Presented at the Wayland Public Library April 2014
Brookline Public Library Teen Services
- The main Teen site
- Manga & Anime Club (including FAQs)
- Shelf Respect Teen Literature Book Club
- What to Read Next
- Virtual Tour of the Teen Room
- Bigger on the Inside (SLJ article on the Awesome Box)
- Welcome to Night Vale Listening Party
- Author Visits
- Tee Off @ the Library
- Blind Date with a Book
Teen Lit Awards
- The Michael L. Printz Award
- The Margaret A. Edwards Award
- The Alex Award
- The William C. Morris Award
- Excellence in Nonfiction Award
- The Coretta Scott King Award
- The Pura Belpre Award
- The Stonewall Award
- The Odyssey Award
Teen Lit Selection Lists
- Best Fiction for Young Adults
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens
- The Teens’ Top Ten
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound
- and more!
Teen Lit Resources Online
- Book Riot (YA coverage)
- Bookshelves of Doom
- A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy
- Diversity in YA
- Forever Young Adult
- yalit.com
Teen Lit Diversity
- Diversity in ALA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults (Diversity in YA)
- Straight Talk on Race: Challenging the Stereotypes in Kids’ Books (School Library Journal)
- True or False: Multicultural Books Don’t Sell (Lee & Low)
- Why Hasn’t the Number of Multicultural Books Increased In Eighteen Years? (Lee & Low)
- It All Comes Down to This (Tanita Davis)
- Where the White People Weren’t (Kirkus)
- Who Gets to Be A Superhero? Race and Identity in Comics (NPR’s Code Switch)
Cover Controversies
- Don’t judge a book by its cover (Diversity in YA)
- It Matters If You’re Black or White: The Racism of YA Book Covers (YALSA Hub)
- Ain’t That a Shame (Justine Larbalestier)
- Justine Larbalestier’s Cover Girl (Publisher’s Weekly)
- Uncovering YA Covers: 2011 (Kate Hart)
- Whitewashing Book Covers: What Do Kids Think? (Lee and Low)
Writing Across Race Lines
- Erin Bow: Diversity in Fantasy (Diversity in YA)
- How Should We Write Across Cultures? (Mitali Perkins)
- The One Thing White Writers Get Away With, But Authors of Color Don’t (PolicyMic)
- Mary Anne Mohanraj Gets You Up to Speed, Part II (John Scalzi’s Blog – Guest Post)
- What does “authentic” mean, anyway? (Diversity in YA)
- Write What You Know: Limiting or Authentic? (Racalicious)
Awards & Selection Lists
- American Indian Youth Literature Award
- Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
- The Coretta Scott King Book Awards
- The Pura Belpré Award
- NAACP Image Awards – Literature
- Essence Magazine Literary Finalists
- Street Literature Awards
- In the Margins Book Award and Selection List
- PEN Oakland Awards
- Top Ten Books by Latino Authors
Diversity Blogs & Websites
- American Indians in Children’s Literature
- The Brown Bookshelf
- CBC Diversity (multiple publishers)
- Cynthia Leitich Smith: Multi-racial Resources
- Diverse Pages
- Diversify YA
- Diversity in YA
- Forever Young Adult: Heck YA Diversity
- Latinos in Kid Lit
- Lee & Low’s Blog
- Nerds of Color
- Rich in Color
- Tu Books, the SFF imprint of Lee & Low
Titles Mentioned
- When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
- Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
- If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
- Cinder, Scarlet, Cress and Winter by Marissa Meyer
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
- Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
- Etiquette &Â Espionage and Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
- Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
- The Tyrant’s Daughter by J. C. Carleson
- The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
- And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
- Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
- The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer
- The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
- The Raven Cycle (Raven Boys and The Dream Thieves) by Maggie Stiefvater
- Drama, Smile, and the forthcoming Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
- Friends with Boys and Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Faith Erin Hicks
- Super Graphic by Tim Leong
- The Notorious Benedict Arnold, Bomb, and The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin
- The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
- The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
- The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
- The Black Count by Tom Reiss
- The New Cool by Neal Bascomb
- Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
- Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Graphic Novel Resources
- No Flying No Tights
- The Comics Beat
- Comic Book Resources
- Comics Alliance
- The Comics Reporter
- The Mary Sue
Graphic Novels
- A Contract with God Trilogy by Will Eisner
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
- Maus by Art Spiegelman
- Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi
- Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi
- Dinosaur Comics by Ryan North
- Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
- Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja
- Relish by Lucy Knisley
- My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
- Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
- Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye by Colleen A. F. Venable and Stephanie Yue
- Hereville by Barry Deutsch
- The Lunch Lady series by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Bone by Jeff Smith
- Amelia Rules! by Jimmy Gownley
- Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
- Miss Annie by Frank Le Gall
- The Hilda series by Luke Pearson
- Glister by Andi Watson
- Zita the Space Girl by Ben Hatke
- Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon, Dean, and Nathan Hale (no relation)
- Princeless by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin
- Daisy Kutter by Kazu Kibuishi
- Hopeless Savages by Jen Van Meter
- Delilah Dirk by Tony Cliff
- Journey Into Mystery by Kathryn Immonen
- Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)
- Courtney Crumrin series by Ted Naifeh
- Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
- Fables by Bill Willingham
- Queen and Country by Greg Rucka
- Secret Six by Gail Simone
- Sandman by Neil Gaiman
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
- xkcd by Randall Munroe
