This page has links to teen writing sites, as well as teen book lists and review pages.

Be sure to check the different websites for books you might come to treasure!

Dear Families,

Parents have a wide range of beliefs and values about what is appropriate for students to read. I leave the decision of choosing what is appropriate for you and your child to you. I encourage you to be aware of what your child chooses to read. Some parents or guardians may choose to skim a book before they let their child read it. This can help you monitor what your child is reading, and it can be a great opportunity for discussion! If your child is reading a text that does not fit with your family values for reading, certainly that book can be changed.

Please find below a couple links that you may find useful for reviewing books if you are unsure if the content fits your family's values.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Limond

Common Sense Media: This website gives ratings on all kinds of media. They have book lists by topic and ages. They rate based on positive messages and role models, engagement, learning, violence and scariness, etc. It is a wonderful website to use to check appropriateness of books that are available for your child!

Novel Book Ratings: Novel Book Ratings is a great review website. It has a search engine to find the different books that have been reviewed. You can search by category, by author or title. They rate profanity, violence and sexual content.

Plugged In: This website (a part of Focus on the Family) does book reviews as well as other media reviews. They share family-friendly books that parents will feel safe allowing their kids to read. They share a plot summary and then tell of any questionable material that might be in the books. They even mention alcohol use or smoking.

1000 Good Books: This website has a list of 1000 good books categorized by grade and topic to help you in teaching your kids! It is aimed at homeschoolers and is huge and exhaustive, but such a wonderful resource!

Teen Literature Sites

Clean Teen Publishing: Check out this book publisher's website that actually gives their books ratings!

Epic Reads - You Tube

Epic Reads - You Tube is a video destination for all things YA and teen books. This YouTube site posts new Book Nerd Problem episodes every Monday, Book Hauls with Tea Time's Margot once a month and more! Visitors to this page will also find original digital episodes, interviews with YA authors, exclusive event access, and more cool stuff.

Epic Reads

Join the Epic Reads community to find the hottest teen books, connect with your favorite YA authors and meet new friends who share your reading tastes.

Good Reads

Good Reads is a website for book lovers. Imagine it as a large library that you can wander through and see everyone's bookshelves, their reviews, and their ratings. You can also post your own reviews and catalog what you have read, are currently reading, and plan to read in the future.

Simon & Schuster Teens

Find out about new releases, read about your favorite authors, and even read and watch video excerpts on this site.

Teens@Random

This YA his offers glimpses at new releases as well as information about authors and books and even newsletters they can get.

Teen Reads

Teen Reads brings teens information and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. It is part of the Book Report Network, a group of websites founded in 1996 that shares 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.

Young Adult Books Central

YABC is one of the leading YA and Kid lit sites on the Internet featuring monthly book giveaways, reviews, author bios & interviews, and much more.

Teen Writing Sites

Figment

Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. Whatever you're into, from sonnets to mysteries, from sci-fi stories to cell phone novels, you can find it all here. Inkpop merged with Figment in spring 2012.

Teen Ink

Welcome to Teen Ink, a national teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage writing, art, photos and forums. Students must be age 13-19 to participate, register and/or submit work.

Wattpad

In addition to a platform for reading, Wattpad is a viral community where readers connect with authors, share stories they like with other readers and create viral fan bases for both established and brand new authors.