Bookmarks featuring Young Adult Authors

Check out the most popular authors writing for young adults. 

Cumberland County Schools - Reading Programs

Click on the name of your school and follow the links to search the database of selected Acelerated Reading titles.

Favorite Teenage Angstbooks

A celebration of teenage angst and personal discovery.  Book reviews on: Fitting In, Healing, Mixed-Up Families, Journeys, Challenges, Sex & Love and more.

Librarian's guide to anime and manga

A resource be created to help librarians understand these forms of entertainment and to aid in the selection of items for their collections.

Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga: Recommended Manga

Popular manga titles with descriptions and links to manga publishers.

No Flying, No Tights

Reviews of graphic novels in various genres: superheroes, fantasy, science fiction, humor, onfiction, historical fiction, crime and suspense, realism, action and adventure, romance, and horror.  Check out The Lair, a sister site which focuses on those graphic novels and comics that walk the line between teen appeal and more adult content.

Novelist

Read all the Harry Potter books?  No new Gossip Girl novels in sight?  What are you going to read now?  Try using Novelist, a reader's advisory database that helps you find new titles and authors based on books you've read or topics of interest. Includes book reviews, author read-a-likes, and links to author's websites.

Reading Rants

Quirky, out of the ordinary booklists for teens with reviews by a teen librarian.  Topics include: Hip History, Gods & Monsters, Riot Grrrrl!, Fanging Around, and more.

Reading Rants: Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!

Booklists include Fanging Around: Teen Vampire Fiction with Bite!, Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Unusual Biographies for Teens, Nail Biters: Teen Psychological Thrillers, Reality Bites! Non-fiction about teens and for teens, and many more.

Recommended Reading List for Cumberland County Schools

Recommended high school reading list.

Teenreads.com

Teenreads.com provides information and features for teens about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. A part of The Book Report Network, a group of websites founded in 1996, they share thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with readers every week. Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their favorite books --- and find the hippest new titles!

Young Adult Services Library Association (YALSA): Award Winners

Want to read the best of the best?  Browse the lists: Outstanding Books for the College Bound, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, Great Graphic Novels for Teens, Best Books for Young Adults, and more.  Make sure you check out this site for top picks for books, audiobooks, DVDs, and videos, too.  Provides links to current and previous award winners and title lists.