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First Weekend Pick of the New Year!

1/1/2022

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Weekend Pick of January 1, 2022

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Happy New Year, Dear Book Lovers!
Are you looking for something to read? 
Pick one of these great books!

Are your students looking for book recommendations?
Send them to browse through the picks for this or those from the previous years.
Welcome to a new year of Weekend Picks! Let 2022 become a year of new discoveries in the world of literature! Let us read and learn from books. Let us share our best encounters with brilliant writers and their diverse characters.
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To begin a new year on a cheerful note, I suggest reading two novels that warm readers’ hearts with teenage love. However, there is so much more to these books that our adolescents, teachers, and librarians can discover in these selections.
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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (2013)

​Set in the 1980s and drawing on important cultural artifacts of the time (e.g., cassette tapes, the WalkMan, comic books), Eleanor & Park provides a narrative of Park Sheridan and Eleanor Douglas following  their first love and ultimate loss.​ This beautifully written novel introduces two tenth-grade adolescents, who are both outsiders among their peers, but are so different that no one would attempt to match them. Eleanor, with her red, curly hair, is “big and awkward,” and classmates don’t get tired of mocking her. Park is a quiet guy, who is always neat and tidy, likes music and comics. One day Eleanor sits next to Park on a school bus, their story begins. They grow to know and love each other. While they are smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, they are brave enough to try.  

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Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd (2021)

In her debut novel, Alexis Nedd tells a story of two teens, Emilia and Jake. A nerdy, almost perfect high school student and athlete, Emilia aims for an Ivy League college to meet her Puerto Rican parents’ high expectations; however, she has another passion – online gaming. She is a member of Team Fury, one of the best and highly competitive e-sports team. Jake is not as academically ambitious as Emilia, but is a devoted gamer himself. He belongs to Team Unity. The adolescent readers will be drawn to both characters learning about their desires, goals, and struggles. The novel feels relevant for young adult readers who enjoy sweet romance and video games, have plans for college, and think about their future. 

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Happy reading! Let me know what you think.
​Till next weekend,
Leilya
Start looking for information about the 2022 UNLV Summit on June 9, 10, 11 2022!  You can interact with YA authors, scholars, teachers, and librarians! Our first author announcement is Varian Johnson!
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    Curators for the Weekend Picks

    Leilya Pitre
    Leilya taught English as a foreign language in the Ukraine and ELA/English in public schools in the US. Her research interests include teacher preparation, clinical experiences, secondary school teaching, and teaching and research of Young Adult and multicultural literature. Together with her friend and colleague, Mike Cook, she co-authored a two-volume edition of Teaching Universal Themes Through Young Adult Novels (2021). ​
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    Cammie Jo Lawton
    Cammie is a current doctoral student at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and serves the Center for Children and Young Adult Literature as a graduate research assistant. She is especially interested in how YA can affect readers, create empathy and possibly shift thinking. 
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    Nikki Bylina-Streets
    Nikki is a elementary librarian who just keeps reading YA literature. She is a constant advocate for reading at every level. You can also follow her through her ​Instagram account dedicated to my school library work. @thislibraryrocks
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