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Table of Contents

From the Editor

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From the President

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Articles
Book Club Beginnings 
Gwen Schedler

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The 411 Is Now the Shiznit:  Popular Culture and Teens Kimberlee Ried and Kaite Mediatore

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Powering Up with Print, Ten Best Practices 
Patrick Jones

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Annual Conference Highlights

Slam This! Poetry for and with Teens: A YALSA Preconference
Jana Fine

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Living in the Salad Bowl:  Serving Immigrant Teens Kevin Scanlon and Lisa Youngblood

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Freedom to Fantasize
James Cook and Connie Rockman

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President’s Program, Writing on the Wall: Encouraging Creative Teens
Michael Cart

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Award Speeches
Margaret A. Edwards Award Speech:  Nancy Garden

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Michael L. Printz Award Speech:  Aidan Chambers

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Michael L. Printz Honor Speech:  Nancy Farmer

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Michael L. Printz Honor Speech:  Garret Freymann-Weyr

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Michael L. Printz Honor Speech:  Jack Gantos

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Novel approaches
The Mythical 100-Page Book
Alden Carter

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Authors Write about Survival

Jana Fine

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The Importance of Kinship As Perceived in Three Coretta Scott King Award Books Protagonists Surviving the Loss of Family
Cora P. Dunkley

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You Asked for It!  Publishers Respond
Judy Nelson

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In Memoriam
A Resolution for Paul Zindel

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Index to Advertisers

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The Update

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Author Guidelines

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