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readergirlz is a literacy and social media project for teens, awarded the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading Prize. The rgz blog serves as a depot for news and YA reviews from industry professionals and teens. As volunteers return full force to their own YA writing, the organization continues to hold one initiative a year to impact teen literacy. All are welcome to "like" us on Facebook!

Literacy Initiatives: Rock the Drop!

Rock the Drop!



April 18, 2013, rgz are celebrating Support Teen Literature Day! In addition to dropping YA titles for lucky readers to discover, consider a book donation to 826NYC to help grow their library. Team with Figment, I Heart Daily, Soho Teen, and 826NYC to celebrate YA lit.

 •Follow @readergirlz on twitter and tweet #rockthedrop
 
•Print out the below bookplate (designed by the super-talented Lindsay Frantz) and drop books in your area on Support Teen Literature Day:

 
•Donate books to 826NYC: 
826NYC
attn: Joan Kim
c/o: readergirlz Rock the Drop
372 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
 
Post pics at our facebook of any books you drop or find! 

Publishers Weekly, April 19, 2012

Support Teen Lit Day, which followers of the Readergirlz blog and others celebrated by taking part in “Rock the Drop,” the guerilla-style book distribution scheme in which YA fans leave copies of favorite books in public spaces for readers to pick up and enjoy.


 

Here's the drill for Support Teen Literature Day, 4/12/12. Share the above banner on your sites. Print the below bookplate and paste it in your donation. Drop your YA book in a public place to be found and cherished. Load your photo at the readergirlz facebook page, and tweet your drop at #rockthedrop. Ready, set, go! 










Readergirlz and Figment ROCK THE DROP in honor of Support Teen Lit Day, Thursday, April 14th, 2011. This annual event draws love and attention to YA lit as rgz around the world surreptitiously drop/donate novels in their communities. Full details here.   





At the close of 2010, rgz and First Book joined forces to help distribute over 125,000 young adult books to underserved teens. A Novel Gift was hugely successful as the rgz blog and Twitter feed called for qualified groups to register and receive free books. Support was seen across the industry for A Novel Gift. 




In 2008 and 2009, readergirlz, Guys Lit Wire, and YALSA orchestrated publishers' donations of nearly 20,000 new young adult books to hospitalized teens across the country. 

For 2010, If I Can Read I Can Do Anything joined forces with these three organizations to drop over 10,000 new YA books, donated by publishers, into the hands of teens on Native American tribal lands. 

Each year, nationwide, librarians, hundreds of YA authors, and teens dropped YA books in their own communities to raise awareness for Operation TBD and Support Teen Literature Day.

Here are our logos and videos from former years. Enjoy!

TBD 2009


TBD 2009


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