Title: Adult Books for Young Adults
1Adult Books for Young Adults
workshop presented by Beth Gallaway
bethg_at_mmrls.orgMay 2005
2AGENDA
- Icebreaker What adult books did you read as a
teen? - Discussion Why do teens like books intended for
adult audiences? - Resources How to find out about adult books for
young adults - Booktalks Books for recreational reading, books
for school reading - Audience Participation Share a book, make a
recommendation - Wrap up and Evaluations
3What makes adult books appealing to young
adults?
- Desire to read up
- Adult said not to read it
- Librarian/teacher/friend recommendation
- Teen protagonists/issues
- Interest in topic/genre
- New York Times best seller, booklist, award
winner, club selection - Pop culture tie-ins
- Celebrity author/YA author/crossover author
- Flashy cover art
- Well-written
- Deeper content/longer length
4Are you a youth protector or a youth advocate?
- Advocate
- Believes youth are capable of defining their
needs - Promotes access and removes barriers and limits
and empowers youth to identify retrieve and use
information and resources - Develops collections to encourage exploration of
new ideas - Reserves judgment
- Protector
- Believes adults know what is best for youth, what
will harm them, and what their needs are/how
those needs should be met - Erects barriers and limits to information and
resources - Develops collections based on what will elicit
the least amount of parental/societal displeasure - Makes judgments
From YALSAs definition of youth advocacy
http//www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/yalsamemonly/yalsomou
nder/definitionsyouth.htm
5Selection List Resources for Adult Books for
Young Adults
- Alex Awards - http//www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/a
lex Best adult books for young adults, selected
by a committee of librarians - Books for the Teen Age - http//teenlink.nypl.org/
- NYPLs annual list of top titles for teens are
often a mix of j/ya/adult titles. - Modern Library from Random House -
http//www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/ - Classics and contemporary titles
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6Selection List Resources for Adult Books for
Young Adults
- National Council of Teachers of English
http//www.ncte.org - Reading lists and award winners
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- Outstanding Books for the College Bound
http//www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb - Top selections from a number of lists
- New! Issue of YAttitudes Mystery Genre A/YA
authors - http//www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/yalsamemonly/members
only.htm
7Selection List Resources for Adult Books for
Young Adults
- Bare, Beverly. What Do I Read Next? (Gale, 2004)
- Childrens Book Council http//www.cbcbooks.org
- Rorys Book Club http//thewb.com/Shows/WithFeedba
ck/0,9310,115845,00.html
8Review Sources for Adult Books for Young Adults
- Adult Books for High School Students in School
Library Journal - Voice of Youth Advocates A/YA noted in reviews
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- Booklist A/YA noted in reviews
9Review Sources for Adult Books for Young Adults
- Library Title Wave (Follett) http//www.flr.follet
t.com/login/ - BWI Title Tales (Book Wholesalers Inc)
http//www.bwibooks.com/ - Amazon http//www.amazon.com
- Other?
10Readalikes
- If you're finished with the Princess Diaries and
Gossip Girls - Marian Keye
- Meggin Cabot
- Sophie Kinsella
- Jennifer Weiner
- Jane Green
11Readalikes
- Movin' on from Melvin Burgess
- Nick Hornby
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Irvine Welsh
- Chuck Klosterman
12Readalikes
- And more for the "Hipster" set
- Dave Eggers
- Jeffrey Eugenides
13Readalikes
- For those who can't wait for Revenge of the
Sith - Orson Scott Card
- Terry Brooks
- Robert Jordan
- Terry Pratchett
14Readalikes
- Genre bests
- Mystery Janet Evanovich
- Romance Nicholas Sparks
15Readalikes
- Oprah is never wrong
- Jodi Picoult
- Anita Shreve
- Amy Tan
- Elizabeth Berg
- Alice Hoffman
16Readalikes
- The "Go Ask Alice" Thank-God-it's-not-me award
Dave Pelzer - Gordon Korman meets David Levithan meets David
Lubar David Sedaris - After Sharon Draper Omar Tyree
17Readalikes
- Following Fear Street
- Stephen King
- Dean Koontz
- Peter Staub
- Christopher Golden
18And for the brave among you
19And for the brave among you from 5/3
- Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye
- Anne Rice
- L. Ron Hubbard
- Bodice Rippers
- Adult Graphic Novels
- Zane
- Other?
