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JULY 2004

2004 Teen Booklist from NYPL

Teens searching for a good book can connect with the best books published with The New York Public Library’s “Books for the Teen Age, 2004.”  The Office of Young Adult Services is proud to present its yearly mega-booklist of approximately 1000 titles. With over 500 new titles in 61 subject sections and old favorites, teenagers 12--18 years old can connect with worlds of mystery and suspense, romance, adventure, poetry, the arts and more. With “Books for the Teen Age, 2004” teens will discover a whole new realm of exciting reading.

Teen readers vary tremendously in interest, maturity and reading ability. To meet these varying needs, the chosen books differ greatly in difficulty and depth. Books are organized in five general sections: Creative Arts; Science; Here/Now; One World; and Action and Adventure. In turn, these are further broken down into subcategories such as Humor; Mind and Body; Working; USA: Black America; and Do-It-Yourself.

Teen interest is piqued with a variety of intriguing subject areas: Adventures in Ideas; The Power of Words; The Changing Scene; Getting it Together; Looking Good; Make Up Your Mind; Overcoming Odds; and Young Love. More straightforward categories are also available; Teen Novels and Short Stories; The Americas; The Universe and Beyond; Athletes; Brain Food; The Movies and TV; Women, and Planet Earth. In addition, the List does not shy away from the serious subjects teens seek information about, and includes categories on War and Peace; AIDS; LGBTQ: Being Gay; Drugs; Love and Sex; The Middle East; and Crime and Justice.

Designed with original cover art, each double-paged spread incorporates one or two sidebars containing jacket blurbs or direct quotes of texts to heighten interest in top-notch books. With so many titles to choose from, teens have the opportunity to find a story they can identify with. In Birdland (Scholastic, 2003) Tracy Mack writes, “Velley cleared his throat and told us that for the assignment, we could write, paint, sing, or create any other expression we could think of. He said this would gives us a chance to portray our neighborhoods as we saw them...He also said that, symbolically, creating something was one way to rebuild the pieces of our damaged city and repair our broken hearts. ‘True healing,’ he said, ‘begins with imagination.’” And in Mamá, (Rayo, 2003) Maria Perez-Brown writes “My mother’s story is a classic tale of survival...It is a story of a woman who had a dream to make sure that her children’s lives would never repeat her own. My mother was relentless in her mission.”

A sampling of the authors that made this year’s list include: Sting, author of Broken Music (Dial, 2003); Michael L. Printz and Coretta Scott King, Award winner Angela Johnson, author of The First Part Last, (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003); Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, Runaway Girl (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003); and Cornelia Funke, author of Inkheart (Chicken House, 2003).

New titles are indicated with asterisks, and durable favorites from earlier lists carry through, as well. All the books on the list are displayed year-round at Teen Central Nathan Straus Young Adult Center at the Donnell Library Center, 20 West 53rd Street. Every New York Public Library Branch includes books from the list in their collections. A list of Branch Libraries and addresses is included on the back page.

“Books for the Teen Age, 2004” is available from the Office of Branch Libraries, The New York Public Library, 455 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y 10016. Copies cost $10.00 each. On mail orders there is a charge for mailing and handling.#

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