TEEN AND YOUNG ADULT COLLECTION
The Children's Room at the DPL has diverse collection of books, movies, and other resources devoted specifically to children and young adults. We have a children's librarian and library assistant with special knowledge of the collection, and many programs for fun and learning. For more information, call (781) 751-9283 or email Pat Reilly at preilly@minlib.net (MAIN Library), or Megan Ciccarello (781) 751-9178, mciccarello@minlib.net (ENDICOTT Library).
Recommended Reading
If you don't love reading, then maybe you just haven't found the right book...
Michael L. Printz Award Winners (best young adult book):
2005 - How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
2004 - The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
2003 - Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
2002 - Step from Heaven by An Na
2001 - Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
2000 - Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Staff Picks (young adult):
Double Helix by Nancy Werlin
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Summer Reading Favorites:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Alexander Brown
The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Krutcher
Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
SPECIFIC SUMMER READING ASSINGMENTS WILL BE COMING SOON!
Or... Find your own!
Genreflection | American Library Association's Booklists
Recommended Websites
If you'd like to surf knowing that the site is safe, trusted, and fun, try these:
For FUN:
Book Adventure | CBC4Kids | Crayola Creativity Central | Disney | Nickelodeon | PBS Kids | Scholastic Kids | SmartGirl | TIME for Kids | The White House for Kids | Teen Read | Yahooligans
For HOMEWORK:
Bartleby's Online Dictionary | Biography Resource Center*| Discovery Channel School |
Internet Public Library's KidSpace | Infotrac Student Edition*| Internet Public Library's Teen Division | Kids InfoBits*| World Book Online*
For SPORTS:
Major League Baseball | NBA Online | NFL Online | Sports Illustrated for Kids | Women's NBA
For SEARCHING:
Yahooligans
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