The 2016 Teens Top Ten Nominees Announced
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has officially announced the nominees for the
2016 Teens Top Ten. It is a teen choice list containing titles recommended by teens and voted on by teens across the country. Teen readers are encouraged to read as many of the nominees as they can, and vote for their favorites starting on August 15
th through Teen Read Week (October 9-15, 2016). The final Top Ten will be announced the week following Teen Read Week. For an annotated list of the nominees, go to this
PDF and share it with your teens!
To Catch a Cheat by Varian Johnson is the sequel to
The Great Greene Heist which came out in May of 2014. Jackson Greene (8th grade) has again promised no more schemes or pranks, and stuck with it. He is surprised when the principal calls him into his office and accuses him and Charlie (his best friend) of flooding the school over the weekend. There is even video evidence they did it. They did
not do it. Now they need to discover who doctored the video, and what can be done to clear their names. The con they concoct will do the trick, if everyone can stick to their task. Great for middle school readers who love teens getting one over on scalawags.
(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.)
