• Knowing the stuff
• Talking the talk - making connections
• Bridging out to the better
• The librarian as media advisor
• The librarian as programming advisor
• The celebrity scene and teen idols
• The world of romance

 

Discussion Topic: Many bookstores only stock series books for teens rather than more substantive titles. From your sampling of these types of titles, what is the appeal of these books and do you think they appeal to a wide variety of teens: rich, poor, cultural groups, etc.?