#printzaward

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We Are Okay by Nina LaCour. Penguin, 2019. 9780142422939. 256pp. http://www.powells.com/book/-9780142422939?partnerid=34778&p_bt

This book has been on my shelf for far too long. When I finally picked it up the other day I could not put it down. I've never loved a book this infused with sadness, and I can't imagine I'll read a better YA novel this year. (If it looks familiar, it may be because it came out in 2017 and won the Printz.)  The less you know about the book the better, I think, but below is a summary that's as un-spoilery as I can make it.

Marin fled across the country from the Bay Area where something terrible happened. It's clear it probably had something to do with her grandfather. She moved in with him after her mother died and they lived at the beach where her mom had loved to surf. Her and her grandfather's lives were strangely and kind of amazingly separate in some ways -- he was a poetic guy who spent lots of time alone and exchanged love letters with his Birdie. But Marin had a best friend, Mabel, and life with her grandfather seemed normal. But then whatever happened happened, and Marin ran off to her university, abandoning Mabel and whatever was developing between them. Now Mabel is coming to visit her in her university dorm where, over Christmas break, she's the only person in residence. Marin is nervous and excited and not sure what she's going to say. (Minor spoiler: What happened and why she fled comes out, because how could it not.)

Poetic, precise, and oh so well constructed, this is a book my wife, my daughter, and I will talk about for months, and one that I'm going to be recommending for far longer.

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New YA Books!

Check out my new reading selection for our Printz mock elections!

[greeneteens]

The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature is presented annually to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named in memory of a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association.

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Eek!! Beyond excited to receive this hot-off-the-presses ARC of @carolynmacklerbooks upcoming novel, the sequel to her #printzaward winner, #theearthmybuttandotherbigroundthings. And how about this cover?? Amazing and gorgeous, right?!!Don’t bother trying to reach me for the next few days. I will be busy. #amreading #yanovel #writersofig #writers #writer #reader #arc #yanovel #authorslife #author #authorsofinstagram #writersofig #writerslife #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity #instagramwriters #nyc #instareads #bookish #bookstagram #booknerd #bookjunkie #bookfan #instagood #instabooks #ilovebooks #bibliophile #bookcrazy #booksofinstagram

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#LongWayDown #JasonReynolds #books #book #bibliophile #bookblogger #yasunday #youngadultbooks #youngadult #readbooks #youthservices #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #bookwormproblems #bookworm #teenreads #teenbooks #librarybooks #librarylife #bookaddiction #bookcovers #bookcover #thelibraryisopen #goodreads #keepreading #awardwinningbooks #corettascottkingaward #printzaward #read #reading https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7vJ-mHnVy/?igshid=1rkrpxc3ple3i

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January 21: Mock Printz

This was so fun! Our table picked Blood Water Paint :)

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March book three

written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin; art by Nate Powell 

Summary: Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world. 

Find it at the library:  https://brooklyn.bibliocommons.com/item/show/11947816062?active_tab=bib_info 

[carpelibrums]

In Which I Need to Talk About JELLICOE ROAD

In Which I Need to Talk About JELLICOE ROAD

THIS BOOK. This book right here —>

This book broke me. Over the course of reading Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (and by “course,” I am referring to the two days it took for me to complete), the characters, relationships, descriptive passages and storylines BROKE ME. I mean, they crushed my soul and made me want to weep ugly tears. BUT, by the time I read the last page, I was whole again.

Wel…

[scholasticreadspodcast]

Have you read AMERICAN BORN CHINESE? Published in 2006, Gene Luen Yang's book was a finalist for the National Book Award, the winner of an Eisner, and was the first graphic novel to win the Printz Award. #firstlinefriday #printzaward #graphicnovel #ya #books

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Just started reading 'In Darkness' by Nick Lake. It's so good! Definitely recommend it.