Welcome to another Meet the Collection Monday! I'm delighted to introduce you to my favorite collection. Our collections are like our kids, and I know they say you're not supposed to have favorites, but...you know. (Kidding).
The Young Adult Fiction collection is located on the second floor of the library with other Young Adult (YA) collections. Items are alphabetized by the authors' last names, with the exception of short story compilations which are shelved under "Y STORIES" and alphabetized by the book titles.
When I select books for YA fiction, I am looking for titles that meet the wide range of needs and interest of teens in grades 6-12. Of course, adults love perusing the collection as well, as I discuss in this post. Some items in the collection have crossover appeal and can also be found in the Juvenile or adult collections. The collection includes classics and books often found on high school reading lists. It also includes Printz Award winners like Going Bovine, a wild, bittersweet, fantastical adventure story in which a teen with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and a talking garden gnome head to Florida for Spring Break and to save the universe.
The Young Adult Fiction collection is located on the second floor of the library with other Young Adult (YA) collections. Items are alphabetized by the authors' last names, with the exception of short story compilations which are shelved under "Y STORIES" and alphabetized by the book titles.
When I select books for YA fiction, I am looking for titles that meet the wide range of needs and interest of teens in grades 6-12. Of course, adults love perusing the collection as well, as I discuss in this post. Some items in the collection have crossover appeal and can also be found in the Juvenile or adult collections. The collection includes classics and books often found on high school reading lists. It also includes Printz Award winners like Going Bovine, a wild, bittersweet, fantastical adventure story in which a teen with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and a talking garden gnome head to Florida for Spring Break and to save the universe.
While I make sure to keep a core collection of classics, contemporary classics, and award winners, I enjoy the challenge of trying to keep up with the fast pace of YA publishing and the demand resulting from teens' shifting interests. Chime is a new book with lasting impact. This atmoshperic story of a young woman growing up in haunted swamp is one of the best books of the year, and has great apppeal to today's readers of the supernatural.
And of course, the collection wouldn't be complete without huge hits like Suzanne Collins' magnificent Hunger Games series. These books are so popular that you probably won't find them on the shelf in the YA Room, but if you're lucky you may find a copy (along with other popular YA books) on the Bestseller Shelf on the first floor of the library.
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