help me do my job!

[orangerful]

I'm posting while at work but it is okay because it is about work stuff! And I know you all would be awesome at helping me with this!

I'm going to visit the middle school in May/June. Originally I was going to just promote the Summer Reading program BUT the teens seems to have been forgotten from the program this year (don't get my started, that is a rant for another post).

ANYWAY I just read a blog post about using gifs in booktalks and I feel like this is the way to go to make my presentation more amusing for the kids.

And I KNOW you all have giant folders full of awesome GIFS and also large GoodReads lists of fantastic books to recommend. If you are willing to share with me, that would be awesome and make my presentation that much better.

Target audience is 6th and 7th graders. So that's 12-14 year olds. Of course, their interests and reading levels will vary so give me what you think would be good suggestions. I've got a few of my own already but I know we all ready different stuff. :)

Comments

[saturnsdaughter.livejournal.com]

I would love to see some movies or a TV show based in the Unwind world. It's grim but it really sucks you in.

That's a good approach. I think kids who are only exposed to the old stuff tend to shy away from reading. Every once in a while my teachers would find something fun for us, like Harry Potter. But there was never a good balance between teaching us some particular theme and keeping things interesting.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Shusterman has said they are working on the movie right now but he legally can't say anything beyond that. **crosses fingers** Though I don't know if film can capture the horror of the last few chapters of the first book, I remember having to set it aside many times.

Exactly! And my attitude is IT IS SUMMER, READ FOR FUN! So I'm going to recommend things that are short and fun, comic books etc, something that will hopefully appeal to all levels of readers. Plus mention some of the other things we offer through the library, like the playaway portable audiobooks which teens love because no one has a portable CD player anymore.