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Angela Carstensen, June 13, 2011 | Historical Fiction
British author Carol Birch’s extraordinary coming-of-age historical is among Christian Science Monitor‘s 11 Excellent Novels for Summer Reading, which includes a few others you will be seeing here over the next couple months — Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman, The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson and The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka. The writing, story, setting […]
Angela Carstensen, May 25, 2012 | Science Fiction
Today I am pleased to review a dystopian novel that seems to be flying under the radar in this country, even though it was longlisted for England’s 2011 Man Booker Prize (along with a couple of our favorite AB4T books from last year, Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch and Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman) and […]
Angela Carstensen, January 24, 2012 | Best of 2011
YALSA’s 2012 Alex Awards were announced yesterday morning at the ALA Media Awards. The winners are (with links to the AB4T review of each title): Big Girl Small, by Rachel DeWoskin In Zanesville, by Jo Ann Beard The Lover’s Dictionary, by David Levithan The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens, by […]
Angela Carstensen, December 1, 2011 | Best Books, Best of 2011
The purpose of AB4T is to help librarians and other readers learn about books published for the adult market that have appeal to teens. Currently, nearly 20 librarians review for the blog. All work with teens in either public or school libraries, in a variety of settings across the country. We began work on the […]
Angela Carstensen, June 20, 2011 | Best Books, Best of 2011
Why wait until the end of the year? With ALA Annual approaching, where we all begin to look forward to fall books, this is a good time to look back at the best of the best of the year so far. Each blog reviewer was asked to choose up to 3. We aimed (as always) […]
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