Value-Packed Booktalks: Genre Talks and More for Teen Readers

In this guide, 100 recommended books and booktalks offer the perfect way to start value discussions with teens and teen/adult book groups.

• Ready-to-use booktalks and curriculum connections for 100 recently published YA books

• Information that includes fiction/nonfiction/verse/graphic designation, age level suggestion, gender suggestion, lists of themes and topics, summary/description, a value statement, a booktalk, at least three curriculum connections, and five related works

• Organization by values to facilitate relating a book within one genre to a book that addresses a similar value, but is classified in another genre

• A related works section for each featured title