Happy Teen Read Week!

Happy Teen Read Week! Celebrate at the library, where we have all kinds of great events, as well as all the new books you're craving. Don't forget to vote for next year's Teen Read Week theme, and check out the winners of this year's Teens Top Ten -- the top ten books chosen by teens, for teens.

Teenz Ink Short Story Contest

Calling all writers! It's time to get inspired.

The library's annual Teen Read Week short story contest, Teenz Ink, starts next Monday, October 18th. The contest is for anyone in grades 6-12. You could win a $100 gift card! Get all of the details and the online entry form right here!

Vote Now!

The polls are open! Vote for your favorite books of the past year in YALSA's annual Teens' Top Ten!

The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose the winners. Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Readers ages twelve to eighteen can vote right here, online, anytime between Aug. 24 and Sept. 18; the winners will be announced in a webcast featuring WWE Superstars and Divas during Teen Read Week.

And the Winner is...

Were you one of the 8,000+ teens who voted on the YALSA Teen's Top Ten during Teen Read week?? Want to know who won?

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Want to see the rest of the Teen Top 10? Check them out here!

It's almost Teen Read Week... get ready to vote!

Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country.

If you read nominated books throughout the year, you’ll be ready to vote for your favorites during Teen Read Week, October 12 - 18, 2008. Readers aged twelve to eighteen can vote right here, online, anytime that week.

Still need to check out some of the books on the list? Don't worry! We've got you covered.

Teen Read Week and your 31 Flavorite Authors!

Teen Read Week (October 14-20) celebrates our favorite teen lit books and authors, and what better way is there to get in the spirit than by getting to know some of those authors first-hand?


This month, Readergirlz & YALSA present 31 Flavorite Authors, hosting an online chat each night with the likes of Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse), Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries), and Ann Brashares (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants). Head over and check out the full line up...


ps... Thanks to the folks at Pop Goes the Library for the heads up on this!