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Award-Winning Books for Teens
Ever get stumped by a school assignment? Well so do Librarians. Here to help teens, teachers and Librarians find the right book for that perennial High School English assignment, a list of Corretta Scott King and Michael L. Printz honorable mentions and award winning teen novels.
Reel Reads: Books into Movies
With so many new films being released based on extremely popular books (Harry Potter, Bourne Identity, About a Boy, etc.), it is always fascinating to look back at how Hollywood adapted other books for the 'silver screen' (for better or worse). Here's a quick look at some popular books that became movies.
Adult Books for Teens
Young Adults are often looking for more advanced books to read and these titles will fit the bill. Most of these titles are Alex Award winners.
Featured Review:
 The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Bobby is a sensitive and intelligent sixteen-year-old that has recently experienced a considerable change in his life. He has just become a father. His baby daughter, Feather, has brought many emotions into his life - love as well as fear. Can he handle the changes and responsibility that comes with fatherhood and balance parenting, school and friends? This novel takes you back and forth through “then” and “now” experiences of Bobby and Nia, the mother of the child. It is a refreshingly honest, beautifully written and poetic story that will tug on your heartstrings and pull you in until the very last sentence. Simply told yet complex in emotion.
- Michelle F., Matthews Branch
 Actress, Tyne Daly's review of Granny’s Wonderful Chair by Francis Browne:
My favorite childhood book, which made me more certain than ever (at 8 years old) to become a storyteller myself, is called Granny's Wonderful Chair by Francis Browne. These are tales from a time when fairies were still in the world and still had power to charm and delight. Reading is important to me because it offers me nothing less than all the world of human thought. It is one of the great gifts and helps to balance this life (too much??) I love reading - put it that way.
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This month, Reader’s Club salutes Mark. Mark is an avid reader and has contributed many insightful reviews of fiction and non-fiction for adults. He is the voice of the Reader's Club Podcast and a member of the Reader's Club Team.. Here is what Mark has to share with us:
I have been a confirmed book lover as long as I can remember. Before I could read, Mom read to me, and as soon as I could, I took it up on my own, and no book was ever off limits. I can’t imagine any better gift than this love of reading; reading is as fundamental to me as breathing. Thanks, Mom!
My taste in books is pretty eclectic, ranging from mysteries, to science fiction, to literary fiction, to works of history and politics. My favorite books tend to be by writers from cultures other than my own. Some of my favorite authors are Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, and Louise Erdrich. My favorite book is Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. Now, that said, two of my other favorite authors are, like myself, white males born and raised in the American South: Pat Conroy and Larry Brown. One thing all of these writers have in common is a love of a well-told tale. I think this love is universal – all cultures love stories, whether written or oral, so long as they touch the soul.
It is that touch that helps me decide whether to review a book or not. If the story – fiction or fact – touches my soul in a way that I can put into words, I try to review it. Of course, some of those attempts are more successful than others. Also, sometimes I just can’t put it into words, and other times it has to simmer for a while before I can verbalize it. One of the greatest joys for an avid reader is to share a good book or a newly discovered author with others. Reader’s Club is one of the ways I do that. Other reviewers have also led me to some mighty reads. I discovered my new favorite author, Larry Brown, thanks to reviews of his work here on Readers’ Club. See, the joy never ends so long as we share it!
Thanks, Mark!
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