As an adult who thoroughly enjoys the Young Adult book genre
I would like to share the following website: http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/flowchart-which-ya-novel-is-right-for-you.html
Once you are there click through to the interactive flow
chart and follow the steps to find the right YA book for you. I have read and enjoyed a few of the books
listed but am excited to see many that I haven’t. And so grows my books-to-read list.
A
book I would like to suggest is not listed but is by an author who does appear
in the flow chart results, Rainbow Rowell. The book is titled Eleanor &
Park, and it is a teenage love story. Eleanor is the new girl at school coming
from a broken and dysfunctional home. Park’s parents are still married and
deeply in love with each other, his dad grew up in Omaha where the story takes
place. The story takes place in 1986 and
there are music and comic book references throughout this story that may just
bring you back to 1986 (if you’re old enough.)
Rowell has a gift for writing, and there are many sentences in this book
that describe young love so wonderfully you may just swoon. Well, I might be biased; I really did enjoy
the story. Please take the time and
judge it for yourself.
You may find
Eleanor & Park at Stoxen Library on the New Books display with the call
number PZ7.R79613 Ele 2013
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Renee Newton Office Manager/Circulation
Supervisor, Stoxen Library
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