TPL's Teen Room

The Teen Room at TPL's Main Library

Links to Teen Reading Sites

 

TPL's Main Library has a room just for teens

with stuff just for teens… [back to top]

Teen Librarian

The Teen Room has its own librarian. She is there to help when you need answers. Got a question, comment, or suggestion for her? Drop her a line from the Rants & Raves section of this site.

Computers

We have three brand new flat-screen Gateway computers! They have Internet access and they are loaded with programs, encyclopedias and games. They even have earphones. Come on down and give them a test drive!

Magazines

We've got a great magazine collection for when you just want to relax your homework-weary brain. Here's a list of the magazines we have: Black Beat; Cicada; Cosmo Girl; Electronic Gaming Monthly; Mad Magazine; Road & Track; Rolling Stone; Seventeen; Sister 2 Sister; The Source; Sports Illustrated; Teen Magazine; Teen People; Wrestling USA; YM. Want us to add a magazine to our collection? Tell us via the Rants & Raves section of this site.

Music

We have a growing collection of music CDs. Everything we have is something a teen has requested, so it's stuff you'll actually want to listen to! Want us to add a CD to our collection? Tell us via the Rants & Raves section of this site.

Videos

We also have PG and PG-13 videos for when your brain needs a break and you just feel like staring at the t.v. for a couple hours. Want us to add a PG or PG-13 title to our collection? Tell us via the Rants & Raves section of this site.

Oh yeah… and we also have BOOKS!!!

We've got a GREAT collection of fiction and non-fiction books for teens, and it's growing larger by the hour. But no one knows better about what you want to read than YOU! We want to hear from you about anything you'd like us to add to our collection, whether it's a specific title, more works by a favorite author, books on a subject that interests you, WHATEVER. To help you out, we've included some links below to book sites we think you'll like. So check 'em out and then let us hear from you via the Rants & Raves section of this site.

 

Teen Reading Sites [back to top]

Favorite Teenage Angstbooks

"This is Favorite Teenage Angstbooks -- a special place on the Web where it's okay to have zits, daydream, feel secret stirrings within, and wonder what on earth will happen next in your life." 

READING RANTS! -- Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!

"A group of booklists for those of you teens out there who need a good read, but are wondering if there's life after Judy Blume and Gary Paulsen."

BookBrowser: The Guide for Avid Readers

"BookBrowser is a site dedicated to reading. We offer fiction reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles, author information and much more. We made BookBrowser to help avid fiction readers and authors find each other."

Teenreads.com

"We at Teenreads.com bring teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. We are a part of The Book Report Network, a group of websites founded in 1996 that share thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with readers every week."

No Flying, No Tights -- Graphic Novel Reviews for Teens

"Do you wish the Sunday comics went on for a lot longer? After sniggering at the latest Zits comic online, do you wish for a bit more of that story? After laughing your way through The Revenge of the Baby-Sat for the umpteenth time, do you long for the return of Calvin and Hobbes? Well, my friends, you need wait no more! I can't promise more Calvin and Hobbes (a great pity, I agree) but I can recommend a world of graphic novels that will feed your need!"