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Jake Reinvented
3 of 5 stars
Jake Reinvented
by Gordon Korman
This is The Great Gatsby for the teenager. Jake hosts "the" party to be at every Friday, is an awesome long snapper for the football team and is the guy everyone wants to know. He only wants to know Didi, girlfriend of the wom...
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Newport YA Librarians's bookshelf: read

How I Live NowSlamUn Lun DunAl Capone Does My ShirtsBucking the SargeLondon Calling

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Peer Picks
Books recommended by teens in our Summer Reading Program

Recomended Reading Lists

Rhode Island Teen Book Award
The award committee is a joint project of the Rhode Island Education Media Association (RIEMA) - your teachers probably belong - and the Rhode Island Library Association (RILA) - your newport librarians belong. Their goal is to promote quality literature by highlighting well-written and interesting books for teens 12-18 years old. And yes, your teachers will let you use these books for book reports and other appropriate papers or presentations. To vote, you must be between the ages of 13 and 18 and read - or have read - at least 3 of the books on the list.

Teen Book Awards
List of award winning books in many catagories: first time authors, best non-fiction, best over all, and many others.

Top Ten Books for Teens 2010

Paper Back Picks for Teens
Popular books by theme. This year's themes are: crime scenes, what's cookin'?, what if... and zombies, werewolves, and things with wings. This website has 14 years worth of themed lists.

Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2010

Amazing Audio Books for Teens 2010
A long list of fiction and non-fiction books that will appeal to both guys and girls - all read too you by someone else via audioCD.

The Rainbow Books 2010
Recommended GLBTQ books for teens.

Subject Book Lists

(All Books available at the Newport Public Library
unless otherwise noted. )

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Vampire

Love, Romance and Relationships

Science Fiction

Modern Shakespeare

Irish Tales for Teens

Coming of Age Books for Teens

Websites with Amazing Booklists for YOU!

The Denver Public Library's Teen Book lists pagehttp://teens.denverlibrary.org/find/book_lists.html

The Grouchy Cafe Presents: Favorite Teenage Angst Books :http://grouchy.com/angst

ArtBomb.Net: A Graphic Novel Explosionhttp://www.artbomb.net/home.jsp

Have you read a book and what to know if it's ever been made into a movie? Check out this book and movie database http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/book.cfm

Reading Rants! Out of the ordinary teen book reviews.

Readergirlz
An online book community connecting teens with books and books with community services projects. Author chats are available as is an author-in-residence program for aspiring writers. Visit their website or blog.

Guys Lit Wire: Helping guys find the reading material they want.

Amazon.com: Visit the teens section on Amazon and read book reviews (and even write one yourself!).

Teen Ink: Book reviews written by teens like yourself.

And, Two Great Llibrary Databases

NoveListLogo NoveList+ Your guide to fiction and non-fiction reading. Find book awards lists, author biographies and recommended reads.

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