An October Endorsement
If you’re interested in YA, you can do no better than to start reading Bookends, a new blog created by Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan. Beside the fact that they do cool tag-team reviews, both are experts in the field with an exceptional depth of knowledge. Need specifics? From their profile:
We are middle school librarians who have chaired both ALA’s Best Books for Young Adults and the Michael L. Printz Award for YA Literature.
Fans of the teen lit, take notice. Click the image below to head on over.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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