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. |