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Updated: 9/5/10

book review due
November 5

nvhs library catalog online

teen book review and teen book news

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• The Newark Valley High School Library's online catalog is a tremendous source for finding books easily. Type in the title of the book you want to read, or an author, and view what's available in our library.

• FindMeABook.com is a teen book review and book news site produced almost entirely by Newark Valley freshmen. This site is what teen reading is all about. Check it out! It's searchable! And it's growing in popularity.
targetFiction Links & Book Lists
• The Rhode Island Teen Book Award has great teen-generated lists for best books from 2002-2006. Check out the winners of those years, but for the best lists, check out each year's nominated books. Great stuff!

• The Seatle Public Library has a very good list of books for middle school and high school readers.

• It's Rough Out There: Teen Life and Issues Booklist has great fiction books about real teen issues. These writers know teens. Great books!

• Teenspoint.org's Cafe Book offers a teen-generated list of the best books from 2002-2006. These are the best of the best, according to teen readers. This is a great site.

Teenreads.com's Best of the Best page is a list of The Young Adult Library Services Association's best books in the last 10 years. This page gives 10 books each year for 10 years.
targetNon-Fiction Links & Book Lists
• The Seatle Public Library has a good section of book lists for both biographies and other non-fiction.
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• Barnes & Noble has a great list of teen science fiction reads, including a section just for aliens, alternate worlds, earth, future and time travel.

• The Seatle Public Library has an excellent list of books for science fiction readers.

• Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens has great book lists for those who truly like to escape the reality of our world.

• SciFan has all the titles you are looking for — that is, if you are a fan of science fiction reads.
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• Barnes & Noble offers an excellent list of top fantasy books for teens. You won't believe how big this list is!

• The Seatle Public Library has a terrific list of fantasy books for teens, including a separate list for vampires and horror.

• The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has an excellent list of gaming books for teens. When you can't play video games, you can read about 'em. Good stuff.
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• The Seatle Public Library has a great list of sports and sports themed books for young adults.

• The Plymouth District Library has a great list of sports books for teens. The library even breaks sports categories into baseball, basketball, football, swimming, soccer and wrestling and boxing.
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• Amazon.com has compiled a great book list of humorous tales for teens, both fictional and non-fictional.

• The Denver Public Library offers a quality list of humorous books of all kinds. One title is this: How to Get Suspended and Influence People. Guess what? The eighth grade narrator gets suspended!

• The San Francisco Public Library has the purple page of humor titles for teens. The library offers a lengthy list.

• Although a corny name, the Plymouth District Library “Teen Zone” has compiled a list of funny fiction titles for young adults. It’s a good list with short summaries of each title.

• The Tigard Public Library’s Jessica Marie, the young adult librarian, has compiled a six page PDF document of humor books for teens that is quite good
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