The Stuff on the Shelves

Angie Manfredi, Los Alamos County Library System

Why the stuff on the shelves?

• Our collections should reflect the communities we serve.

• Engaging and popular collections can– boost our statistics– change our demographics– re-shape the way the public perceives us.

• “You have such cool stuff!!”

Prove it!

• Teen circulation for 2007

11,136 / 2,979

• Teen circulation for 2009

21,646 / 5,654

How did this happen?

• Aggressive weeding.

• Remove your judgment (and preferences!) from the process.

• Draw a firm line between “children” and “teen” sections.

• TAKE CHANCES!

• “Let's just try it and see if we

get in trouble.”

ASK

TEENAGERS!

Disclaimers!

• Could never be comprehensive.

• Current BIG trends … but there’s always something new coming!

• First-hand experience.

• MORE IS BETTER, so get ready.

• LET’S DO THIS THING . . .

Wings are the new Vampires

• Fallen by Lauren Kate

• Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

• Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

• Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith

• Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

• Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

• Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly

Zombies are the new vampires

• Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

• Z by Michael Thomas Ford

• The Enemy by Charlie Higson

• The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

• Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

• You Are SO Undead to Me by Stacey Jay

Fairies are the new vampires

• Need by Carrie Jones

• The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

• Blackbringer by Laini Taylor

• The Hunter’s Moon by O.R. Melling

• Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

• Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

Vampires are the new Vampires• Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead• Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz• Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey• Bite Me by Melissa Francis• Vamped by Lucienne Diver• Night Runner by Max Turner• Boys That Bite by Mari Mancusi• Jessica’s Guide to Dating on

the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater• Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

and Margaret Stohl• Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins • The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting• The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney• Intertwined by Gena Showalter• Firelight by Sophie Jordan • Nightshade by Andrea Cremer• Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

by Lish McBride

Fighting the Supernatural• Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow

• Slayed by Amanda Marrone

• The Demon Trapper’s Daughter by Jana Oliver

• The Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda

• Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

• Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison

The Con is On• Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock

• Silverfin by Charlie Higson

• Heist Society by Ally Carter

• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

• White Cat by Holly Black

• Thieves Like Us by Stephen Cole

• You Killed Wesley Payne

by Sean Beaudoin

The End of the World• Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien• Incarceron by Catherine Fisher• Matched by Allie Condie• Divergent by Veronica Roth• Blood Red Road by Moira Young• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness• Delirium by Lauren Oliver• Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

It’s A Love Story• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie

Perkins• The Half Life of Planets by Emily Franklin and

Brendan Halpin• Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles• The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman• The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han• The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott

Steampunk• The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur

Slade

• The Explosionist by Jenny Davidson

• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

• Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve

• Worldshaker by Richard Harland

• Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore

• The Girl in the Steel Corset

by Kady Cross

The Final Frontier

• Across the Universe by Beth Revis

• Living Hell by Catherine Jinks

• Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill

• The Comet’s Curse by Dom Testa

Dead Girls

• If I Stay by Gayle Foreman

• The Everafter by Amy Huntley

• The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

• All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab

• Hold Still by Nina LaCour

• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

• Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Boyish Things

• Swim the Fly by Don Calame• Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford• The Last Summer Of The Death Warriors by

Francisco X. Stork• Split by Swati Avasthi• Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Pena• Gentlemen by Michael Northrop• You by Charles Benoit • Punkzilla by Adam Rapp• Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto by Eric Luper

True Tales• The Notorious Benedict Arnold

by Steve Sheinkin

• Tweak by Nic Sheff

• Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel

• The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul Janeczko

• Can I See Your I.D.? by Chris Barton

• The Good, The Bad, The Barbie by Tanya Lee Stone

Christian Fiction

• Nothing But Drama (Good Girlz) by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

• Starlighter by Bryan Davis

• Sweet Seasons series by Debbie Viguie

• The Miracle Girls by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt

• It’s All About Us by Shelly Adina

I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THIS!

• Contact publishers: ask for catalogs.

• Use Amazon, Barnes & Noble, when you have a chance visit a bookstore.

• Learn to spot keywords in reviews.

• Follow authors and blogs.

ASK

TEENAGERS!

REMINDER!

• angelina.manfredi@lacnm.us• www.fatgirlreading.com• checkitoutlosalamos.blogspot.com