Teen's
Top Ten Books - 2007 Nominations
Teens around the country, like you, vote for your favorite titles during Teen Read Week, October 14-20 2007.
Teens
at Random
Random House offers teens a great website with lots of great
new book reviews.
Printz
Award 2007
For a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult
literature.
Favorite
Teenage Angst Books!
Favorite
Teenage Angst Books is a very cool "for teens by teens" site that gives
great reviews of the best young adult books .
Reading
Rants!
Reading
Rants! is a hip book review and suggestion site managed by a NY middle school
librarian who describes herself as "too chicken to get her eyebrow pierced...totally
obsessed with the TV show Boston Public and (of course) young adult books."
Teenreads!
Teenreads.com
has great graphics and is very current - it's "the place online for teens
to talk about their fave books--and find the hippest new titles!"
The
Alex Award for Young Adult Literature!
The
Alex Award for Young Adult Literature is an annual award presented by the American
Library Association for the best adult fiction appropriate for teen readers.
Best
Books for Reluctant Teen Readers
The
Young Adult Library Services Division of the American Library Association creates
this list every year. It is an excellent list of quality young adult books that
are compelling, fast-paced and vivid. This is a great resource for teens who are
not big readers or have trouble finding books they can get 'in' to.
National
Book Award for Young People
Awarded every year by the National Book Foundation, a non-profit organization,
the National Book Award is one of the most prestigious awards an author can win.
The NBA for youth recognizes the year's best book for a novel written for young
adults. This link provides a list of all NBA winners for the past year.
No
Flying No Tights
This site is specifically devoted to presenting graphic
novel reviews for teens. It is also useful to anyone who is ether curious about
graphic
novels or is a long-standing fan looking for new titles. In today's
titles you can find anything from a fantasy to rival Harry Potter to a memoir
that will break your heart.
Colorado
Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
The Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult
Book Award recognizes the most popular books among middle and high school students
in the State of Colorado. Teens nominate their favorite titles and select the
winner - adults do not vote. All the materials needed to participate in the Blue
Spruce Award can be found on this site and may be freely printed and distributed.
Teen
Ink - Movie Reviews Written by Teens
"Read what teens think about
today's movies, classic films, yesterday's videos, everyone's favorite celebrities
and stars - and the whole movie industry. All movies reviews, video reviews and
DVD reviews are written by teenagers."
