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Check out OYAN’s Teen Book Raves – literally!
By JENNIFER COSTLEY
Each year the Oregon Young
Adult Network (OYAN) puts to-
ŐĞƚŚĞƌĂůŝƐƚŽĨƚŚĞďĞƐƚƚĞĞŶƟƚůĞƐ
published the previous year. Nomi-
ŶĂƟŽŶƐĐŽŵĞĨƌŽŵůŝďƌĂƌŝĂŶƐ͕ƚĞĞŶƐ
and OYAN members. Of the 21
books selected for this year’s OYAN
Book Rave, I have
found four to be
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your teen start the
ƐƵŵŵĞƌŽīƌŝŐŚƚďLJ
introducing them to
the following instant
ĐůĂƐƐŝĐƐ͘zŽƵĐĂŶĮŶĚ
the complete list
of 2016 Book Raves
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ly/1rcfpi0.
“Goodbye Strang-
er” by Rebecca Stead.
Seventh-grader Bridge Barsamian
ŶĂǀŝŐĂƚĞƐůŝĨĞŽŶDĂŶŚĂƩĂŶ͛ƐhƉ-
ƉĞƌtĞƐƚ^ŝĚĞǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŚĞůƉŽĨĂ
ĨĞǁƋƵŝƌŬLJĨƌŝĞŶĚƐĂŶĚĂƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ
new love interest. Middle school-
aged teens will enjoy this coming of
age tale that centers on friendship,
love and betrayal, while weav-
ing together a variety
of story lines. Heads
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ƵƉƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͗dŚŝƐŬ
de
delves
into some tough
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ĂƐ
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If approached carefully,
“G
“Goodbye Stranger”
c could be an excellent
o
opportunity to talk
t to your teen about
internet safety.
“Challenger Deep”
by Neal Shusterman.
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schizophrenia, author
Neal Shusterman
(most famous for his
“Unwind Dystology”)
ĐƌĂŌƐĂŶŽǀĞůƚŚĂƚŝƐ
part adventure, part
reality. In his own
mind, Caden Bosch
is part of a pirate
crew on a mission
to reach Challenger
Deep, the deepest
trench in the ocean. In
real life, Caden Bosch is your aver-
age teenager, struggling to balance
school and family. The
trouble is, lately
ĂĚĞŶĮŶĚƐŝƚĚŝĨ-
ĮĐƵůƚƚŽƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ
one from the other.
Shusterman does an
excellent job of por-
traying mental illness
in a way that is both
approachable and
entertaining for teen
readers.
“Carry On” by
Rainbow Rowell.
ZŽǁĞůůĮƌƐƚĐĂƵŐŚƚƚŚĞ
ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶŽĨƚĞĞŶƌĞĂĚĞƌƐǁŝƚŚŚĞƌ
ƵůƚƌĂͲƌŽŵĂŶƟĐƚĂůĞŽĨƚǁŽŵŝƐĮƚƐŝŶ
love in “Eleanor and Park.” There
is plenty of kissing
and teen angst to
go around in “Carry
On,” however, Rowell
makes the bold leap
ĨƌŽŵƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐĮĐƟŽŶ
to fantasy. The result
is a clever mashup
between the Harry
WŽƩĞƌƐĞƌŝĞƐĂŶĚ
anything John Green
ŚĂƐĞǀĞƌǁƌŝƩĞŶ͘
“Carry On” can be
read as a standalone
novel, but if you’re
l looking for a fun
c change of pace try
r
reading
it along with
Z
ZŽǁĞůů͛ƐƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐƟƚůĞ
“
“Fangirl,”
which was
ƚŚ
ƚŚĞŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶĨŽƌ
“C
“Carry
On.”
͞KƌďŝƟŶŐ:ƵƉŝƚĞƌ͟
by Gary Schmidt.
Yo may remember
You
Ga Schmidt from a
Gary
f years back when
few
his breakthrough novel “Okay for
Now” took the children’s literary
world by storm. “Okay
for Now” was a 2014 Or-
ĞŐŽ
ĞŐŽŶĂƩůĞŽĨƚŚĞŽŽŬƐ
Ɵƚ
ƟƚůĞĂƐǁĞůůĂƐĂŶĂƟŽŶ-
Ăů
ĂůŬĂǁĂƌĚĮŶĂů-
ist
ist. His newest novel,
͞K
͞KƌďŝƟŶŐ:ƵƉŝƚĞƌ͕͟ŝƐ
to through the per-
told
Ɛ
ƐƉĞĐƟǀĞŽĨϭϮͲLJĞĂƌͲ
o Jack, a farm boy
old
w
whose
family takes in
1
14-year-old
Joseph as
a foster child. Joseph
has recently been re-
le
leased
from a juvenile
ĚĞƚĞŶƟŽŶĐĞŶƚĞƌĂŶĚŝƐŽŶĂƋƵĞƐƚ
ƚŽĮŶĚƚŚĞĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌŚĞĨĂƚŚĞƌĞĚ
but has never met. You will need
LJŽƵƌƟƐƐƵĞƐĨŽƌƚŚŝƐ
one, but like Schmidt’s
previous novels you’ll
ď
ďĞůĞŌƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐŽĨƚŚĞ
ď
ďĞĂƵƟĨƵůŚƵŵĂŶŝƚLJ
p
portrayed
in the story
ůŽ
ůŽŶŐĂŌĞƌLJŽƵ͛ǀĞŐŽƩĞŶ
o
over
the tragedy.
________
Je
Jennifer
Costley is the
Yo
Youth
Services Librarian
at the Pendleton Public
Lib
Library.