Good Book Links
One of these lists is bound to have exactly the book(s) you want to read.
| Berkeley Public Library-Teen Services | Over 20 Booklists at this page range from Athletic Fiction to Fantasy, Romance and World Literature. Visit at http://www.infopeople.org/bpl/teen/booklist.html Go to More Books for award lists, genre fiction and more great lists. See them at http://www.infopeople.org/bpl/teen/litlinks.html. |
| American Library Association | Yalsa , an internet library services guide for teens, has links to post opinions, send and read book reviews at http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/YALSA/Teen_Hoopla/Teen_Hoopla.htm. |
| Barahona Center | The Barahona Center for the study of books in Spanish for children and adolescents comes from CSU San Marcos (in English & Spanish) at http://www.csusm.edu/csb/. |
| Literature sites | The Children's Literature Web Guide from the Univ. of Calgary has resources for all ages at http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/%7Edkbrown/index.html. Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature , compiled by librarian Lisa Bartle, is a searchable database of the top awarded books in the U.S., Cananda, England and Australia found at http://www.dawcl.com/introduction.html. |
| Lists of teen books | Reading Rants , Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists, presents lists with titles such as Boy Meets Book, Slacker Fiction, Reality Bytes, and other curiosities at http://www.tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/ |
| Internet Public Library | What to read? from the Internet Public Library, Univ. of Michigan, has lists with cover jackets and reviews. Check out what NYC and Philadelphia teens are reading at http://www.ipl.org/teen/teenread/. |
| CA Dept. of Education Reading List | Recommended Literature is a searchable database for students kindergatern through grade 12. http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/literature/ |
| BHS student reviews | See the Reading Blog at Berkeley Reads |
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