ALA Rainbow Project
The Rainbow Project is a joint project of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table and the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association. The Rainbow Project presents an annual bibliography of quality books with significant and authentic GLBTQ content, which are recommended for people from birth through eighteen years of age.
Author Connections
Check out the Bettendorf Public Library's A to Z list of author web
sites.
Book-A-Minute
The people at Book-A-Minute understand that your time is valuable.
You want to experience the wonder and excitement of the fine art of literature,
but reading actual books requires a significant time investment. Their
ultra-condensed books, from Shakespeare to Steinbeck, are just the ticket!
Book Clubs
For readers eager to start a book club, this site includes some fresh ideas.
BookSpot
BookSpot.com is a free resource center that simplifies the search for
the best book- related content on the Web. Featured sites are hand-selected
by BookSpot.com editors and organized into intuitive categories, such as
bestseller lists, genres, book reviews, electronic texts, book news and
more.
Favorite
Teen Angst Books
Grouchy.com reviews the best of the best in teenage angst books.
Genrefluent
Genrefluent is the headquarters for information about Readers' Advisory and genre fiction for adults and teens. Includes reviews written by teens of current novels and books nominated for YALSA selected lists.
Graphic
Novel Sites
Links to library graphic novel web pages, pages of graphic novel publishers,
and pages of comic book creators. Compiled for librarians by Steve Raiteri.
Guys Read
Jon Scieszka (The Stinky Cheese Man and Other
Fairly Stupid Tales) has started a dynamic Web-based initiative
designed to motivate boys to read. The
site offers excellent selection of “boy-friendly” titles.
Mathematical Fiction
"Do you like fiction and mathematics? Are you looking for a book or
story that might be useful for the students in your math class? Are you interested
in what our society thinks about mathematicians? Then you've come to the
right place..." View the whole database by author, title, or year, or
browse by medium (films, novels, short stories, etc.), genre, motif (evil
mathematicians, prodigies, genius, etc.), or mathematical topic.
No flying, no
tights
This Web site reviews graphic novels for teens. Browse by genre (superheroes,
fantasy, historical fiction, nonfiction, crime and suspense, science fiction,
and "realism") or skim the "new sensation" section. Resources particularly appropriate
for younger teens are starred. Updates are also available through a free e-mail
subscription service.
Readergirlz
A new online book community which celebrates girls in life and in literature.
Reading Rants
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 Gary Paulsen.
Series and Sequels
Browse alphabetical lists of authors or titles of young adult books
written in series or as sequels. From the Bettendorf Public Library
Series and Sequels
Comprehensive list of sequels and series from the Mid-Continent (MO) public library.
Teens'
Top Ten Books
You and your friends can help create an exciting nationwide list of books
chosen for teens by teens as the best reads of the year - Teens’ Top
Ten Books!
Toonopedia
Don Markstein's "Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge"
TwitterLit
TwitterLit uses Twitter to post first lines of books twice a day, with links to Amazon.
Underage Reading
They read; they judge. Two friends in their mid-twenties write about books for children and teenagers. (You can read more about them, but wouldn’t you rather just read about the books?)
YALSA “Outstanding Books for the College Bound”
The books on this list offer opportunities to discover new ideas, and provide an introduction to the fascinating variety of subjects within an academic discipline. Readers will gain an understanding of our diverse world and build a foundation to deepen their response to that world.
YALSA's Ultimate Teen Bookshelf
The list includes 50 "must have" books, five magazines and five audio books from ALA's Young Adult Library Services Association.