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Looking for a good YA book?
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Of local interest:
- Page Turners Book Discussions
- Find out all about Prendergast's book discussion program: How you can participate, what
books are offered, and how to join the listserv.
Of general interest:
- About.com's Young Adult Books
- Looking for a fun place to poke around? This would be it. It has links to everything
from book reviews to author webpages to series websites, a chat option, and a real, live
"guide" in charge of it whom you can contact.
- Booklists for Young Adults on the Web
- This site indexes all sorts of booklists for young adults. It has links to
everything from "If you like Harry Potter..." to award lists, from specific
topics to "best of" lists. In short, very cool and very useful.
- Book reviews by Adam Bulatis
- Reviews of 30+ YA books by the man they call the "Reviewer Extraordinaire." Each review
gives a brief description of the book, its strengths and weaknesses, and a rating on a scale
of 0-3. Books are indexed by author and title.
- Connections Project
- Offers young adult novel reviews and original writing experiences by young adults.
- Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Program
- Indiana high school students, teachers, and librarians annually read and rate a selection
of nominated books, then select the ultimate winner of their Award. Click
here for the current year's
nominees.
- Favorite Teenage Angst Books
- Book reviews of favorite YA books by a freelance writer/critic/web developer. You can
even contact her to suggest titles.
- If You Like... [From the Hennepin County Library]
- A searchable database that suggests authors based on what you enjoy. For example, "If you
like Alice Walker, you might like..."
- Internet Public Library's Teen Links
- Everything from reading suggestions by category to fun links in all sorts of areas of
interest to teens. If you've never been to the IPL, you're missing out.
- Kids' Corner
- Allows you to pick books by reading level or category or search for Muse Notes and Reader
Reviews on your favorite book.
- Lots of Lists
- Lists of all sorts, including recommended books, author-suggested books, annual roundup
books, and most banned books.
- Reading Rants
- To quote the site: "What is it? A group of booklists for those of you teens out
there who need a good read, but are wondering if there's life after Judy Blume and
Gary Paulsen."
- TeenLit.com
- Provides a forum for teen writers to publish and discuss their writing and review and
discuss books they read.
- TeenReads
- Offers reviews of current releases, author profiles, and a newsletter for teen readers.
- Teens Only!
- Interactive book reviews, message boards, book lists, e-zines, book awards, and much, much
more from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's staff.
- Titles for Teens
- Great books for teen readers brought to you by the Hennepin County Library.
- Yahoo's
Young Adult Literature Links
- Site listings and subcategories from authors to reviews, all dealing with young adult lit.
- Young Adult Lit Resources
- A list of links and resources for educators, but many will appeal to teens on the prowl
for information or books. It contains everything from scholarly articles to bibliographies
of suggested reading for teens.
