Start Now and Be Ready for Teen Read Week
Teen Read Week is October 12-18 this year, the theme is Turn Dreams into Reality @ your library, and YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) has a
website with a variety of items to help you and your teens be ready. Resources and incentives include:
- Downloadable low-resolution theme logo
- Forums: Discuss and share TRW related resources and experiences
- Ready to use planning and publicity tools
- Products: Posters, bookmarks, manuals, and more
- Showcase: Share your planned events
- Webinars : Free access to a live webinar to help you prepare for TRW, as well as archived webinars
- And more resources and perks to come
And remember the Teens Top Ten will be announced the week after Teen Read Week. Your teens can read the nominated books and vote for their favorites. Visit their
website to find a PDF of the 25 nominated titles with descriptions.
How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks finds orphan Birdie (10), in Victorian London, proud to be an apprentice to Alfred Bunce, the Bogler, this life is much better than being a rag picker. Her job is to act as bait to lure the bogle out for Alfred to catch and kill. Alfred lost one assistant to a bogle and is determined to never have that happen again. He is not the expected cruel master, he worries for Birdie’s safety however this is the only way he knows to catch the deadly bogles. Now something odd is about, orphans are disappearing and Alfred and Birdie may be in more danger than usual. This title has spookiness, concern for Birdie’s well-being, the social divisions in London, and the concept of considering other options for catching and killing dangerous bogles. For grades 4-7.
(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, via the Regional Library Systems, to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
