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Check the Booktalks page for booktalks and book trailers for reading ideas. 

Check the YALSA Book Awards Page for more great reading ideas
California Young Reader Medal Nominees
Each year, three books are nominated in the Young Adult category. Visit the CYRM site for details. Read all three 2016-2017 nominees by the end of March 2017, and you can vote for your choice at the Mira Costa Library.

2016-2017 Nominees:
Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
Kindness for Weakness by Shawn Goodman
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

2015-2016 Nominees:
Cinder by Marissa Meyer - winner!
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 

2014-2015 Nominees:
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
The Fault is in Our Stars by John Green - winner!
Legend by Marie Lu

2013-2014 Nominees:
Divergent by Veronica Roth - winner!
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen





Check these sites for reading ideas:

YALSA's Teens Top 10 Lists

NoveList. This database provided by the Los Angeles County Library system requires a password to sign in. Use the barcode number on the back of your Manhattan Beach Public Library Card. If you don't have your own library card, you can use the MCHS ID #. Ask at the library or email Mrs. Lofton for the ID #.

Bookleads Wiki

The Book Seer

Your Next Read

RIYL (Read if you like)

Subscribe to NextReads newsletters from the Los Angeles County Library

Series Book Searcher from the Bettendorf Public Library

Series books from Nebraska Library Commission
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  • Home
  • About
    • About Your Library
    • Status Reports >
      • Strong School Libraries
    • What Teacher Librarians Do
    • About Your Librarian
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  • Research
    • Databases & eBooks
    • Pathfinders
    • MLA/Citations
    • Plagiarism
    • Links
  • Books
    • Reading Ideas
    • Book Awards Lists
    • Summer Reading
    • eBooks
    • Booktalks >
      • Booktalks from Ms. S's Class
    • Find Books & More
    • College Reading Lists
  • Orientation
  • Create
    • Images and Sounds
    • Making/Makerspaces
    • Creative Writing
    • Recent Student Work >
      • Calculus 2016
      • Digital Citizenship PSAs
      • Nielsen Hermosa Drilling Project
      • Calculus Videos -2014
      • Famous Hispanic People Timeline
      • Spanish Class Blogs
    • Class Assignments >
      • Calculus Project
      • Creating Booktalks
    • Game/Quiz Creation Tools
    • Booktalk Tips
    • Digital Storytelling Tools
  • Tech
  • Tutorials
  • Teachers
    • Calendar
    • Class Visit Request
    • Tasty Tuesday Tech Tips
    • Class Assignments
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    • Resources
    • Mac Tips
  • Clubs/Fun
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    • Digital Literacy
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    • Strong School Libraries
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