YA Galley and Teens' Top Ten Participants

YA Galley is an ongoing project in which publishers of young adult books provide copies of their recent titles to teen book discussion groups in libraries. In exchange, teen readers evaluate books for the publishers. The selected libraries will receive review and galley copies of new young adult titles from the more than 20 participating publishers, in exchange for providing the publishers with important feedback.

The 15 libraries receive galleys and review copies for their own use and act as nominators for the Teens’ Top Ten  list of the best new books for young adults. Teens are responsible for creating a national list of new titles that is voted on by teens during YALSA’s Teen Read Week, held each year in the third week of October. Voting takes place at www.ala.org/teenstopten.

Current YA Galley Groups are:

• Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA) Book Group, McArthur Public Library, Biddeford, Me., advised by Brooke Faulkner
• Bethesda Library Teen Reads, Bethesda (Md.) Library, advised by Kathie Weinberg
• Bistro Book Club, Center for Adolescent Reading, Grand Junction, Colo., advised by Diana Tixier Herald
• The Bookmarks, Duxbury (Mass.) Free Library, advised by Ellen Snoeyenbos
• Eva Perry Mock Printz Book Club for Teens, Eva Perry Regional Library, Apex, N.C., advised by Valerie H. Nicholson
• Galley Review Group, Kalamazoo (Mich.) Public Library, advised by Karen Santamaria
• Hunterdon Central Bookworms, Hunterdon Central Regional High School Library, Flemington, N.J., advised by Heather Hersey
• Interesting Reader Society (IRS), Poudre River Public Library District, Fort Collins, CO , advised by Sue-Ellen Jones and Diane Tuccillo
• Mountain View (Calif.) High School Book Club, advised by Benjamin Lundholm
• Novelteens High School Book Club, San Leandro (Calif.) Main Library, advised by Kelly Keefer
• Park Tudor Student Book Clubs, Park Tudor Upper School Library, Indianapolis, Ind., advised by Jane Kokotkiewicz
• The Reading Group, Holcomb Bridge Middle School, Alpharetta, Ga., advised by Jeanne Auensen and Lucinda Rittenhouse
• Teen Advisory Board, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Ind., advised by Mari Hardacre
• Teens Know “Best”, Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center and the St. Paul Public Library
• Dayton’s Buff Branch, St. Paul. Minn., advised by Adela Peskorz
• Trails Teens, Kansas City Public Library Trails West Branch, Independence, Mo., advised by Crystal Faris and Amanda Barnhart

The YA Galley Committee chooses new groups every two years. YALSA's YA Galley Committee is Chair Katie Klein, Joy Davis, Michael Fleming, Karen Klapperstuck, Kelly Lasher, Carole Spann and Lindsey Dunn.

Publishers interested in participating in the YA Galley Project can contact Nichole Gilbert, YALSA program officer, for more information at ngilbert@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4387.

For further information on YA Galley and the Teens’ Top Ten project, visit the YALSA Teens' Top Ten Web site at www.ala.org/teenstopten, or call 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4390.