YA Wednesday: Watching and Reading

By Heidi

This week, John Green sort of reviews New Moon...

Quick links...

Bookshelves of doom reports that issue 2 of TBRT (TBR Tallboy), a lo-fi journal of short YA fiction, has shipped. To order or see submissions guidelines go here.

Two Sioux Falls, SD middle school libraries have restricted students' access to Stuck in the Middle. If kids want to get it from the library, they have to convince a teacher to use it in class. (School Library Journal)

School Library Journal posts its Best of 2009 list. Just a few YA (Grade 8+) honorees: Hate List, Fire, Liar, and Marcelo in the Real World.

Beautiful Creatures came out yesterday and there's already an announcement about a film. (KidsLit)

Melissa Marr has all kinds of video excitement on her blog these days. Last week: Wicked Lovely casting videos. This week: four book trailers for Radiant Shadows, the next book in the Wicked Lovely series (due in April 2010!).

Happy reading (and watching)!--Heidi