YALSA offers a great program for teens interested in reviewing books called the "YA Galley." Gwen Proctor (KO-AST) researched this unique opportunity in the past year to explore the possibilty for her teen book club and the other book clubs she helped to start around the district. Below is some more information from the YALSA website!
YA Galley is an ongoing project in which publishers of young adult books provide copies of their recent titles to teen book discussion groups in libraries. In exchange, teen readers evaluate books for the publishers. The selected libraries will receive review and galley copies of new young adult titles from the more than 20 participating publishers, in exchange for providing the publishers with important feedback.
The 15 libraries receive galleys and review copies for their own use and act as nominators for the Teens’ Top Ten list of the best new books for young adults. Teens are responsible for creating a national list of new titles that is voted on by teens during YALSA’s Teen Read Week, held each year in the third week of October. Voting takes place at www.ala.org/teenstopten.
YA Galley and Teens Top Ten Participants
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/yagalley.cfm
Here is the link to an article about one of the chosen groups, San Leandro Novelteens:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/ci_10848302
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