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Presenters: Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, New Jersey State Library and Elizabeth Burns, Youth Services
Consultant, Talking Book and Braille Center
Good Reads: Reader’s Advisory for
Youth Services Providers
Thank You, Tamara!
• Based on a presentation by Tamara Richman, Youth Services Librarian, Mary Jacobs Library
• What is Reader’s Advisory?• New Books• Favorite Titles• Your opinion!
Classic Reader’s Advisory
• Subject• Reading level• Genre• Writing style• Characterization
Classic RA, Cont.
• Plot elements• Storyline• Pace• Tone• Frame• Setting
What Makes an Ultimate Reader’s Advisor
• Read!• Listen• Enthusiasm• Knowledge• Persistence• Don’t Panic!
Great Sources• Novelist• All Together Now Reading Lists, atn-reading-
lists.wikispaces.com/Read+Alikes • BookHive at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library,
www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/books/ • St. Charles Library,
http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/ys/good_reads.htm
ATN (All Together Now) Reading Lists
BookHive at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
St. Charles Public Library
Blogs!
• 100 Scope Notes, http://100scopenotes.com/• Guys Lit Wire,
http://guyslitwire.blogspot.com/ • The Book Smugglers,
http://thebooksmugglers.com/ • STACKED, http://www.stackedbooks.org/
100 Scope Notes
Guys Lit Wire
The Book Smugglers
Stacked
Review Journal Blogs
• School Library Journal, www.schoollibraryjournal.com
• Booklist, www.booklistonline.com/blogs • Kirkus, https://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/ • The Horn Book,
www.hbook.com/category/blogs/
School Library Journal
Book List
The Horn Book
Kirkus
The Conversation
• Dialogue• Acknowledge• Age/Grade• More Info
• Sell! Sell! Sell!
Some New Books….
• Game of Thrones/Fantasy?– Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta. Candlewick
Press 2012 (Teen) • Bad Family Members
– I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga. Little, Brown 2012 (Teen)• Ghost Story
– Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake. Tor Teen. 2011 (Teen)
– Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough. Candlewick Press. 2012 (Teen)
• Mystery with History– The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman. Knopf
2012 (Teen) • Backpacking Central America
– Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard. Delacorte Press 2012 (Teen)• Dystopia
– Pure by Julianna Baggott. Hachette Book Group. 2012 (Adult)• Flesh Eating Bacteria
– Catch & Release by Blythe Woolston. Carolrhoda Lab 2012 (Teen)
• Historical Fiction– The FitzOsbornes in Exile, the Montmaray Journals, Book II
by Michelle Cooper. Knopf Books for Young Readers. 2011 (Teen)
– Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. Hyperion. 2012 (Teen)
• Teen Spies– Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter. Disney Hyperion
Books. 2012 (Teen)• Becoming an artist
– Radiant Days by Elizabeth Hand. Viking. 2012 (Teen)
Wimpy Kid Appeal
• Hybrid graphic novel/chapter book format
• Authentic voice and look• Fast moving• Funny• School Theme
My Weird School by Dan Gutman
• Ages 6+• Series• School Stories• Appeals to both
boys and girls• Authentic Voice• Funny
School! Adventures at the Harvey N. Trouble Elementary School
by Kate McMullan
• Ages 6+• Hybrid Format• Appeals to both
boys and girls• Lots of Word Play
and Crazy Name a la My Weird School
My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian
• Ages 8+• Cool, Clever Cartoons
Ellie McDoodle by Ruth McNally Barshaw
• Ages 8+• Series• Girl Appeal• Hybrid
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
• Ages 8+• Hybrid Format• School Social Dynamics• Mystery• Sequels: Darth Paper
Strikes Back and The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee
The Popularity Papers : Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang by Amy Ignatow
• Ages 8+• Popularity Papers
Series• Girl Appeal• Hybrid
If You Liked… The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
Beasts and Monstersby Anthony Horowitz
• Ages 8+• Legends Series• Short, Action
Packed Stories
The Call by Michael Grant
• Ages 8+• The Magnificent
12 Series• Funny• Fast Paced Action
The Shadow Thievesby Anne Ursu
• Ages 9+• Cronus Chronicles
Series• Funny and
Irreverent• Fast Paced Action
Adventure
Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
• Grades 4+• Norse Mythology• Major Boy Appeal with
battles and bodily humor
I am Number Four by Pitacus Lore
• Grades 5+• Lorien Legacies
Series• Movie • Sequels: The Power
of Six and The Rise of Nine
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
• Heavily Illustrated• Broken into short stories
about each of the major and minor gods
Michael Townsend's Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders by Michael Townsend
• Graphic Novel Format• Funny• Action Packed• Also try the Myth-o-Mania
series by Kate McMullan
If You Liked….
Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look
• Ages 6+• Series• Authentic Voice• Realistic Fiction• Illustrated
Sassy: Little Sister is NOT my Name by Sharon Draper
• Ages 7+• Series• Authentic Voice• Realistic Fiction• Loving African-
American Family
Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper
• Ages 7+• Series• Authentic Voice• Realistic Fiction• Empathy• Illustrated
Katherine the Almost Great Uses her Common Cents by Lisa Mullarkey
• Ages 7+• Series• Girl and Boy Appeal• Short and Sweet
Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls by Meg Cabot
• Ages 8+• Series• For Girls Entering the
Tween Years
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
• Ages 8+• Astronomy• Coming of Age• Try her other titles:
Eleven, Finally
If You Liked…
A To Z Mysteriesby Rob Roy
The Buddy Files by Dori Hillestad Butler
• Ages 6+• Series• Great for animal lovers
We the Children by Andrew Clements
• Ages 7+• Benjamin Pratt & the
Keepers of the School Series
Saxby Smart: Private Detective by Simon Chesire
• Ages 8+• Series• Reminiscent of
Encyclopedia Brown
The 100-Year-Old Secretby Tracy Barrett
• Ages 8+• The Sherlock Files
Series
The Brixton Brothers by Mac Barnett
• Ages 8+• Series• Funny
The Door to Time by Pierdomenico Baccalario
• Ages 8+• Ulysses Moore Series• “Magic Tree House on
Steroids”• Riddles and Codes• Cliffhanger Ending
If You Liked…
Matt Christopher Books
Jake Maddox
• Ages 7+• Series• Covers Huge Variety of
Sports
Kickers and Winning Season by Rich Wallace
• Ages 7+• Series• Soccer• Co-Ed
• Ages 8+• Series• Football
Gym Shorts by Betty Hicks
• Ages 7+• Series• Covers Array of Sports
Football Hero by Tim Green
• Ages 8+• Series• Check out all of Tim
Green’s Sports Books
Beyond Lucky by Sarah Aronson
• Ages 8+• Lots of Soccer!• Rare Focus on a Jewish
Protagonist
Comeback Kids by Mike Lupica
• Ages 8+• Series• Variety of Sports• Also try Batboy and The
Million Dollar Throw
If You Liked…
the Septimus Heap Series by Angie Sage
The Secrets of Droon by Tony Abbott
• Ages 7+• Series• Introduction to High
Fantasy
Keyholders by Debbie Dadie
• Ages 7+• Series• Boy and Girl Appeal• Animal Lovers Appeal
A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull
• Ages 8+• Series• Good for Harry Potter
Fans• Long Action Driven
Fantasy
Tuesdays at the Castleby Jessica Day George
• Ages 8+• Girl Appeal• Magical Castle
Merlin’s Dragon by T.A. Barron
• Ages 9+• Series• Merlin and his World• Animal Focused
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
• Ages 8+• The Hunger Games
Meets Harry Potter!• Dystopian Fiction for the
younger set• Magical Battles
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
• Beyond the grave• Letting go• Gentle romance• Also try Zevin’s other
books.
Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr
• Alcoholism• Child Abduction• Belief in God• Extra-marital Affair
Dairy Queen: A Novelby Catherine Gilbert Murdock
• Transformation with a twist
• Great rural setting• Reminiscent of
Richard Peck but with a modern feel
• Series
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
• Series• Fun!• Conflicted Romance
Twilight Appeal
• Is it really about vampires?• Enduring Love• Transformation• Tons of Teenage Angst!
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
• Fairies• Torn between
Normal and Paranormal
• Series
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
• Wicked Lovely Series• Fairies evil vs good• Sexual Tension• Unique Ending
Fallen by Lauren Kate
• Series• Eternal Love• Past Lives• Fallen Angels
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
• Mortal Instruments Series
• Rich, well detailed fantasy world a la HP
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
• Wolves of Mercy Falls Trilogy• Werewolves ‘Я Us• Alternating points of view• 2 sets of lovers in trilogy
Thank you!
Your Steps to Becoming an Ultimate Reader’s Advisor• Read, read, read• Identify at least 2-3 books in each major genre or “read-alike”
category that you would feel comfortable personally recommending to a patron. Try to make these titles that are often available.
• If possible, take your time talking to a child when they ask for a suggestion, remember to listen not just react.
HAVE FUN!
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