The Young Adult Librarian and two other librarians saw Breaking Dawn Part 2 on opening day. We all agreed that it was the best installment in the series, and that the special effects have improved since the first movie.
The Young Adult Literature Symposium takes place this weekend in St. Louis. Your young adult librarian will join other teen librarians from across the United States to learn about trends in young adult literature.
Here are some young adult novels set in St. Louis:
The Young Adult Library Services Association announced the winners of the Teens' Top Ten this morning. Teens from across the country and in other countries voted for their favorite books. Last Thursday, teens had the opportunity to vote after school at the library. The results may suprise as the official winner did not even make it into Glenside's top ten.
Today twenty-seven patrons attended the Percy Jackson Release Party. They shot a crossbow, attacked Mount Olympus with a catapult and did a variety of activities related to the book series by Rick Riordan.
We asked the participants survey questions in order for them to win Camp Half-Blood t-shirts and copies of the latest book in the series The Mark of Athena. Here are the results of those surveys.