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If you've recently read a book that you would like to share with others, write a brief online book review, and we'll add it to our Book Reviews page.

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Recommended and Award Book Lists

Check the following lists to find award-winning book titles.

• YALSA - Winning Titles
  Contains a variety of award lists selected by the American Library Association.
• The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
  The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
• Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners
  The site promises that "the books on this list will give you the opportunity to see yourself and the world in a new way; to reconnect with memories; and open doors to discovery, knowledge, adventure, and enchantment. They will inspire you to think about life, universal truths, and the human experience."
• Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
  These annual lists comprise books that will attract teens who, for whatever reason, choose not to read. Reluctant readers helped with the selections.
• Guysread.com
  An awesome interactive web site by John Scieszka (Stinky Cheese Many). Its purpose isto motivate boys to read by connecting them with materials they will want to read, in ways they like to read.

Reading Links

The following links span a variety of reading interests.

• The Project Gutenberg Page
  A growing collection of classic books published digitally.
• Booklists for Young Adults on the Web
  Includes "best" lists for fiction and non-fiction, listed by specific author and by subject.
• Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
  This is a huge Internet publisher of literature: fiction, classics, non-fiction, reference, and poems. Features author biographies, quotations, and lots more.
• Mr. Shakepeare on the Internet
  This site strives to be a complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on Internet, as well as presenting new Shakepeare material previously unavailable elsewhere.
• Barahona Center
  This is a bilingual site dedicated to books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents. Includes English books about Latinos.

New Books in the Library

We've featured some newly-arrived books as well as some that might be new to you.

Last updated October 2006.

• FalconDance by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
  
• Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
  
• The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
• Living Legends: Six Stories about successful Deaf People by Darlene Toole
• The Google Story by David Vise
  
• Want Fries With That?: Obesity and the Supersizing of American by Scott Ingram
  
• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gersten
• And much more...
  

Teen Read Week

Teen Read Week, in its eighth year, is sponsored by the American Library Association together with other educational organizations. Its main purpose is to encourage teens to read "for the fun of it."

See photos from Teen Read Week 2004.

• Teen Read Week 2006 Website
  "Get Active @ Your Library" is alive with Teen Read Week-related books and programs that encourage teens to use their library resources to lead an active life. Stop by today and see what resources you can find to support your active life.