Books With a Bite

Every year the Yound Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) sponsors a Teen Read Week at libraries in schools across the country. During that week students vote for their favorite book from a list of selected books and at the end of the week the top ten books are announced. In 2008, the theme was "Books with a Bite," I found a guide for librarians to market TRW and get students involved. The obvious direction to go was with a vampire theme. They included ideas for displays, including a "Team Edward" vs. "Team Jacob" display to capitalize on the Twilight craze (both the final book, Breaking Dawn, and the movie adaptation of Twilight were released that year). I went to the YALSA: Teens' Top Ten website to look at past winners and in 2006 Twilight came in 2nd place, in 2007 and 2008 New Moon and then Eclipse came in 1st place and in 2009 Breaking Dawn came in 2nd. Also in 2008, the novel Vampire Academy came in 4th.