The Central Rappahannock Regional Library offers Reading Matters: Book Lists, a wonderful collection of book lists for teens, including If You Liked lists, general fiction, nonfictin, fantasy, history, horror, mystery, and teen picks.
Month: September 2005
Graham Salisbury
Graham Salisbury, author of Lord of the Deep and Eyes of the Emperor, has a really nice site with information on him, his books, his music, and resources for teachers and teens.
Creative Writing Site
Creative Writing for Teens offer teens who enjoy writing a place to learn more about the craft, discover new writing exercises, read inspirational quotes, and submit their own writing.
Studio 2B
Studio 2B is a site from the Girl Scouts that offers a place for teen girls to ask questions, learn, and talk. It is a very positive space for girls, even those not into scouting, to visit.
Junie B Jones
Random House has a great Junie B. Jones website with lists of books, information on author Barbara Park, and online activities.
Westerblog
westerblog is the blog of Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies, Peeps, Midnighters, and So Yesterday, all amazingly inventive and original teen novels. I was lucky enough to read his new Pretties, the sequel to Uglies, and review it for SLJ.
Original Alice in Wonderland
Turning the Pages from the British Library is one of the best digitized libraries online. They have now added the original manuscript for Alice in Wonderland for you to read and enjoy. Their interface gives an incredible sense of actually reading the book. Enjoy!
Comic Book Chat
Barbelith Underground > Comic Books
Barbelith is an online community that encourages discussion. Their comic book area is a very active discussion board all about comics and graphic novels.
Ptolemy's Gate
The Bartimaeus Trilogy has a great website that offers information on the books, a biography of author Jonathan Stroud, excerpts, a reference guide, trivia challenge and computer wallpaper to download.
The third in the trilogy, Ptolemy’s Gate, will be out in December in the U.S.
Waking Brain Cells 