Shoreline Teen Advisory Board Primer
Pretty much everything you need to know about S.T.A.B.

Important STAB Acronyms:
• STAB: Shoreline Teen Advisory Board-The name of our illustrious group.
• BBYA: Best Books for Young Adults-The national committee that we are working on to choose the Best Books of the Year.
• STABBBYA: Shoreline Teen Advisory Board Best Books for Young Adults- The arm of STAB dedicated to working on and discussing BBYA titles (pronounced “stab ‘ya”). See the next page for more information.
• STASH: Shoreline Teen Advisory Store House- Also known as The Closet. Where we keep the STABBBYA books and other STAB supplies.
• STABLog: Shoreline Teen Advisory Board Log- http://www.shorstab.blogspot.com/

Important Websites:
• STABLog: Keep up to date on all things STAB related- www.shorstab.blogspot.com/
• BWI: The STAB resource for our lists and our review sources (Check with me for login information)- www.bwibooks.com/
• BBYA Homepage: Look at past lists and keep up with current nominations- www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya

Process for the “Monthly” STAB Meetings:
• Go to www.bwibooks.com and access the STAB account. If you don't remember the login, let me know and I'll e-mail it to you.
• Click on "Your lists" on the right side of the page. Find the list with your name and open it. If you don't see one with your name, e-mail me and I can set up a list for you. If you can't get a hold of me, review the list "Extra1" or "Extra2".
• Once you open the list, you’ll notice many of the books have "Full Text Reviews" done by professional publications. You can access them by clicking either the big red "FTR" link or click on the "Details" link to access the cover art, the reviews and a summary of the book.
• Or, if you want, you can look them up in a place like Amazon.com. Remember to look more closely at the professional reviews than at the customer reviews.
• Based on the reviews, what you read in the summary, the cover art and anything else that strikes your fancy, give me a score for the book on a scale from 1-5. 1 is low (don't you dare buy this thing) and 5 being high (I just might go buy this book myself).

Volunteering:
There are a number of volunteer tasks available to STAB members. These projects range from the mundane to the strange. If there is something you are particularly interested in doing please let me know and I will do my best to get you involved. Here are some of examples:

• Shelving holds
• Creating displays
• General clean up
• Maintaining the BBYA Database
• Developing the booklist
• Labeling Books
• Shelving BBYA books
• Planning programs
• Processing comics
• Coming to meetings
• Cutting paper
• Filling Displays
• Maintaining the STAB database


STABBBYA Information

Process for the STABBBYA Meetings:
• Read at least one book before each meeting
• Come prepared to discuss what you liked/loved/hated about each book and present a brief description
• It is OK not to like a book
• Respect what others have to say about a book but feel free to disagree
• Ask questions about what others are reading
• I’m looking for your honest opinions

Writing Reviews:
When you write a review for a STABBBYA book, I would like you to:
• Write why you like/love/hate the book.
• A brief description (if the book is not nominated).
• Score it using the Quality/Popularity scale (See Below).
• E-mail it to me.
• As always, I'm looking for your honest opinion about the books

Here is the format I would like you to use when writing a review:
Reviewer's Name
Author Last Name, Author First Name-Title
Review
Q/P Scores
Should it make the list?
So for example:
Rick Orsillo
Conrad, Eustace-Happy funny book
This the true story T.R. McSwiller and his quest for the elusive Hammacher Schlemmer.
I think this book is the worst thing I have ever read. It was neither happy, nor funny. In fact it was a little depressing. I especially disliked the metaphor of the mongoose. Very disturbing.
1Q/2P
List? No
Obviously my review is somewhat lacking, but I think you get the idea.

Use this scale to rate books for STABBBYA:
Here is the Q/P Score I referred to earlier:

Quality
5Q Hard to imagine it being better written.
4Q Better than most, marred by occasional lapses.
3Q Readable, without serious defects.
2Q Better editing or work by the author might have warranted a 3Q.
1Q Hard to understand how it got published, except in relation to its P rating (and not even then sometimes).

Popularity
5P Every YA (who reads) was dying to read it yesterday.
4P Broad general or genre YA appeal.
3P Will appeal with pushing.
2P For the YA reader with a special interest in the subject.
1P No teen will read unless forced to for assignments.