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Policy Statement - School Library Bill of Rights. School libraries are concerned with generating understanding of freedom and with the preservation of this freedom through the development of informed and responsible citizens. The responsibility of the school library is .....

A New York Times article that offers some ideas for celebrating Banned Books Week with students and anyone lse who believes in having "the freedom to read."

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Author M.T. Anderon's site

Justin Dath's adventure packed series. Includes games puzzles and ifo about the boks

Part Two of 2 recent posts on Penguin's Between the Lines site traceing the fascinating journey of a cover, in this instance Kirsty Eagar's Saltwater Vampires. You can see the final product here, the outcome of a lengthy process with many drafts discarded before selecting this as the one.

Part One of 2 recent posts on Penguin's Between the Lines site traceing the fascinating journey of a cover, in this instance Kirsty Eagar's Saltwater Vampires. You can see the final product here, the outcome of a lengthy process with many drafts discarded before selecting this as the one.

Laura Miller discusses which young-adult crossover hit series has the most empowered heroine.

Thought Audio is a producer and provider of free audio books featuring classic titles across a variety of genres. Thought Audio audio books are professionally narrated works that you can listen to online or download to play offline. The library of audio books on Thought Audio contains some titles that are hard to find as audio files. For example you'll find titles like Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Life of PT Barnum, and The Madman. You'll also find more commonly read titles like Alice in Wonderland, and Poe's The Raven.

The great UK children's literature journal - Books for Keeps - is available online and for free.

Teens and their parents can find similar titles to "Mockingjay" in the 2011 nominations for YALSA's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (PPYA) booklist, particularly the What If… themed list, which highlights titles featuring alternative history and worlds, steampunk, apocalyptic fiction and cyberpunk, among other settings.

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