Current Trends?

• Supernatural is fading: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer published in 2005
• Dystopian still hot: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins published in 2008
• Diversity: Cultural, gender, experiences
• Emotional issues: bullying, mental health, survival
• “Tough Girls”
• Novels-in-Cartoons
• Humorous picture books

School Library Journal Trends

List of Book Awards