Rock the Drop: Photo Op!

I know you're all waiting patiently for news about the winner of the 2011 Rock the Drop, but believe it or not, we've still got some pics to post. What can we say - #rockthedrop was a SMASH success all because of YOU!

(The eagle eyed among you will notice that that above drop is also from uber-blogstress Mitali Dave!)

Thank You for Rocking the Drop Around the World!

Oh, man. You guys around the world were INCREDIBLE! It took three divas an entire week to post all the pics that flew in. There may be a few more to go up, still. Can you believe that?

We had readergirlz dropping books all over the United States. We had drops in Japan, India, and England. Rock the Drop was INTERNATIONAL!

Thanks for helping to celebrate ALA and YALSA's Support Teen Literature Day. It was a massive party. Melissa has been awesome to also collect the drop photos on our new Facebook Fan Page. So please "like" us and stream through that collection.

Our thanks also to our partner in 2011, Figment. They got the word out super well. Their to-do list absolutely rocked, as did their video.



Thanks also to supporters like Seventeen, Boing Boing, GL, and GalleyCat. We heart you!

So one thing's for sure. We'll be rocking the drop next year for Support Teen Lit Day. Let us know if you have any suggestions for the initiative. Now watch for Micol to announce the winning drop! Coming soon...

Little Willow's Book Bag

This Week's Picks
Stay by Deb Caletti
The Lucky Kind by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

Mitali Dave Rocks the Drop!

Blogger Mitali Dave of Alley of Books rocks it!

Maureen Johnson Rocks the Drop!

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More more more!

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Thanks to Chloe for Rocking the Drop! Love the talking book bubbles!

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Thanks to The Novel Affair for Rocking the Drop!


Marisa dropped The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins on a park bench in San Diego, CA. "We hope that whoever finds it loves it. We hope to start a fire for YA in someone’s heart!"

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Thanks to Sunnie Sette and the New Haven Free Public Library for Rocking the Drop!

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Author Sara Bennett Wealer Rocked the Drop in her town, leaving one book at the big Catholic girls' school. "I pulled up in the circle drive and left RIVAL on a banister on a landing of the big grand staircase leading up to the entrance. You can see it here - just barely, though, because my earlier experience made me too scared to linger for a close-up. I shot this through my windshield."


Then she went to her neighborhood town hall, which has an after-school program that's run by teens. "I left RIVAL on a picnic table by the playground and shot a cute video that included my little one being cute but, alas, my phone refuses to email it to me. I did, however, get a photo. Here it is."


Read Sara's full drop adventure story here!

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Author Denise Jaden says: "I Rocked the Drop at my old high school right near my house. It was kinda fun, being covert and all, sneaking into the school and leaving a copy of LOSING FAITH right inside the main doors for someone to find!"

Thanks, Denise!

Rock the Drop: Photo Op + Big Contest!

Charleston County Public Library Rocked the Drop in a BIG way, all over their fair city! And they're also holding a contest until May 1st where you could win a whole box of free books (if you know Charleston well...). Thanks, CCPL!

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Author Jenny O'Connell Rocked the Drop at Panera!

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Danielle dropped A Northern Light (a featured readergirlz title!) by Jennifer Donnelly in Cambridge, MA outside a coffee shop.

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The To Timbuktu creators Rock the Drop in Prospect Park, Brooklyn:

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Another one from my editor!

(I think Sarah Dessen wins some kind of special award for Most Drops, right?)

More to come! I can't believe how much you guys all ROCKED!

GirlsLife.com Rocks!

Thanks so much to GirlsLife.com for their shout-out for Rock the Drop!

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Author Emily Wing Smith rocked it!

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"I was excited to learn about rock the drop on one of my favorite websites, bookcrossing.com, and I dropped a bunch of teen books today." --Kristin Fischer

Sweethearts by Sara Zarr was left on a water fountain at a park in Phoenix, Arizona.

This book is The confessions of a heartless girl by Martha Brooks. It was left on top of a display of free newspapers in front of Souvia Tea, a tea store in Phoenix, Arizona. I thought this was a particularly appropriate place to drop the book since it has a picture of a teacup/coffee cup on the cover.

Here is another book dropped in support of Teen Lit Day. You can see in the picture that the book is The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. It was left on a display of free newspapers in front of Barro's Pizza in Phoenix, Arizona.

This was left near the water fountain by the restroom between the two girls' softball fields where two other books were dropped on the bleachers. It is Money Hungry by Sharon Fluke.

This book was left near the tennis courts at a park in Phoenix, Arizona. It is Avalon High by Meg Cabot:

The one in this picture is Troll Bridge by Jane Yolen and Adam Stempler. It was left on the bleachers of a girls' softball field at a park in Phoenix, Arizona:

This book was left on the bleachers of an adjacent softball field at a park in Phoenix, AZ:

This book was left on a bench by tennis courts in a park in Phoenix, Arizona:

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"Okay, readergirlz, that was a BLAST! Left mine in a plaza and a coffee house frequented by the after school crowd." --Tamara Ireland Stone