Nominate a title for YALSA’s 2011 Readers’ Choice List.
YALSA’s Readers’ Choice Task Force is currently seeking out and reading nominations for the 2011 Readers’ Choice List. YALSA posts official nominations online on a monthly basis. This month’s nominated titles for YALSA’s Readers’ Choice List is now available from this web page.
Anyone can nominate their favorite “must-read” YA titles each year in six broad genres and one wild card category chosen each year by the task force. Then in November 2011, YALSA members will vote on the titles for the final list.
This year the categories are:
Horror/Thriller
Mystery/Crime
Nonfiction
Realistic Fiction
Romance
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Steampunk (this year’s Wildcard Category)
If you or your teens would like to nominate a title, please review the selection criteria on the web site here. Keep in mind that titles need to be published between November 1, 2010 and October 31, 2011. Then send a nomination to the committee with this link.
I am currently reading The Maze Runner by James Dasher (and I have The Scorch Trials waiting for me next!) Thomas (about 16) remembers nothing before his arrival in an elevator to the Glade. Populated by boys who arrived in the same manner and condition, the Glade is surrounded by a huge, intricate, and moving Maze. Their goal is to solve the Maze and find the way out. But why do some things here seem familiar to Thomas, when he can’t remember his family or anyone from his past.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
