Infopeople Webinar – Teen Literature Update 2012 April 26, 2012 Michael Cart

SIGNIFICANT NEW YOUNG ADULT TITLES, 2011-2012

Realistic Fiction Francesca Lia Block. Pink Smog. HarperCollins. $17.99. Gr. 7-up . Dying to Know You. Abrams Amulet. $16.95. Gr. 9-12 Emily Danforth. The Miseducation of Cameron Post. HarperCollins. $17.99. Gr. 9-12 . The Fault in Our Stars. Dutton. $17.99. Gr. 9-12 Carl Hiaasen. Chomp. Knopf. $16.99. Gr. 5-8 Nina LaCour. The Disenchantments. Dutton. $16.99. Gr. 9-12 Kristin Levine. The Lions of Little Rock. Putnam. $16.99. Gr. 6-9. Chris Lynch. Kill Switch. S&S. $16.99. Gr. 7-up Patricia McCormick. Never Fall Down. HarperCollins. $17.99. Gr. 9-12 . All the Right Stuff. HarperCollins. $17.99. Gr. 8-up Adam Rapp. The Children and the Wolves. Candlewick. $16.99. Gr. 9-12 Benjamin Ailre Saenz. Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe. S&S. Gr. 9-12 . Beneath a Meth Moon. Paulsen/Penguin. $16.99. Gr. 9-12

Adult Books for Young Adults Madeline Miller. The Song of Achilles. ECCO. $25.99 David Racine. Welcome to Zero City Baby. Dufour. $15.95 David Yoo. The Choke Artist. Grand Central. $13.99

Genre Fiction

Horror Daniel & Dina Nayeri. Another Jekyll, Another Hyde. Candlewick. $17.99. Gr. 7-up Kenneth Oppel. Such Wicked Intent. S&S. $16.99. Gr. 7-up James Reese. The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mademoiselle Odile. Roaring Brook. $17.99. Gr. 7-up

Mystery Jenny Valentine. Double. Hyperion. $16.99. Gr. 7-up

Historical Fiction/Poetry Stephanie Hemphill. Sisters of Glass. Knopf. $16.99. Gr. 7-up

Romance Sara Shepard. Ruthless (Pretty Little Liars). HarperTeen. $17.99. Gr. 9-12

Speculative Fiction . The Drowned Cities. Little, Brown. $17.99. Gr. 9-12 Kristin Cashore. Bitterblue. Dial. $19.99. Gr. 9-12 Robin LaFevers. Grave Mercy. Houghton Mifflin. $16.99. Gr. 9-12 Melissa Marr. Faery Tales & Nightmares. HarperCollins. $17.99. Gr. 7-up Lauren Oliver. Pandemonium. HarperCollins. $17.99. Gr. 7-up . There Is No Dog. Putnam. $17.99. Gr. 9-12 The Harvard Lampoon. The Hunger Pains. Touchstone/S&S. $13.99. Gr. 7-up

New Nonfiction Marc Aronson. Master of Deceit. Candlewick. $25.99. Gr.9-12 Deborah Hopkinson. Titanic. Voice from the Disaster. Scholastic. $17.99. Gr. 5-8 Timothy P. McLaughlin. Walking on Earth & Touching the Sky. Abrams. $19.95. Gr. 6-10 Sarah Moon. The Letter Q. Levine/Scholastic. $17.99. Gr. 9-12 Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. No Crystal Stair. Carolrhoda LAB. $17.95. Gr. 7-up

Graphic Novels Jay Hosler. Evolution. Hill & Wang. $14.95. Gr. 6-9 Mark Long & Jim Demonakos. The Silence of Our Friends. First Second. $16.99. Gr. 7-up George O’Connor. Hades (Olympians). First Second. $9.99. Gr. 5-8 Kevin C. Pyle. Take What You Can Carry. Holt. $12.99. Gr. 7-up Doug Tennapel. Cardboard. Graphix/Scholastic. $12.99. Gr. 5-8 Chris Wooding & Cassandra Diaz. Pandemonium. Graphix/Scholastic. $12.99. Gr. 7-up

Hybrid & Multiplatform Books Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral. Chopsticks. Penguin/Razorbill. $19.99. Gr. 9-12 Patrick Carman. Trackers. Scholastic. $14.99. Gr. 6-9 Lauren Myracle. L8r, G8r. Amulet. $6.95. Gr. 9-12

Resources Michael Cart. Cart’s Top 200. ALA Editions. $50.00 (Sept. 2012) Michael Cart. Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism. ALA Editions. $58.00

Archived webinar available at: http://infopeople.org/training/teen-literature-update-2012