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Book Links


These links should help you find the books that are just right for you.  If you know of other good sites that you think we should add, send an e-mail to teens@yorklibraries.org. 

The Slant Book Reviews

Check out our book reviews written by members of Martin Library's Teen Advisory Board. You'll also find links to constantly-updated lists of book suggestions. 

Jen Hubert's Reading Rants

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 Brian Jacques.   

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Teen Reads

This collection of booklists for young adults from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh covers the best books of just about every genre you could want.  

Teen Ink

Teen Ink is a webpage where teens across the nation, write book reviews and submit them for viewers like you.  Even you can submit a review on a book recently read- just check out the webpage. Currently there are over 500 reviews being hosted on Teen Ink. 

Teen Reads

Teen Reads, is a webpage solely dedicated to review books for teens.   Not only do they review books, but occasionally they interview authors as well. Teen Reads offers a monthly newsletter sent to your email account of newly added book reviews.  

Book Loons

Book Loons, is a very large book review page offering over 4,600 book reviews. Book Loons, is updated weekly adding more and more book reviews. They have not only have book reviews, but they hold contests, interview authors, and have short stories.  

Grouchy Café

Grouchy Café is a website that celebrates teen anxiety and self discovery. Because it celebrates these two topics it reviews books relating to it.  When visiting this creative website you will learn about great and not so great books for teens, read interviews about “interesting authors”, and understand the good and bad about our teenage years. 

Teens @ Random

Teens @ Random is a website that offers teens like you an inside glance of the hottest new books coming out.  Teens @ Random is also packed with tons of information on Authors, contests, and books reviews by teens for teens.  

Teens Read

Info and features authors, books, series and characters, including book reviews, in-depth author profiles, excerpts from the hottest new releases, contests, and more.  

Teens Read Too

Provides book reviews, author information, contests, and more. 

 YA Books Central 

Book reviews, author interviews and bios, press releases, industry news, freebies and giveaways, and much more on both children's and young adult books.

Readers Rants 

A HUGE list of book reviews, organized by topic, written by librarians and teens. 

Digital Library

Don’t have enough time to pick up a book at our library and need one for your book report? Well, Digital Library may be the answer! Digital Library which is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library offers over 20,000 free books on the Web. 

 World Wide School

The World Wide School also offers online books. This webpage hosts a variety of literature from Alice in Wonderland to The History of the Telephone. Navigating through an online library sounds difficult. However the World Wide School makes it easy by allowing you to search by author, title, or even subject. 

Not Required Reading

Book reviews written by high school students, for high school students. All reviews are by current juniors and seniors in high school. No teachers, no librarians, no parents - just teens.

 

 


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