Ep. #86 - Adam's Back with the ALA Youth Media Awards

Adam's back from ALA Midwinter and brought with him the big list of 2017 Youth Media Award Winners and a whole bunch of advanced reader copies that the whole OverDrive office is excited to read.    Books mentioned in this episode Quiet Until The Thaw by Alexandra Fuller The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe March: Book Three by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World by Nell Stevens The Marsh's King Daughter by Karen Dionne My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti Celine by Peter Heller The Wanderers by Meg Howrey The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Speed of Life by Carol Weston Fairy Tale Reform School series by Jen Calonita If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! by Elise Prasley   The full list of YMA awards can be found here.   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com    Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices