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Read Teri's Corner by Teri Lesesne for news and views on the world of YA literature.

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About.com Young Adult Books Section
New YA books reviewed by Kimberly Pauley, along with some author biographies with e-mail addresses and a bulletin board where teens can post messages and ask questions about books, homework, etc.
Amazon.com Pages for Teens
Recommended new books, articles, author interviews, etc. for teens.
America Writes for Kids
A site where kids can find more information about many of their favorite authors.
Booklists for Young Adults
A place to find all sorts of lists of books for teens—including biographies, best books, Harry Potter read-alikes, and fiction categorized by topic (from Abuse to War)—compiled by Maggie Rohde.
Book Rap
A site where teens (singly or in groups) can discuss books scheduled on the site's calendar.
Children's Book Council
Locate some authors' and illustrators' home pages.
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Internet resources about books for children and young adults.
Lots of lists (award-winning books, banned books, books about specific subjects). Contains links to various authors' websites.
Cooperative Children's Book Center
Reviews of new books and links to other sites, from Ginny Moore Kruse and K.T. Horning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Fairrosa Cyber Library
Fairrosa is the screen name for YA librarian and scholar Roxanne Feldman. Her site contains a cyberlibrary of literature for children and young adults.
Free Speech and Harry Potter Lovers
A place to find information about free speech for kids, including efforts to ban Harry Potter books.
Guys Read
Jon Scieszka's new initiative to provide good books for boys of all ages.
The Horn Book
Reading Rants!
The liveliest site on the Net for teens as well as teachers and librarians, featuring no-nonsense reviews of new books written by YA librarian Jennifer Hubert and lots of lists of recommended titles.
Sharyn November
This is the web site for Sharyn November, a YA editor for Penguin Putnam publishers. Included at this site is a survey for YAs about their reading interest and preferences. You can also locate tons of other sites for authors, reviews, books, etc.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Locate some authors' and illustrators' home pages.
Teen Hoopla
A place for teens to chat about books, publish their own poems and stories, vote on best books, etc., with links to other teen sites.
TeenLit.com
TeenReads.com
The Virtual YA Index: Public Libraries with Web Pages for Teens
A directory of sites, with links, at public libraries that have their own web pages for teens.
YA Librarians' Homepage
Librarian Tracey Firestone's site, offering subject lists and links to other sites about books for teens.
Yahoo! Young Adult Literature Category
YALSA
Homepage of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association, with lists of YALSA book awards (Best Books for Young Adults, Quick Picks, etc.).

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Cyberteens

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