Teen Website Picks
The CrankyLibrarian
check out this site for full-text classic
books, author information, artists and their
works --- and fun! Change your font,
your background and beware the
"librarian"
www.teenreads.com
is another great website with a lot of book reviews for teens by teens as well
as in-depth author profiles and interviews.
The site is part of Book Report Network, a group founded in 1996, which
share book reviews, author profiles and excerpts from the hottest new releases.
The site
www.bookreporter.com
has links to the teen read site as well as a kids reads site
(www.kidsreads.com)
and reading group guides.
www.bored.com
is a
great place to find out what famous events happened on your birthday, ponder
over 500 riddles, read funny answers to “Why did the chicken cross the road”
and much much more for teens.
www.teenlit.com
provides a place to post your writings, read the writings of other teens and
read book reviews.
Click on the writers workshop and you will find lots of writing tips from
other teens, a page of editing marks as well as poetry tips.
This is a great site for any teen that has an interest in writing.
www.ala.org/yalsa
is the place to find current and previous winners of young adult award books.
Also listed are popular paperbacks for young adults and quick picks for
reluctant young adult readers, current and previous.
http://www.cyberteens.com/cr
is a nice site with a little bit of everything: fun and games, cool links, and
particularly nice is the creativity section.
Teens can submit their work, the written word, music, movies and art as
well as view the work of other teens.
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/ Multnomah County Library in Oregon has an excellent Homework Center. It has an extensive collection of websites for many topics. Check it out!