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“ALAN’s Picks” is a recurring post on ALAN Online featuring book reviews of the newest titles in Young Adult Literature. Reviews are compiled and posted monthly. Be sure to visit ALAN Online often to read more about the newest titles from the best authors in the business.
Reviewed this month:

The Book Of Tormod: A Templar’s Apprentice by Tormod MacLeod
The Dust of 100 Dogs by A. S. King
The Ghost’s Child by Sonya Hartnett
Larry and the Meaning of Life by Janet Tashjian
The Night Children by Kit Reed
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin
Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Secret of Laurel Oaks by Lois Ruby
Spellbound by Anna Dale
Stravaganza: City of Secrets by Mary Hoffman
The Traitor Game by B. R. Collins
War of the Witches by Maite Carranza

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 The LitCast: Episode #1: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The LitCast is a podcast produced by ALAN Online in order to bring student voices to the conversation and celebration of YA literature.  In this episode of the LitCast, students from Wamego High School in Wamego,KS discuss their favorite books in a roundtable discussion.

Your comments are welcome.  Add yours below by clicking on “comments”.  We look forward to hearing from you. 

ALAN Online is pleased to announce that the Book Chat with Dori Hillestad Butler has been rescheduled for Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 9:00 PM (EASTERN).  The chat will focus on Butler’s YA novel The Truth about Truman School.

You can purchase a copy of The Truth about Truman School at Amazon.com or where ever great YA literature is sold.

You do not have to be a member of ALAN to attend the book chat; everyone is welcome.  See you there!

David Gill, ALAN President, has released the official program for this year’s two-day workshop in San Antonio, Texas.  You can download a copy of the program by clicking on the link below.

ALAN 2008 WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today will present author Jon Scieszka with the first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Medal in the Montpelier Room of the James Madison Building, as part of the National Book Festival celebration. Announced in January, the position was created to raise national awareness of the importance of young people’s literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education, and the development and betterment of the lives of young people.

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