Do you know teens who read? Better yet, are you a teen who reads? How about a book lover trying to get a teen to read?
All of you need Teen Read Week – which is happening right now, Oct 18-24, 2015. Created by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association), Teen Read Week encourages teens to read and visit their library. The theme this year is “Get Away @ Your Library.”
Teen Read Week Activities
Unfortunately, my local library isn’t doing anything for Teen Read Week (maybe I should tell them about it). But here are some cool ideas I found for activities on the official site:
- “Page-to-screen” after school movie and discussion of film adaptations of popular books.
- Teen author conferences
- “Caught Ya Reading Day”- students caught reading at one high school will get candy. (My daughter would love this!)
Reading Recommendations
Here are some things to help teens find good books to read:
- The YALSA Teen Book Finder App – This app allows users to search for books by title, author, or genre, find the books at their local library, and share about them on social media. Pretty cool! I’ll probably get it.
- YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten Each year, teens vote for their favorite books. The voting closes Oct 24, but this is a great place to get reading suggestions. Check out the Teens’ Top Ten site to see this year’s 24 nominees and winners from previous years. Popular titles for 2015 include:
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
- The Bane Chronicles (for fans of The Mortal Instruments series)
- My Life with the Walter Boys
- Since You’ve Been Gone (my current read- it’s good!)
- YALSA’s Facebook Page
Where do you go to find great teen reads? If you follow a blog or Facebook group geared to YA, I’d love to hear about it.
Now, it’s time for me to go volunteer at the Book Fair at my son’s school. Have a great weekend and happy reading!
My girls claim school has ruined them for wanting to read on their own. They don’t read the same books in school that I do. I still hope that some book somewhere will grab their attention and they’ll never look back.
Maybe they might find something on the Teens’ Top Ten? It’s voted on by teens only. *crossing fingers*
I will definitely check out that list – for me, and for my son. I am desperate to find him books that he wants to read! I remember you posting about Guys Read – I need to revisit that too.
I have to admit, I’ve been reading more MG than YA these days. There are a number of series that I follow, and I also get ideas from a Facebook group of writers I belong to. Also since my book landed on the Florida’s SSYRA list this year, I’ve been trying to read the other titles on the list. (You know, check out the opposition!)
I’ll still get distracted by an interesting YA in the thriller, mystery, historical, SF, or Fantasy genres, but I am not drawn to the YA contemporaries that seem to be so popular right now.
Congrats that your book made the Florida SSYRA list! Now, can you explain what that is? 😉
Sorry! It’s the Sunshine State Young Readers Award. My book is one of 15 finalists for the middle grade list for 2015-2016. I’m lucky enough to have my book read by students, teachers, and librarians across the state of Florida! In the spring, they will vote for their favorite, which wins the award.
Yay for Florida!
Very cool! Good luck.