Here’s my yearly round-up of some of my teen reading group’s
favourite library books of 2017. The reading group ranges from ages 11 to 15 years old,
and is a mix of boys and girls – with most of them reading three or four library
books a month on top of any other reading they do. The kids are enthusiastic and love talking about the books they've enjoyed, books they would recommend, and books they haven't liked as much. They write review cards, which go up on on the teen reading group board in the library.
In many ways it was a challenging year for us: the library
was closed for two months while it moved premises, the catalogue of books
available has diminished, with many books that are ‘missing’ not being
replaced, and many books published in 2016 and 2017 not being bought for the
library.
But, nonetheless, here is the list of some of my teen group's favourite books, in no particular order -
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| Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence |
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| The Last Leaves Falling by Sarah Benwell |
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| The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten |
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| Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys |
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| Beetle Boy by MG Leonard |
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| Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven |
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| Shadow Magic by Joshua Khan |
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| Gorilla Dawn by Gill Lewis |
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| Booked by Kwame Alexander |
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| The Harder They Fall by Bali Rai |
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| Phoenix by SF Said |
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| The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak |
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| Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead |
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| The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce |
We all like having a choice in what we read. Some of us can
buy books, and some of us use the library. I would really like to see 2018 be the year which brings back more choice of books for kids, and for their availability to be better reflected on the book shelves. And there should be at least one copy
of every teen and young adult book published in a year on the library
shelves.
Don’t you agree?
2 comments:
Library provision is so patchy for young readers now. I did enjoy this post and their selection and huge congratulations for all the energy you must put into keeping this group continually enthused - and hooray to all the young readers too. Most impressive!
Thanks, Penny! Yes, it is lots of work, but incredibly rewarding, so well worth it!
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