is a monthly podcast hosted by focusing on the best of young adult literature. This podcast series provides families, educators, out-of-school practitioners, and tutors reading recommendations they can pass along to teen readers. Each episode will feature in-depth recommendations of titles that will engage and excite teen readers. The most recent podcast, episode 80, is 鈥溾��. The聽础尝础狈听奥辞谤办蝉丑辞辫 is an event unlike anything else you can experience in the world of young adult literature. Held each year on the Monday and聽Tuesday聽before Thanksgiving, the workshop brings together books, authors, and readers in a passionate celebration of all things YA. Sponsored by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE, the program consists of panel discussions, breakout sessions, and keynote speeches by leading authors in our field.
Tune in to hear testimonials from a variety of this year鈥檚 attendees. Some are relatively new to聽ALAN, while others have been involved for years. What they all have in common is a passion for the workshop and a willingness to talk about their experience with others. As one attendee stated about the ALAN Workshop, 鈥淚 get the strength to do the hard work that we do every day at school.鈥�
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Jennifer Buehler is the host of聽. As a teacher consultant with the Eastern Michigan Writing Project, Jennifer led workshops on young adult literature for parents, teachers, and students in university methods classes. Now Assistant Professor of English Education at Saint Louis University, Jennifer teaches classes on young adult literature, English methods, writing pedagogy, content area literacy, and urban education. She was recently elected president of NCTE’s聽聽(ALAN), and she served as a member of ALAN鈥檚 first Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee.