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The ubiquity and ease of Google searches could make kids' minds go soft without the ability to critique or contextualize the answers.

Very Cool new MS and YA authors website. See activities/contests and predessesors sites.

Sorry if duped, but new to me! and too cool!

"The internet is the greatest source of information for people living in the UK today. But the amount of material available at the click of a mouse can be both liberating and asphyxiating. Although there are more e-books, trustworthy journalism, niche expertise and accurate facts at our fingertips than ever before, there is an equal measure of mistakes, half-truths, propaganda, misinformation and general nonsense. Knowing how to discriminate between them is both difficult and extremely important. Truth, Lies and the Internet examines the ability of young people in Britain to critically evaluate information they consume online..."

According to Davidson (2011 p7) if we're frustrated at information overload then we should quit operating under twentieth century rules ... I'm currently reading "Now You See It". This is an article about the book.

Article on YAfiction

Science ebooks/magazine for early primary from National Gepgraphic. Great photos, text and audio with highlighted text. Great for the naturalist in the class.

Whether you're actually a young adult or not, these books captivated us in 2013. Ranked in no particular order.

A New York based education start-up is rolling out "more than 1,000 book titles, most of them classics, with video gaming at the heart of the reading enterprise....Foremost among the new titles: Lexica, a massive role-playing game for young teens that invites them to interact with characters from great novels and read the books outside of class if they want to get ahead in the game."

We, a young, dynamic and public-spirited team of activists at Happiness Ville, are constantly brainstorming ideas and ways to bring about the change we always talk about and hardly put into action. Our aim is to eradicate the 'mal' out of malnutrition, 'ill' out of the illiteracy, 'in' out of the injustice and the 'issues' out of the environment.

By on This year's Banned Books Week (BBW, September 27 to October 3) will celebrate books written for teens, the BBW National Committee announced on April 22. This annual event to raise awareness about the freedom to read has long been a staple in libraries, schools, and bookstores, especially those serving young adults.