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Celebrate Teen Read Week Oct. 18-23 and read something out of this world! For some great suggestions, take a look at our Teen Book Review Blog Science Fiction and Fantasy reviews. If you have read anything out of this world, or just really good, add your review to the blog. Also check out the Out of This World booklist for more suggestions.
InfoSoup's summer reading blogs are now available! Kids and parents can visit Be Creative @ Your Library to find book reviews, coloring sheets, craft projects, puzzles, and more. Why not add your own review of your favorite book or comment on a posted review from someone else? We hope you'll tell us about what you're reading this summer.
Teens are also welcome to post their own reviews and comment on posted reviews at Express Yourself @ Your Library. We have also collected some links to interesting web sites for you to check out this summer. If you don't see your favorite site, be sure to tell us about it so we can add it to our list.
The blogs were created to supplement the reading programs taking place in InfoSoup libraries this summer. Be sure to check out your local library to see what they have planned for you!
The American Library Association's 2009 winner for literary excellence in young adult literature is Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta. More information about the award can be found on the ALA web site. To discover more award winning books for teens, visit the Teen Reads and Teen Award Winners pages on InfoSoup.What's your favorite teen read? Share a title (or two or three) in the comments!
Vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters and other fun creatures that go bump in the night are featured in Books with Bite, the newest list on our Teen Reads page. Check it out!What's your favorite book with some bite? Tell us about it in the comments.
The teen staff Appleton Public Library have published two new booklists you'll want to be sure to check out:
- Leap of Faith: Believers and Doubters
This list includes books for teens about religion. From a religion passed down in the family to a new spiritual idea, the teens in these books must face the question: What do I believe? - Twilight Read-Alikes
Dangerous romances, supernatural enemies and mysterious circumstances abound in these stories. Read them while you wait for Breaking Dawn, the next book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.
For the past two years residents across Wisconsin have turned to AskAway - a free online service staffed by professional librarians 24 hours a day, seven days a week - for reliable answers to all sorts of questions. Now AskAway is encouraging residents to share their positive experiences by creating and posting short videos as a part of the "I Love AskAway" YouTube video contest for teens and young adults.
Complete rules and an application form are available on the Contest Entry Page.
Complete rules and an application form are available on the Contest Entry Page.
Check out our Gaming Books for Teens list, which includes stories about gaming, as well as books that will tell you how to improve at games.We also have a list of books that include characters from Shakespeare's plays, fictional accounts of his family and life, and fiction based on the plots of his plays. Take a look at Shakespeare in Teen Fiction.
