BOOKS, MUSIC, and ADVICE
Book Reviews, Booklists, & Series
Teen Reviews @ the Cumberland Public Library
www.cumberlandlibrary.org/teens
Reviews submitted by teens who participate in the Cumberland Public Library's Teen Summer Reading Program.
Jennifer's GoodReads
www.goodreads.com/jennifer_librarian
Books that the Young Adult Librarian has read and recommends.
R.I. Teen Book Award
www.yourlibrary.ws/ya_webpage/ritba/ritba11/ritba11.htm
Here is the list current and past nominees for the RI Teen Book Award.
Teen Authors
www.yourlibrary.ws/ya_webpage/yaauthor.htm
Greenville Public Library's website on teen authors.
Teen Reads
http://teenreads.com
A great place to read a bio on your favorite author, look up a book review, check out their newsletter, etc...
What's Next?
www.bettendorflibrary.com/bpl-bin/series.pl
Teen series and sequels.
Music
Lyrics.com
www.lyrics.com
Lyrics Freak
www.lyricsfreak.com
This Day in Music
www.thisdayinmusic.com
A site with a ton of music info from "things you didn't know" to "took their names from".
Poetry
The Academy of American Poets
www.poets.org
Bartleby.com
http://bartleby.com/100
"A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in Ancient and Modern Literature."
Poetry 180
www.loc.gov/poetry/180/001.html
A poem a day for American high schools
Teen Ink Poetry
http://teenink.com/Poetry
A site for teens to submit and discuss poetry.
Teen Advice, Volunteering, & More
Do Something
www.dosomething.org/index.cfm
Want to do something for your community? Check out this site to learn how.
Go Ask Alice
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
A site that answers teen's questions on a wide variety of topics.
SERVEnet
www.servenet.org
"The premier website for service and volunteering."
Super Sitter
www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/supper_sitter.html
Everything you need to know about babysitting.
TeensHealth
http://kidshealth.org/teens
Answers and advice.