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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Hello, OYAN friends!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The time has come to collect nominations for the 2019 OYAN Book Rave. Book Rave is an annual list produced by the members of the Oregon Young Adult Network and announced at the Oregon
Library Association's annual conference in April. Books nominated should be written and marketed for readers of middle and high school age (generally 6th-12th grade) and be published between November 1, 2017 and October 31, 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">I've set up a Google Form to collect nomination information. Please use it early and often. Many excellent books were released over the last year. This is a great way to highlight them!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Nominations will be collected until early December 2018. Members will then be invited to vote on the nominated books through mid-January
2019, narrowing the list to approximately 20 OYAN Book Rave selections. The list is further discussed at the winter meeting of the Oregon Young Adult Network. Final results are released in April 2019, coinciding with the annual OLA conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Hope to hear from you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0">Sonja Somerville<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0">Teen Services Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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