Young Adult Library Services

Volume 7, Number 4, Summer 2009

From the Editor


RoseMary Honnold




From the President


Sarah Cornish Debraski

The View from ALA

Banned BooksWeek: Celebrating Your (and Your Teens!) Freedom to Read


By Ken Petrilli

YALSA Perspectives

Help Shape YALSA’s Future


By Paula Brehm-Heeger




YALSA’s Baker & Taylor Conference Award


By Geri Diorio and Christopher Shoemaker




Fabulous Films for Young Adults


By Susan Wray

Student Perspective

YA Q&A Expert Advice on Tough Teen Services Questions


By Carlie Webber

Best Practices

Project Morph


Bringing Fashion Rehab to Los Angeles Library Teens


By Monique Delatte




Stinky Fish and Tossed Eggs


Science Programming on the Cheap


By Brannigan Cheney and Sarah Lovato




Easing the Pain of the Classics


By Katie Porteus

Hot Spot: Teen ReadWeekTM

Joining Forces with Teachers for an Unreal
Teen ReadWeek


By Jennifer Maede




Break Through to the Other Side


Get Adult Services Staff to Buy Into Teen ReadWeek


By Carla Land




Change Your Reality


Teen Read Week Programs for a Better World


By Elizabeth Saxton

Special Supplement

The Young Adult Literature Symposium Paper Presentations

Accept the Universal Freak Show


By Angie Manfredi

Are You There God? It’s Me, Manga


Manga as an Extension of Young Adult Literature


By Lisa Goldstein and Molly Phelan

Bullies, Gangs, and Books for Young Adults


By Stan Steiner and Ben Steiner

The Age of ______?


Using Young Adult Literature to Make Sense of the Contemporary World


By Thomas Philion

Professional Resources




The YALSA Update




Guidelines for Authors





Index to Advertisers




Index to Volume 7