Booked and Hooked: Unlocking Adolescent Reading Engagement

Two school librarians discuss the reading programs and engagement strategies they have facilitated at high and middle school levels. This presentation will showcase various iterations of reading challenges and initiatives for attendees to take inspiration from and use at their sites.

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Amanda Coltman is the Yuma District One Library Coordinator, where she oversees 18 school libraries. She has 12 years of experience in education and has a Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is a past recipient of the Laura Bush Foundation and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant. She enjoys traveling, crocheting, reading, and hiking with her family. 

Cait Zaksheske has been the librarian of Yuma High School for ten years. She has presented at Denver Comic Con and San Diego Comic Con about using nerd culture and graphic novels to engage students in the library.