​​Our Youth Advisory Board meets once per month to discuss and review ARCs (advanced reading copies) of upcoming books. Members read anything from fantasy, to nonfiction, to books in verse. If your middle reader is interested in joining, please let us know!

Carson
(he/him, 6th grade)

Carson likes to read fantasy, sci-fi, action, and myths.
He would love to meet Tui T. Sutherland, author of Wings of Fire.​
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Penelope
(she/her, 5th grade)


​Penelope loves to read a lot of fantasy books, but her favorite author is Jeff Kinney because his books are hilarious.


Mazzy
(she/her, 6th grade)
Mazzy likes graphic novels and pretty much any type of book.
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Alice
(she/her, 6th grade)

Alice loves to read fantasy and books like Harry Potter, because the whole different world is fun. She also enjoys romance because it's often cheesy and makes her laugh. She'd like to meet many authors but if she had to pick, she'd choose Kelly Yang because her writing is really descriptive and powerful and she talks a lot about immigration which Alice thinks is important for people to hear about it. 
Thea
(she/her, 5th grade)

Thea loves mysteries and theatrical stories, like Shakespeare. She also likes writing fan fiction for those types of stories. She would like to meet the author of Ranger in Time, Kate Messenger, because her books are really good. (Thea would ask her to write a book where Ranger meets her dog Ginny because they are both red haired Golden Retrievers.)  She would also like to meet Shakespeare.

Lena
(she/they/any 6th grade)

 Lena enjoys graphic novels and novels with realistic stories about humans and animals. She loves reading about history, especially when it involves conflict or tragedy. She would love to meet Raina Telgemeier.

Augusta
(she/her, 6th grade)

Augusta enjoys reading fantasy books, because she likes learning about mythical creatures and they have exciting plots. She would love to meet Shannon Messenger, author of Keeper of the Lots Cities series, because they are her favorite books. 

Elia
(she/her, 6th grade)

Elia loves all types of fiction and would read 24/7 if she could. She would love to meet Shannon Messenger. 

Geneva 
(she/her, 4th grade)

Geneva loves to read fantasy books because they're interesting, and she'd love to meet author Shannon Messenger so she could hear what Keeper of the Lost Cities #10 will be about. 
​Rocky
(They/them, 6th grade)

Rocky loves non-fiction because it's easy to research more and write essays about non-fiction. Also they don't love to wait for a new book. They would love to meet author Allison Weir who mostly writes about 16th century stories.

Milo
(he/him, 4th grade)

Milo likes to read adventure books because he loves adventures. He'd love to meet Mac Barnett because of The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza or Tui T Sutherland because Milo loves the Wing of Fire series. 

Aarya
 (she/her, 6th grade)

Aarya likes all types of books (except for horror) but she especially loves graphic novels and fantasy. She likes graphic novels because she can see what all the characters look like and fantasy because it makes her imagine a lot. She'd would like to meet Rick Riordan and Erin Hunter because they wrote two of her favorite series: Percy Jackson and Warrior Cats!

Jude
(he/him 5th grade)

Jude's favorite types of books to read are fantasy because of the vast worlds and adventures. He also like reading about things that do not exist in our world. He would like to meet Stuart Gibbs because his books are really funny and Jude bets he would be fun to hang out with. 
Mabel
(she/her, 6th grade)

​Mabel loves to read fantasy books and the author she would most like to meet is Dusti Bowling.
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Lillian
(She/ her, 4th grade)​
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