January is Walk Your Dog Month and what better way to kick start your New Years Resolutions by reading some great YA books that feature dogs? If you are like me, you love dogs and want to spend more time with them because they just get you. This awareness month is a great way to help dust off the January blues, read a few good books, maybe go out and adopt a new dog, or if you already have one start taking him/her out for more walks. It's a fun way to get out of the house and your dog will love you for it! Here is a list of YA books that will have you begging for more! Last Chance by Norah McClintock In this charming YA novel by Norah McClintock, the main character Robyn is scared of dogs—like, really scared. But she agrees to spend her summer working at an animal shelter anyway. (It's a long story.) Robyn soon discovers that many juvenile offenders also volunteer at the shelter—including Nick D'Angelo, a boy from Robyn's past. A boy she hoped to never see again. Ni...
Did you hear the news?? During Teen Read Week YALSA announced the Top Ten Teen winners!! Here is the list! 2012 Teens’ Top Ten Divergent by Veronica Roth (HarperCollins) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin) Legend by Marie Lu (Penguin) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Quirk Books) What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (Penguin) Across the Universe by Beth Revis (Penguin) Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Macmillan) The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic) Where She Went by Gayle Forman (Penguin) Abandon by Meg Cabot (Scholastic) There are only two on this list that I didn't get a chance to read. They are the top one Divergent (it figures :) and the last one Abandon which I started and never finished. Ah the life of a busy librarian - well there is still time to keep reading! Let me know if you read any of these books and which ones you loved the most! My favorite is Legend by Marie Lu.