202005 Alex Awards
- Candyfreak A Journey through the Chocolate
Underbelly of America by Steve Almond - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 21.95
- 1-56512-412-9
212005 Alex Awards
- Swimming to Antarctica Tales of a Long-Distance
Swimmer by Lynn Cox - Knopf, 24.95
- 0-375-41507-6
222005 Alex Awards
- Donorboy by Brendan Halprin
- Random House, 12.95 1-4000-6277-2
232005 Alex Awards
- Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
- Random House, 26.95 (0-375-50858-9).
242005 Alex Awards
- Work of Wolves by Kent Meyers
- Harcourt, 24.00
- 0-15-101057-9
252005 Alex Awards
- Truth Beauty A Friendship by Ann Patchett
- HarperCollins, 23.95
- 0-06-057214-0
262005 Alex Awards
- My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- Atria, 25.00
- 0-7434-5452-9
272005 Alex Awards
- Thinner Than Thou by Kit Reed
- Tom Doherty Associates, 24.00
- 0-765-30762-6
282005 Alex Awards
- Project X by Jim Shepard
- Knopf, 20.00
- 1-4000-4071-X
292005 Alex Awards
- Rats Observations on the History and Habitat of
the Citys Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert
Sullivan - Bloomsbury, 23.95
- 1-58234-385-3
302004 Alex Awards
- Wonder When Youll Miss Me by Amanda Davis
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-time. By Mark Haddon - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer
- Stiff by Mary Roach
- True Notebooks by Mark Salzman
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
- Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates
312003 Alex Awards
- One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry
- My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
- Seeing in the Dark How Backyard Stargazers Are
Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from
Interplanetary Peril by Timothy Ferris - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
- The Year of Ice by Brian Malloy
- When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
- The Dive from Clausens Pier by Ann Packer
- The Fall of Rome by Martha Southgate
- 10th Grade by Joseph Weisberg
322002 Alex Awards
- Year of Wonders A Novel of the Plague by
Geraldine Brooks - An American Insurrection The Battle of Oxford,
Mississippi by William Doyle - Gabriel's Story by David Anthony Durham
- Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting by in
Boom-Time America by Barbara Ehrenreich - Peace like a River by Leif Enger
- The Wilderness Family At Home with Africa's
Wildlife by Kobie Kruger - Kit's Law by Donna Morrissey
- The Rover by Mel Odom
- Motherland by Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
- Black, White, and Jewish Autobiography of a
Shifting Self by Rebecca Walker
332001 Alex Awards
- Chang And Eng by Darin Strauss
- Counting Coup by Larry Colton
- Daughter Of The Forest by Juliet Marillier
- Diamond Dogs by Alan Watt
- Flags Of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron
Powers - The Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier,
- In The Heart Of The Sea The Tragedy Of The
Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick - The Man Who Ate The 747 by Ben Sherwood
- The Sand Reckoner, by Gillian Bradshaw
- Soldier A Poet's Childhood by June Jordan
342000 Alex Awards
- High Exposure An Enduring Passion for Everest
and Unforgiving Places by David Breashears - Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
- River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
- Educating Esme Diary of a Teacher's First Year
by Esmé Raji Codell - The Reappearance of Sam Webber by Jonathon Scott
Fuqua - Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- The Hungry Ocean A Swordboat Captain's Journey
by Linda Greenlaw - Barefoot Heart Stories of a Migrant Child by
Elva Trevino Hart - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
- Imani All Mine by Connie Porter
351999 Alex Awards
- The Endurance Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic
Expedition by Caroline Alexander - Getting In by James Finney Boylan
- Needles by Andie Dominick
- At All Costs by John Gilstrap
- Space by Jesse Lee Kercheval
- Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
- Legends Stories by the Masters of Modern
Fantasy. Ed. by Robert Silverberg. - Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago
- Caucasia by Danzy Senna
361998 Alex Awards
- The Secret Family Twenty-four Hours inside the
Mysterious Worlds of Our Minds and Bodies by
David Bodanis - All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
- Sugar in the Raw Voices of Young Black Girls in
America by Rebecca Carroll - What Girls Learn by Karin Cook
- Snow in August by Pete Hamill
- The Perfect Storm A True Story of Men against
the Sea by Sebastian Junger - Into Thin Air A Personal Account of the Mt.
Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer - Lest We Forget The Passage from Africa to
Slavery and Emancipation by Velma Maia Thomas - Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven by Dawn Turner
Trice - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
37Adult Authors for Young Adults Recommendations
compiled from YALSA-BK
- Albom, Mitch
- Berg, Elizabeth M/J
- Card, Orson Scott M/J
- Clark, Mary Higgins S
- Conroy, Pat S
- Cook, Robin S
- Crichton, Michael M/J
- Eugenides, Jeffrey
- Evanovich, Janet S
- Green, Jane S
- Grisham, John
- Hornby, Nick S
- Hunter, Maddy
- Hyde, Catherine Ryan
- Jordan, Robert S
- Keyes, Marian
- Stephen King
- Kinsella, Sophie
- Koontz, Dean
- Levine, Laura
38Adult Books for Young Adults Recommendations
compiled from YALSA-BK
- Lockwood, Cara
- Lovecraft, H.P.
- McCaffery, Anne S
- Moriarty, Laura
- Oates, Joyce Carol S
- Palahniuk, Chuck S
- Pelzer, Dave
- Peters, Elizabeth
- Picoult, Jodi M/J
- Saul, John S
- Sedaris, David S
- Shreve, Anita
- Sparks, Nicholas M/J
- Staub, Peter
- Tartt, Donna
- Tyree, Omar S
- Walker, Alice S
- Winterson, Jeannette S
39Beths Favorites
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- The Pact by Jodi Picoult
- Back Roads by Tawny ODell
- True to Form by Elizabeth Berg
- Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffery
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
40Beths Favorites
- The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola
Kraus - The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
- Coffee and Kung Fu by Karen Brichoux
- Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
- Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bojhalian
- House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
- Life at These Speeds by Jeremy Jackson
41Other Recommendations Biog
- Smashed Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren
Zailckas - Stick Figure A Diary of My Former Self by Lori
Gottleib - Wasted A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya
Hornbacher - She Said Yes The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie
Bernall by Misty Bernall - Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton
- Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly Donofrio
- Rocket Boys by Homer Hickham
42Other Recommendations NF
- Pledged the Secret life of Sororities by
Alexandra Robbins - Concrete Blonde by Eminem
- The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur
- America The Book by Jon Stewart
43Other Recommendations Novels
- Prep by Curtis Sittenfield
- Chloe Does Yale by Natalie Krinsky
- Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory
Maguire - Stone Garden by Molly Moynahan
- Old School by Tobias Wolff
- The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green by Joshua
Braff - The Red Panda by Andrea SeigelRun Catch Kiss by
Amy Sohn - The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa
Bank - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
44Other Recommendations Graphic Novels
- Blankets by Craig Thompson
- Ethel Ernest by Raymond Briggs
- Age of Bronze by Eric Shanower
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman/Charles Vess
- Sandman by Neil Gaiman
- Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
- My New York Life by Julie Doucet
45Other Recommendations Classics
- "A classic is something that everybody wants to
have read and nobody wants to read."-Mark Twain - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Bette Smith
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- Narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse
46When We Were TeensLibrarian Favorites 5/3
- Arundel by Kenneth Roberts
- Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly
- Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
- Desiree by Annemarie Selinko
- Victoria Holt
- The Brontes
- John Jakes
- James Michener
47When We Were TeensLibrarian Favorites