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Teens can now voice their choice for their favorite books by voting in YALSA's (Young Adult Library Services Association) annual Teens' Top Ten poll! Voting is open now through September 18th at www.ala.org/teenstopten  The winners will be announced in a webcast during Teen Read Week, Oct. 18-24.

This is the only booklist chosen entirely by teens ------- so every vote counts!

School starts back up next week for area schools. Whether you are a parent or a child, get back in the swing of things by checking out these books with school in the title. As always, feel free to place a hold on titles online, through email, or by calling or coming into your local library.

Blecch! Icky, Sticky, Gross stuff in Your School by Pam Rosenberg. 

Van Buren Public Library - Juvenile Non-Fiction - J 577.5 ROS           

 Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in School by Ruth Barshaw. Ellie writes and doodles in a journal of her family's move to a new home and her struggle to make friends, which gets a lot easier as she leads a nonviolent protest about long lunch lines at school.
                     

Mulberry Public Library - Juvenile Fiction - J BARSHAW

 Gus Goes to School  by Kate Petty. The week before Gus starts school, he practices with his toys, studying clouds, reading books, and cooking mud pies.

Van Buren Public Library - Easy Collection - E PETTY

 Tales from the Teacher's Lounge: What I Learned in School the Second Time Around--One Man's Irreverent Look at Being a Teacher by Robert Wilder.

Alma Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction - 818 WIL

  Walking to School by Eve Bunting. When the path to eight-year-old Allison's Catholic school goes through hostile Protestant territory in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Allison finds she is not alone in her loathing of the situation.

Cedarville and Van Buren Public Libraries - Easy Collection - E BUNTING

  Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things  by Lenore Look. A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.

Van Buren Public Library - Juvenile Fiction - J LOOK

  Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace--One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson. Traces how the author, having been rescued and resuscitated by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban restrictions.

Alma and Van Buren Public Libraries - Adult Non-Fiction - 371.822 MOR   

Also Available as a downloadable audio book on Overdrive.