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Principal: Sheila Brown
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What Do I Read Next?
Click on these links to find sites with book lists and book reviews to help you find your next book. And don't forget to ask Ms. Canham-Eaton for suggestions!
| African-American Fiction (http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_teens_readinglist&cid=1144109339773, 05-01-2007) | |
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Books about Aftican Americans and/or by African-American authors. |
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| Award-Winning Books (http://www.slco.lib.ut.us/award/award_winning_books.htm, 03-28-2007) | |
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There are many awards for fiction and literature each year. Salt Lake County Library Services has chosen the most well- known awards in each genre, listing the most current winners. We encourage you to read these "Best of the Best." |
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| Booklists and Book Awards (http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.htm, 03-28-2007) | |
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This is a list of links put together by librarians of the Young Adult Library Services Association. You're bound to find books you'll love one or all of these lists of best books and award-winners. |
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| Booktrusted (http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/, 03-29-2007) | |
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This web site provides free resources and recommendations for teachers, librarians and parents about books for young people of all ages. Check out the different pages covering recommended books, features/interviews, authors, illustrators, and news/events.
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| College-Bound Reading List (http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html, 03-28-2007) | |
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An annotated list of classic American literature, world literature, and poetry titles. |
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| Favorite Teenage Angst Books (http://www.grouchy.com/angst/, 03-28-2007) | |
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A celebration of teenage angst and personal discovery. Here, you'll learn about great books for teens and meet interesting authors and other creative folks. |
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| Graphic Novels (http://www.noflyingnotights.com/index2.html, 05-14-2007) | |
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The best site out there for graphic novel reviews. This site is just for GNs that teens will enjoy. |
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| Notable Books for Adults (http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/rusanotable/thelists/notablebooks.htm, 03-28-2007) | |
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American Library Association's annual lists of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, selected for their significant contribution to the expansion of knowledge or for the pleasure they can provide to adult readers. |
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| NoveLIST (http://novelst4.epnet.com.research.aadl.org/NovApp/novelist/core.aspx?sid=4C7E13EA-7BD2-4DDA-A331-4EC964C30F29%40sessionmgr2, 05-17-2007) | |
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NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. You must have an Ann Arbor District Library user name and password to access this site. |
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| Read-Alikes (http://www.waterborolibrary.org/bklistif.htm, 05-14-2007) | |
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If you like a particular book or genre, these lists will help you find similar titles by category: general, mystery, romance, science fiction, and specific. |
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| Reading Rants (http://members.tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/, 03-28-2007) | |
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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. This site is run by a middle school librarian who is an expert on Young Adult books, in a truly wonderful way. She posts terrific booklists with funny titles like "Deadheads and Moshpits" or "Fanging Around" with topics ranging from music, vampires, spiritual, gay, wicca, druggie, eating disorders, and more. |
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| Teen Page (http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/recreading/recommendedreading.htm, 05-14-2007) | |
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American Library Association's recommended reading page just for teens. Includes award winners, outstanding books for the college bound, teens' top ten, and more. |
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| Teenreads.com (http://www.teenreads.com/, 03-28-2007) | |
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Teenreads.com brings teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. Explore thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more every week. Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles!
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| Teen Reading Suggestions (http://www.carnegielibrary.org/teens/read/booklists/, 03-28-2007) | |
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This site links to booklists in several categories, including African American history, laugh-out-loud funny books, retellings of classics, graphic novels, and hiphop. Compiled by the staff of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. |
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| Teens' Books and Reading (http://www.mel.org/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=720, 05-04-2007) | |
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Links from Michigan eLibrary. |
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| Top Teen Reads (http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_teens_categorybrowser, 05-01-2007) | |
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Teens' Top 10 books in categories such as adventure, biography, ESL and immigration, fantasy, horror, humor, mysteries, nonfiction, sports, and vampires! |
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| Urban Fiction (http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/stone.mediacenter/urban_fiction_list&config=GQLyFiKSA8Bg4h4eOYHxiw, 04-26-2007) | |
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A list of books, authors, and Web site links for readers of fiction set in the inner city, by and/or about African-Americans. |
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| Young Adult Authors' Pages (http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/teen/authors.htm, 03-28-2007) | |
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Looking for more info on that author you just read? Here are some links to author web sites and blogs on the internet. Where we can, we've indicated who is responsible for the site; from fans up to the author! If we're forgetting any cool sites, please let us know! |
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| The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 (http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm, 03-28-2007) | |
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Why have people wanted these books removed from libraries? Visit this site and read the books to find out for yourself. |
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