Roll Call Question: What is the best and worst parts of summer reading? Topic: I hope you know this means war: YA Lit & the WSJ article A Darkness too Visible” by Meghan Cox Gurdon “Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood” by Sherman Alexie “The Dangers [...]