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Reader's Advisory

Reader's Advisory

Books for Teens 

Adolescent Literature

http://www.adlit.org/books_by_theme

 

A website offering many titles in adolescent/Young Adult literature, divided into categories for easy access.

 

Ms. Yingling Reads

http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/

 

A middle school librarian writes about books for middle grade students and young adults.

 

Reading Rants

http://www.readingrants.org/

 

A blog about books for teens, with a new book posted approximately every ten days.

 

Teen Ink

http://www.teenink.com/

 

An online literary journal written by and for teens with book reviews, interviews, and more.

 

Teen Reads

http://www.teenreads.com/

 

Featuring the Ultimate Teen Reading List, books that became movies, notable new books, contests and more, Teen Reads offers a lot to teens.

 

Young Adult Book Central

http://www.yabookscentral.com/
 

YA Book Central provides author information, book reviews, book trailers, giveaways, and more.

 

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Booklists

www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
 

 YALSA provides lists of award-winning, notable, and interesting books for young adults.

 

Special Interest

Guys' Interest

 

Guys Read

http://www.guysread.com/books/
 

A site devoted to the types of books that guys actually want to read.

 

Boys Rock, Boys Read

http://boysrockbr.blogspot.com/
 

The blog of a male librarian aimed at providing books of interest to boys.

 

Sports

 

Baseball: Fact and Fiction

http://www.clpgh.org/teens/books/showbooklist.cfm?catid=6&list=baseball
 

 A selection of books on baseball, both true stories and fiction.

(For baseball fiction, use the enhanced search option in the OPAC and search SUBJECT baseball AND LOCAL CALL NUMBER fic).

 

Football Fiction
http://www.clpgh.org/teens/books/showbooklist.cfm?catid=6&list=footballfiction
 
A selection of fictional books about football.

(For football fiction, use the enhanced search option in the OPAC and search SUBJECT football AND LOCAL CALL NUMBER fic)

 

Girls' Interest

 

Chick Lit Teens

http://www.chicklitteens.com/
 

 A site dedicated to reviews of books written for teen girls.

 

Middle School Grades

 

Minding the Middle

http://mindingthemiddle.blogspot.com/
 

A blog specifically about books for middle grade students.

 

Gaming Fiction

 

Get Your Game On

http://www.clpgh.org/teens/books/showbooklist.cfm?catid=6&list=gamingfiction

 

Great books for people who love video games.

 

Historical Fiction

 

Looking Back

http://www.clpgh.org/teens/books/showbooklist.cfm?catid=6&list=historicalfiction

 

Historical fiction books written for teens.