ALA Awards Young Adult Sci-Fi Great Stories Club Grant
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced that it is awarding 29 libraries with implementation grants for a Great Stories Club program with the theme, “Imagining Tomorrow: Building Inclusive Futures.”
The reading list consists of five recent Young Adult science fiction novels:
- Victories Greater Than Death, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen)
- Across a Field of Starlight, Blue Delliquanti (Random House Graphic)
- The Marrow Thieves, Cherie Dimaline (Dancing Cat)
- The Sound of Stars, Alechia Dow (Inkyard)
- War Girls, Tochi Onyebuchi (Razorbill)
The Great Stories Club program is intended to “provide specialized library outreach programming to underserved youth; connect participating youth with powerful works of young adult literature that will facilitate personal exploration; inspire teens to consider ‘big questions’ about the world around them and their place in it; and facilitate discussion of future opportunities for positive change.” Many selected libraries are running the Great Stories Club program in partnership with organizations such as youth shelters, alternative high schools, and juvenile justice facilities.
Each library receives paperback copies of the books on the reading list, as well as “a $500 programming stipend, online training, an array of program resources and support throughout the grant term.”
For more information, see the announcement from the ALA.
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