Nancy Pearl's Spring Book List

03/22/2007 at 9:00 a.m.

There is no doubt that our teenage generation is technologically savvy. It is easy to picture them navigating the internet, wearing an iPod, or talking on a cell phone. We may not picture teens reading books—but they are! Teen book sales are booming! In the Seattle PI, Booklist Magazine critic Michael Cart says "We are right smack-dab in the new golden age of young adult literature." So, what are your teens reading? What should they be reading? Perhaps you'd like to follow their example. What should you be reading? Nancy Pearl joins us with suggestions.

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Nancy Pearl is the author of Book Lust and More Book Lust. Her latest release Book Crush focuses on books for kids and teens. She appears regularly on KUOW's The Beat, Mondays at 2:00 p.m.