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The books on this list were published between November 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021. Titles were nominated by teens and library staff in Oregon. OYAN members voted to select the titles on the list and worked to create a balanced list that includes a variety of genres and diverse titles. Learn more about the annual Book Rave and access past lists on the OYAN website.
Teens, please fill out this survey to vote for your favorite Manga to be included in the 2022 Graphic Rave MANGA. Librarians and teachers, please share this survey with your teens (11-18 yrs) who read manga.
Teens, every year, librarians around the state of Oregon work to select some of the best comics and manga to read for teens. We would especially like to hear from teens and tweens about your favorite Manga published between March 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022. We have some nominated titles below and would like to know which of these books you liked the most.
Voting will continue for the next few weeks. The Manga with the most votes will likely be included in our annual graphic rave list that is published in the Fall.
Get reading and get voting! Thanks!
-Mark Richardson, Cedar Mill Community Library
The time has come for you to nominate the best recent manga and graphic novels for inclusion in the 2022 Graphic Rave.
Fill out this form to nominate manga!
Fill out this form to nominate graphic novels!
Graphic Rave is an annual manga and graphic novels list produced by the members of the Oregon Young Adult Network. Books nominated should be written and marketed for readers of middle and high school age (generally 6th-12th grade) and be published between March 1, 2021and April 30, 2022.
Nominations will be collected May-June. Members will then be invited to vote on the nominated books through midsummer, narrowing the list to approximately 20 OYAN Graphic Rave selections. The list is further discussed at the summer meeting of the Oregon Young Adult Network.
Please nominate early and often!!
Mark Richardson, Cedar Mill Community Library
OYAN Graphic Rave Coordinator
The graphic novels on this list were published between March 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021. Titles were nominated by teens and library staff in Oregon. OYAN members voted to select the 19 titles on the list and worked to create a balanced list that includes a variety of genres and diverse titles. Learn more about the annual Graphic Rave and access past lists on the OYAN website.
If you read teen books, I really want to know about it! Because now is the time to make nominations for the 2022 Book Rave!
Book Rave is an annual list produced by the members of the Oregon Young Adult Network and announced in April. Books nominated should be written and marketed for readers of middle and high school age (generally 6th-12th grade) and be published between November 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021.
Aaaaand … that’s it. If you read a good book that should be promoted to Oregon teens and it was published between those dates – nominate it! Nominate many! Or a few. Or one.
Here is the form. It doesn’t take long to add some books that you think are worthy of being promoted to Oregon teens:
2022 BOOK RAVE NOMINATION FORM
We want our list to include a variety of genres and voices that includes books for both younger and older teen readers. We have a lively interest the inclusion of Oregon authors and/or Oregon settings. This list does not include graphic novels. OYAN also organizes a separate Graphic Rave list published in the fall.
Nominations will be collected until December 15, 2021. OYAN members will then be invited to vote on the nominated books, narrowing the list to approximately 20 OYAN Book Rave selections. The list is further discussed at the winter meeting of the Oregon Young Adult Network, usually held in January. To see past lists and get more information about Book Rave, visit OYAN’s Book Rave webpage.
Please nominate early and often!!
Questions? Ask contact Sonja.
-Written by Sonja Somerville at Salem Public Library
One of the most popular posts on this blog is Locally Grown: Books Set in Oregon, a booklist created in 2018 by staff at Tualatin Public Library.
Here is an another newly created list of young adult books set in Oregon.
Please feel free to suggest titles to add to this list in the comments.
The books on this list were published between November 1, 2019, and October 31, 2020. Titles were nominated by teens and library staff in Oregon. OYAN members voted to select the titles on the list and worked to create a balanced list that includes a variety of genres and diverse titles. Learn more about the annual Book Rave and access past lists on the OYAN website.
The 2021 Oregon Young Adult Network Mock Printz readers and coordinators are pleased to announce that the winner – after hours of discussion and debate among the 44 participants – is:
We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
This book follows the lives and journey of three children from Puerto Barrios, Guatamala who are forced to flee their community. They join forces to attempt to travel north and cross into the United States. Poignant and harrowing, Mock Printz readers agreed this is a difficult story to absorb, but many expressed they wish “everyone would read it.”
The Mock Printz group also awarded honor status to:
The Oregon Mock Printz is an event hosted by the Oregon Young Adult Network in which teen and adult readers linked to libraries across Oregon first read eight possible contenders for the Michael J. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, then gather for an afternoon of intense discussion and voting in an attempt to guess which book from the previous year will receive the Printz Award later in January. This year’s Printz Award will be announced as part of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Award virtual event at 6 a.m. Pacific Time on Monday, January 25.
Other books considered for the Oregon Mock Printz this year were: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo; Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles; Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds; The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming; and The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta.
-Written by Sonja Somerville, Salem Public Library
The graphic novels on this list were published between May 1, 2019, and April 30, 2020. Titles were nominated by teens and library staff in Oregon. OYAN members voted to select the 19 titles on the list and worked to create a balanced list that includes a variety of genres and diverse titles. Learn more about the annual Graphic Rave and access past lists on the OYAN website.
Mark Richardson at Cedar Mill & Bethany Community Libraries put together this list of books, CDs, and DVDs based on what Teen Library Council members are reading, listening to, and watching.
Many people are looking for something familiar and comfortable to help us through this terrible year. That’s true for teens too so you’ll notice some old favorites along with some new releases.
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