Kind of following on the post about teens yesterday, here is a poster of nonfiction and fiction books around social media, one of the obsessions of most (young) people today. Our G8 social studies class looked into social media as part of their identity unit, and one of my displays this year was fiction and nonfiction on the theme.

Not surprisingly, a large number of fiction books on the topic are in the mystery genre, with people being sucked in too far into the blur between real and online lives in the quest for likes and followers. There are some more positive books about the power of social media to connect and create awareness. As always it’s hard to draw the line between YA and Middle School, so don’t take my division without checking.

By Nadine Bailey – middle school teacher librarian, currently living and working in Dubai, formerly in Beijing China, Singapore and a bunch of other cities around the world. Passionate about our students seeing themselves and their worlds in literature and developing curiosity and a passion for reading and learning.

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