Sounis Pops Up in the Strangest Places
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queensthiefI took a closet of books and turned it into a functioning library for a rural charter school, Pre-K thru 12th Grade. It was a blissful labor for a Bookish Babe. Catalog, Barcode, Spine label, Organize, Patron Check-Out Systems. Outdated Non-fiction, lots of picture books, not nearly enough YA; our poor High School and Middle Grade readers were suffering. I purchased and placed copies of the Entire Works of Megan Whalen Turner. And then I did what you would do if you found yourself at the end of your ResouceMate software. I stockpiled books about how to have a rocking-awesome library...and look who turned up:
Fellow Sounisians, please turn to page 121 in your copies of Teens, Libraries, and Social Networking: What Librarians Need to Know.
There you will find, under the heading of "Other Book Fandoms of Particular Interest to Teens":
And I quote:
"Any books that capture the imaginations of readers will have a fandom. Megan Whalen Turner is a highly regarded, award-winning fantasy author for children and teens. The first book in her "Queens Thief" series (more commonly known as the Attolia series), The Thief, won a Newberry Honor. In 2010, the fourth book in this series, A Conspiracy of Kings, was published. Unlike the Harry Potter and Twilight series, the Attolia series has not been turned into a high-profile, successful movie. The long wait between new books and the lack of multi-media tie-ins are reflected in a smaller fandom. A Google search of Attolia fansites returned just 300 results. Reading through just the first handful of sites showed they aren't separate fansites, something which is also true about Harry Potter and Twilight fansites. Instead, reviews and websites keep pointing toward one fansite, Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis. It's only one website, but it is where all the dedicated, obsessed, caring fans go to share news, fanfiction, fanart, and to analyze the books."
Yeah, you guys are famous. Thanks for letting me hang out with you.
Fellow Sounisians, please turn to page 121 in your copies of Teens, Libraries, and Social Networking: What Librarians Need to Know.
There you will find, under the heading of "Other Book Fandoms of Particular Interest to Teens":
And I quote:
"Any books that capture the imaginations of readers will have a fandom. Megan Whalen Turner is a highly regarded, award-winning fantasy author for children and teens. The first book in her "Queens Thief" series (more commonly known as the Attolia series), The Thief, won a Newberry Honor. In 2010, the fourth book in this series, A Conspiracy of Kings, was published. Unlike the Harry Potter and Twilight series, the Attolia series has not been turned into a high-profile, successful movie. The long wait between new books and the lack of multi-media tie-ins are reflected in a smaller fandom. A Google search of Attolia fansites returned just 300 results. Reading through just the first handful of sites showed they aren't separate fansites, something which is also true about Harry Potter and Twilight fansites. Instead, reviews and websites keep pointing toward one fansite, Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis. It's only one website, but it is where all the dedicated, obsessed, caring fans go to share news, fanfiction, fanart, and to analyze the books."
Yeah, you guys are famous. Thanks for letting me hang out with you.
