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The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second (follows an awkward teen as he makes his way through senior year of high school and his first real relationship. It's been getting a love-it-or-hate-it reputation — apparently, the graphic references to sex can be a bit much — but the reviews agree it's definitely an authentic voice) (Becky's Book Reviews)

- Textbooks for rent? (Finally picking up traction. Also, check out these new reference tools for students: RefSeek) (TechCrunch) (Derek Baird via Twitter)

- Much better than lollipops (Reach Out And Read trains pediatricians to hand out age-appropriate books to patients. The program is now being expanded to military bases) (SLJ)

- African Nobel Prize (awarded to a young adult fantasy novel) (Guardian via bookshelves of doom)

- What a boy wants (to read. A 13-year-old tells all to Publisher's Weekly) (Guys Lit Wire)

- A lesson in teaching poetry (through hip-hop. Love this idea) (NY Times, reg. required)

- Shared Book (a customized publishing platform, announces a slew of new affiliate agreements. Among them — a national children's literacy organization, ) (PersonaNonData)

- Helen Hemphill (talks about The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones and more) (Cynsations)

- Alison Morris suggests (adult books for high schoolers) (Shelftalker)

- Librarians called to duty (to out-Google Google. The Reference Extract project hopes to use academic credibility to build a better search engine) (Ars Technica)

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