Book Recommendations and Resources

WHS Reading Recommendations - Book recommendations from your WHS staff members.

Wenatchee Public Library - Your local public library.  Here you can search the catalog, check schedules, and learn more about upcoming events.

Seattle Public Library Booklists for Teens - A great site with lists and recommendations organized by genre and area of interest.

Teen Book Reviews for 2006

Teen Reads - Teenreads.com brings teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters.  Lots of links to reviews and recommendations.

Guys Read - Author John Scieszka and friends offer book recommendations for guys of all ages.

Teen Reading - A comprehensive site that includes the "teens top ten," data and resources, recommended reading, tips for parents and teachers, and much more.

Banned Books! - The 100 most challenged books of the last decades.  Obviously, controversy and great literature often go hand-in-hand.

Book Awards - All the major awards.  Provided by Amazon.com.

Poetry Resources - Links to good poems--for reading and listening!

The Great Books Foundation - Book discussion for all ages.  This site "offers people of all ages an exciting way to read and discuss outstanding works of literature."

Online Books - Complete online texts for free in many different languages.

Lexile Book Database - Part of the The Lexile Framework for Reading, An outstanding service that "can help to improve reading skills by matching readers to appropriate texts."  Set up a user account to use the Lexile Analyzer to determine the Lexile score for any text sample. Search for a book and its Lexile information.