What does an eyeroll mean in “teen”?

I was visiting with my family over Easter weekend. My mother and I decided to introduce my 15-year-old niece to that most classic of war epic/love story/Hollywood extravaganzas, Gone With the Wind. As long as it got her out of washing dishes, my niece was shruggingly all for it. My brother-in-law assured us, though, in a knowing tone, “She’s going to think it’s Bo-ring.” How’s that for pressure?
I did think we were losing her in the first 20 minutes, what with all that flowery language about the loss of the glorious civilization that was the pre-bellum South (good riddance, I say) and the fiddle-dee-dees and the icky sappy flirting between the wimpy Ashley Wilkes and his milquetoast cousin.
I was silently willing my niece to “stick with it…you WILL really like it.” By the burning of Atlanta scene, I was able to lean back in my seat. My niece was hooked. My mother and I felt…what…relieved? There’s nothing that can wilt an adult’s confidence more than an “oh puh-leeze, you geezer” look from a 15-year-old.
Tough customers, those teens. Even those of us who fancy ourselves “the cool aunt” can’t escape an occasional eyeroll thrown in our direction.

Today, on my second to last day here (foreshadowing, dear reader), I was thrilled to receive my copy of Serving Teens Through Readers’ Advisory,” by YA librarian Heather Booth. This book is perfect for the librarian who inwardly dreads the “eyeroll” when trying to hook a teen on a great book. Heather does a great job of describing how the readers’ advisory interchange can be more challenging with teens.
For starters, how do you even begin the conversation? As adults, we’re used to talking with strangers all the time…at the bank, on the phone with our insurance company. Not so with teens. They’re not used to initiating such conversations. As Heather points out, “The teen who comfortably glides to the reference desk with the maturity and grace of an adult to chat about a good book and ask about a new one is rare (and wonderful), but just because many teens would not think to do that does not mean that they cannot participate in a productive RA interaction.” She has good advice for ways to start the conversation. Basically, it means meeting the teens where they are rather than expecting them to come to the desk. Under the pretense of browsing the shelves looking for books to display, the librarian can casually strike up the conversation. “Have you read this one? I’ve been hearing a lot of people talking about it” is just one of several conversation-starters she recommends.