Food for Thought: YA Literature and Religion.....touchy, touchy

The topics of religion and literature has always been interesting to me.

This YALSA (Young Adult Library Services--a part of the American Library Association: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/yalsa.cfm) blog post has much food for thought and lists of award winning books for teens that relate to religion.

http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2011/07/11/thou-shalt-not-religion-and-teen-books/

To go straight to the lists of books links, scoll to the very end of the post.

Happy Reading

Page by Paige Nominated for a YALSA Award!

Wow! I knew that Page by Paige was a beautifully written and illustrated book.....but it's been nominated for a YALSA Award--as a great graphic novel for teens. YALSA stands for Young Adult Library Services Association. It's a part of the American Library Association. They have annual awards for best books in several categories including: Fiction, non-fiction, graphic novel, adult books written with teen appeal and more. Winning a YALSA award is a super big deal for authors. I'm so happy for Laura Lee Gulledge. She's hit a home run with her first book!

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/nominations.cfm