Young Adult Literature Web Resources

Books and Boys
Boys Blogging Books  http://www.boysbloggingbooks.blogspot.com/
 6 guys, ranging in age from 12 to 18 blog about books they all liked.
Boys Rule Boys Read  http://jaja-cas.blogspot.com/
Guy’s Read by Jon Scieszka: A Literary Initiative for Boys
 http://www.guysread.com/
Keene, Nancy.  YA Books for Boys
 http://nancykeane.com/rl/478.htm
Keene, Nancy.  Humorous YA Books for Boys
 http://nancykeane.com/rl/477.htm
Anderson, Max.  Books for Boys Blog
 http://booksandboys.blogspot.com/
Top Books for Boys from the UK
 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1794683.ece
Alan Review: 50 Books for Boys
 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall94/Baines.html

Graphic Novels
For ongoing good articles and reviews of graphic novels, manga and anime, check VOYA and look for articles by Kat Kan.

ALA: Great Graphic Novels for Teens
 http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/gn.cfm
Comic Books for Young Adults by Michael Lavin
 http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/comics/pages/
Graphic Novels in Libraries by Steve Miller.  Looks like content from 2002
 http://www.angelfire.com/comics/gnlib/index.html
Librarians Guide to Anime and Manga by Gilles Poitras
 http://www.koyagi.com/Libguide.html
No Flying No Tights by Robin Brenner
 http://www.noflyingnotights.com/
About.com:  Graphic novels, articles
 http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/graphicnovelscomics/
Reading Online: Graphic Novels for Multiple Literacies
 http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/jaal/11-02_column/
Scholastic:  Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom
 http://www.scholastic.com/graphix/Scholastic_BoneDiscussion.pdf

Battle of the Books Web Sites
The Alaska Association of School Librarians
 http://www.akla.org/akasl/bb/bbhome.html
The Wisconsin Educational Media Association
 http://viking.bwsd.k12.wi.us/LIBRARY/libbattlebooks.html
Suffolk County Library
 http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/bb/
Battle of the Books Home
 http://www.battleofthebooks.com/

Reading Resources
ABC News : Reading Lists from Good Morning America
 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/
Dear Reader :  Read a chapter in your email
 http://www.dearreader.com/
Internet School Library Media Center: Young Adult Lit Resources
 http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm
Kidder Lit   First lines from books for kids.  See also, Twitterlit for older readers.
http://www.kidderlit.com/
Manchester Public Library:  What to Read Next
 http://library.ci.manchester.ct.us/ra/readnext.html
NCTE Guideline:  A Student’s right to read  (censorship)
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/cens/107616.htm
Rohde, Maggie:  Links to all types of book lists
 http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/lls/library/kids/kids_readinglists.html
Seminole County Graded Reading Lists
 http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/lls/library/kids/kids_grade.html
Smith, Cynthia Leitich
 http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/cyalr_index.html
Teaching Books Author Name Pronunciation
 http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi
 Listen to audio clip of the author saying their name and commenting.
University of Wisconsin:  Young Adult Lit resources
 http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/subjects/childlit.htm
Vandergrift’s Young Adult Lit Page
 http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/YoungAdult/index.html
Young Adult and Kids Books Central
 http://www.yabookscentral.com/cfusion/
Young Adult Literature Reading Resources
 http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/youngadultreadingres.htm

Blogs of Interest
ACPL Mock Printz   http://acplmockprintz.wordpress.com/
 Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana sponsors this blog that reviews and comments on potential Printz Award winners.
Bookshelves of Doom
 http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/
Bildungsroman   http://slayground.livejournal.com/
Kristen Tracy’s Website.. also known as Little Willow.
Bookburger:  Feeding Hungry Readers, Kieran Scott   http://bookburger.typepad.com/bookburger/2006/06/between_the_bun_1.html
 Author internviews, book reviews, commentary, and links
A Chair, A Fireplace and A Tea Cozy – Liz B.
 http://yzocaet.blogspot.com/
Cynsations: Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Blog  http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/
 Author interviews, reviews, links, and more.
E. Lockhart’s Blog  http://www.theboyfriendlist.com/
 Links, video, reviews, comments.
Gail Giles  http://notjazz.livejournal.com/
 Gail comments on books and life
Goddess of YA Lit – Teri Lesesne   One of the best!
 http://www.professornana.com/index.htm
John Green’s Weblog   http://www.sparksflyup.com/weblog.php
 John comments about books, life and writing.  Also check out Nerdfighters, where John and his brother Hank, interact, for want of a better word. http://nerdfighters.ning.com/?p=82
Readergirlz    http://www.readergirlz.com/issue.html
 Author interviews by authors.  Fun, fresh and good music while you read.
Richie’s Picks – Richie Partington
 http://www.richiespicks.com/
YA Books Central. Kimberly Pauley’s site  http://www.yabookscentral.com/
 Book reviews, author interviews, industry news, links.  Started out as part of the Mining Co. that turned into About.com.
YA Fresh  -- Kelly Para and Tina Ferraro.  Lots of interviews with other authors.  Also has an extensive list of links to other blogs!  Way more than listed here.
 http://yafresh.blogspot.com/

Collective Sites
Authors for Teens – Great list of links!
 http://www.authors4teens.com/links.asp
Authors on the Web
 http://www.authorsontheweb.com/
Candlewick
 http://www.candlewick.com/authill.asp?b=Author&pg=1&m=biolist&pix=n
Harcourt Author Interviews: Audio
 http://www.harcourtbooks.com/AuthorInterviews/default.asp#audio
Hyperion Authors
 http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/authors/index.asp
ISLMC List of YA authors
 http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm
SimonSays (Simon and Schuster)
 http://www.simonsays.com/content/feature.cfm?sid=807&feature_id=1989
Teen Reads
 http://www.teenreads.com/authors/index.asp

Miscellaneous
Good Reads.  http://www.goodreads.com/
 Create an online bookshelf.  Social networking for readers.  Free.
Library Thing:  Catalog your books online.  A free account allows you to catalog up to 200 books.  $25 for a lifetime account or $10 a year.
  http://www.librarything.com/
NEA: 50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
 http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/50multibooks.html
Shelfari  http://www.shelfari.com/
 Blog and share your books.  Free.
Teacher Tube
  http://www.teachertube.com

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Part of a BER seminar
Updated Fall 2008