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This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.  ~Elbert Hubbard

The Young Adult Book Drive 4 Rural Libraries  is now closed. I would like to thank everyone who helped out either by making donations, giving me advice on the website or on where to find books.  We've managed to collect around 310 books and help six libraries.
 
I would like to ask everyone to not forget the importance of books. People of all ages should have access to literature and we need to do whatever we can to assist our libraries. Six libraries in New York and Pennsylvania can now better provide for their community but there is still way too many libraries that are suffering due to lack of funding.  If you use your library consider doing your part to keep it open and up-to-date. Support your local libraries.
 
 

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Young adult literature is defined as books aimed at readers aged 12-18. Unfortunately for teen readers they are the group most likely to be left out when small libraries are selecting materials for their collections. In this day and age with all the technology available it is assumed that teens are not reading. We picture them in their rooms surfing the web, glued to the television or playing the latest game on their x-box. The truth is teens are still reading whether for pleasure or as assignments for school.

 

The Web Site Smart Girl, performed a survey about teen reading. They found that out of 3,677 teen girls and guys that answered the survey, 1,776 say they enjoy reading a lot and only 506 responded that did not enjoy reading at all. When the participants were asked to respond to the statement, "I read constantly for my own personal satisfaction", 24.62% strongly agreed, 28.76% agreed and only 9% strongly disagreed.

 

Public libraries are very important to the surrounding communities and they must provide for all potential patrons on limited budgets. Out of the 3,677 teens surveyed 1,787 said they got the majority of their reading materials from the public library.  Did you know that there is an annual teen read week? This is something all libraries should celebrate. What better way to get our teens reading more and in the library than a designated week to celebrate teen reading? According to the Smart Girl survey 1,981 teens didn’t know if their public library celebrated teen read week. Is this because of a lack of publicity or do public libraries not pay attention to this particular demographic?

 

Ask a librarian and they may say that the budget is not spent on young adults because they represent a very small portion of the community and of the patrons who use the library. They do not buy teen books for their library because the teens aren’t coming in. The problem there is that teenagers are not going to start coming in and using the public library if there are no books for them.

 

This website has a purpose, we are collecting young adult books both fiction and non-fiction to distribute to the small public libraries in New York Southern Tier and Potter County Pennsylvania. Please note, that this is not a registered non-profit organization and so any donations you make are not tax-deductible. Please take a few moments out of your day to look through this website and to consider donating just one book for a small town teen.

 

If you would like to know more about the survey mentioned above, check out the Smart Girl website for all the questions asked of the teens who participated.

Mission Statement
 
The mission of the YA Book Drive is to collect young adult literature through donations of citizens and large libraries. All books, no matter what the condition will be placed into the hand of a teenager whether through the library or through a teen book give-away. No money is being made from the donations and no donation is tax-deductible.

  

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