YSU ENGLISH FESTIVAL 2009
Congratulations to Emily McGlawn winner of the Impromptu Essay at the 2009 YSU
English Festival. The other students participating were: Raelyn Kennedy,
Shereyah Barnhart, Ashley Hastings, Emily Carnahan, Elizabeth Carnahan, Darten
Jenkins, and our freshmen participants were Carley Hoon, Shedall Brown-Lee,
and Stephanie Spencer. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL
Be sure to sign up for the 2010 Festival.
See Mrs. DiTommaso in the library for information.
http://www.as.ysu.edu/~english/booklist.htm
the Festival Home Page
http://www.ysuenglishfestival.org/
Consideration Booklist for 2010 Festival---
These are the books that are being considered for this year's
festival
http://www.ysuenglishfestival.org/resources.html
About the Festival
http://www.ysuenglishfestival.org/aboutthefestival.html
Harding English Festival Page
This is an interactive page for you to read and comment on the books. Use
this page to share ideas and insights into the books we are reading this year.
http://moodle.neomin.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=170
Other Young Adult Literature Sites:
Booklists for Young Adults on the Web
compiled by librarians and educators and other YA lists on the Web
http://www.seemore.mi.org/booklists/
The World of Genre Fiction for Young Adult Readers
http://www.genrefluent.com/
Reader's Robot --Reviews that reveal the appeal.
http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/rr.html
Cleveland Public Library Young Adult Fiction Recommended List
http://www.cpl.org/ReadingRoom.asp?FormMode=FF&ID=34
Books for the Teen Age from the New York Public Library
http://teenlink.nypl.org/bta1.cfm
Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists
Recommended reads that go beyond the "typical" teen booklist.
http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/index.html
All Together Now Reading Lists of suggested reading
Organized by genre
http://www.nancykeane.com/rl/
Outstanding Books for the College Bound by YALSA
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults by YALSA
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/poppaper
Booklists and Book Awards for Teens by YALSA
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
Coretta Scott King Book Awards and Lists of Award winners
http://www.ala.org/ala/srrt/corettascottking/corettascott.htm
The Coretta Scott King Award commemorates the life and work of
Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., and honors his widow, Coretta Scott King, for
her courage
and determination in continuing the work for peace and world
brotherhood.
Each year two awards are granted: one to the best author and one
to the best
illustrator. Award recipients must be of African descent.
http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/booklists/books.php?BookListID=51&SortOrder=Author
Booklists for Teens from the Boston Public Library
http://www.bpl.org/teens/booklists/
Other Resources