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Filthy Rotten Grief- Stricken Sex (& What to Do if You're Too Deaf to Hear It): Contemporary YA Lit Presented by Sarah Wethern, Teen Services Librarian for the Pueblo City- County Library District. [email protected] Blog: http://yalibrariantales.blogspot. com Twitter: whtabtpineapple and Kelly Jensen, Head of Youth Services for Aram Public Library, Delavan, Wisconsin [email protected] Blog: stackedbooks.org Friendship: Nothing Like You by Laura Strasnick How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford Lessons from a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles After the Kiss by Terra Elan McVoy Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard Mostly Good Girls by Leila Sales Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer Shift by Jennifer Bradbury Beautiful by Amy Reed (bonus: potential LGBTQ, drug abuse) Exposed by Kimberly Marcus (bonus: family) Sports: Playing Hurt by Holly Schindler The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen The Ring by Bobbie Pyron Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe Leap by Jodi Lundgren Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock Pretty Tough by Liz Tigelaar Jersey Tomatoes are the Best by Maria Padian Out of the Pocket by Bill Koningsberg (bonus: LGBTQ) Jump by Elisa Carbone

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Page 1: Contemporary YA Handout

Filthy Rotten Grief-Stricken Sex (& What to Do if You're Too Deaf to Hear It): Contemporary

YA Lit Presented by Sarah Wethern, Teen Services Librarian for the Pueblo City-County Library District. [email protected] Blog: http://yalibrariantales.blogspot.com Twitter: whtabtpineappleandKelly Jensen, Head of Youth Services for Aram Public Library, Delavan, [email protected] Blog: stackedbooks.org

Friendship:Nothing Like You by Laura StrasnickHow to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie StandifordLessons from a Dead Girl by Jo KnowlesAfter the Kiss by Terra Elan McVoyLike Mandarin by Kirsten HubbardMostly Good Girls by Leila SalesRival by Sara Bennett WealerShift by Jennifer BradburyBeautiful by Amy Reed (bonus: potential LGBTQ, drug abuse)Exposed by Kimberly Marcus (bonus: family)

Sports:Playing Hurt by Holly SchindlerThe Running Dream by Wendelin Van DraanenThe Ring by Bobbie PyronLeverage by Joshua C. CohenAudition by Stasia Ward KehoeLeap by Jodi LundgrenDairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert MurdockPretty Tough by Liz TigelaarJersey Tomatoes are the Best by Maria PadianOut of the Pocket by Bill Koningsberg (bonus: LGBTQ)Jump by Elisa Carbone

Rural Life:Where I Belong by Gwendolyn HeasleyBoys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots by Abby McDonaldAll You Get Is Me by Yvonne PrinzStolen by Lucy ChristopherThe Freak Observer by Blythe WoolstonTen Miles Past Normal by Frances O’Roark DowellThe Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill AlexanderKing of the Screwups by KL GoingWhat Would Emma Do by Eileen Cook

Life’s Issues:Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles (pregnancy)Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala (death and pregnancy)Break by Hannah Moskowitz (self injury)Willow by Julia Hoban (self injury)Recovery Road by Blake Nelson (drug addiction recovery)Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick (homelessness)Crash Into Me by Albert Borris (suicide)Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas

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A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley (abuse)Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers (bullying)The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney (date rape)Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian (feminism, dating)Want to Go Private by Sarah Darer Littman (internet safety)This Gorgeous Game by Donna Frietas (abuse of authority)Split by Swati Avasthi (domestic abuse)Glimpse by Carol Lynch Williams (domestic abuse)Bitter End by Jennifer Brown (abuse)

Religion and Spirituality:The Chosen One by Carol Lynch WilliamsThis Gorgeous Game by Donna FreitasSorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew QuickSmall Town Sinners by Melissa WalkerVirgin Territory by James LecesneDonut Days by Lara ZielinQueen of Secrets by Jenny MeyerhoffBeautiful by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma Once Was Lost by Sara ZarrHush by Eishes ChayilLosing Faith by Denise Jaden

Life After High School:The Snowball Effect by Holly Nicole HoxterPsych Major Syndrome by Alicia ThompsonThe Ivy by Lauren Kunze and Rina OnurThe Things a Brother Knows by Dana ReinhardtI Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahanStay by Deb CalettiPurple Heart by Patricia McCormickWe’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny HanAn Off Year by Claire Zulkey

Health and Well-Being:Harmonic Feedback by Tara KellyA Blue So Dark by Holly SchindlerMiles From Ordinary by Carol Lynch WilliamsCrazy by Han NolanWhere the Truth Lies by Jessica WarmanBroken Soup by Jenny ValentineBreak by Hannah MoskowitzChoker by Elizabeth WoodsPopular by Alyssa Grosso

Books for Guys:Gentlemen by Michael NorthropCarter Finally Gets It by Brent CrawfordBeat the Band by Don CalameScrawl by Mark ShulmanTake Me There by Carolee DeanRush by Jonathan FriesenDirt Road Home by Watt KeyHothouse by Chris LynchSeth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto by Eric LuperBadd by Tim TharpShakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge

Contemporary-ish titles for the die-hard Paranormal fan:You Wish by Mandy HubbardThe Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, and June by Robin Benway

Clean Reads:Sean Griswold’s Head by Lindsey LeavittInto the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie HalpernThe Espressologist by Kristina SpringerThe Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler

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Hunger by Jackie Morse KesslerBefore I Fall by Lauren OliverThe Body Finder by Kimberly DertingChasing Brooklyn by Lisa SchroederGive Up the Ghost by Megan CreweImaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma

The Pull of Gravity by Gae PolisnerIllegal by Bettina Restrepo (bonus: immigration)

LGBTQ: My Invented Life by Lauren BjorkmanThe Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick BurdLove Drugged by James KliseJumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan HydeDavid Inside Out by Lee BantleSay the Word by Jeannine GarseeShine by Lauren MyracleA Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily HornerBrooklyn, Burning by Steve Brezenoff (August 2011)

Loss:Fall For Anything by Courtney SummersInvincible Summer by Hannah MoskowitzAll Unquiet Things by Anna JarzabThe Life of Glass by Jillian CantorLove You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth ScottLosing Faith by Denise JadenThe Space Between Trees by Katie WilliamsHold Still by Nina LaCourHate List by Jennifer BrownThe Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Love:Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsBack When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing SmithWhen the Stars Go Blue by Caridad FerrerKiss It by Erin DowningEvery Little Thing in the World by Nina de GramontThe Duff by Kody KeplingerThe Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda HowellsYou Are Not Here by Samantha SchutzI Know It’s Over by C.K. Kelly MartinThe Secret Year by Jennifer HubbardForbidden by Tabitha Suzuma

Reluctant Reader AppealOne Night that Changes Everything by Lauren BarnholdtThe Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth EulbergForget You by Jennifer EcholsPerfect You by Elizabeth ScottHow to Steal a Car by Pete HautmanMessed Up by Janet Nichols LynchBull Rider by Suzanne Morgan Williams

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Resources for Contemporary YA Fiction:

The Cybils (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Award)-- http://www.cybils.com/

The Contemps: YA Authors Keeping It Real-- http://www.thecontemps.com/ YA Outside the Lines-- http://yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/ Reading in Color-- http://blackteensread2.blogspot.com/ Debut Author Challenge– http://www.thestorysiren.com Diversity in YA: http://www.diversityinya.com/ Melissa Walker’s Blog http://www.melissacwalker.com/blog/ (behind the Cover stories) Netgalley: http://www.netgalley.com Simon & Schuster Galley Grab