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There are thousands of excellent books written for adolescents and young adults. Hundreds of those titles are in our school IMC. Hundreds more can be found in the local public library. While we try to keep up on new titles, it is extremely difficult due to the ever-increasing adolescent literature market. This page is an attempt to keep as up-to-date as possible. There are several links to current adolescent literature sites. Click on each link to see the latest from the publishing world. It's also a good place from which to create a reading list.

Reviews and Blogs:

1. FlamingNet - Teen Reviews of Teen Books

2. Teen Reads - Author interviews and information, book club guides, polls, links to other book sites and reviews of tons of books!

3. ReaderGirlz - Interviews with authors for girlz. Run by 4 authors. Good music and info!

 

Following a Series?

If you are following a series, you can click on these links to find out which books are out already and which are coming out.

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/

http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/bpl-bin/series.pl

- Fantastic Fiction - find your favorite authors and books. Release dates for new books!

- Scholastic Book Series and Race for Prizes!

- Shelfari

- Our Teen Voices

 

Publisher Sites:

- The latest teen books published from Harpers.

- The latest teen books from Random House Publishing.

- Hyperion books published for teens!

- Scholastic books for teen readers!

- Penguin Group books for Young Adults!

 

Your Favorite Authors:

1. Authors for Teens – Great list of links!

2. Authors on the Web

3. Candlewick

4. Harcourt Author Interviews: Audio

5. Hyperion Authors

6. ISLMC List of YA authors

7. SimonSays (Simon and Schuster)

8. Teen Reads

 

Books and Blogs for Boys:

1. Boys Blogging Books - 6 guys, ranging in age from 12 to 18 blog about books they all liked.

2. Boys Rule Boys Read

3. Guy’s Read by Jon Scieszka: A Literary Initiative for Boys


4. Keene, Nancy. YA Books for Boys


5. Keene, Nancy. Humorous YA Books for Boys


6. Anderson, Max. Books for Boys Blog


7. Top Books for Boys from the UK