The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: an Eclipse Novella, by Stephenie Meyer, will soon be available at the Library, but if you just can't wait to read it, don't despair! 

Beginning at noon on June 7th until July 5th, you can read it--for free!-- online at http://www.breetanner.com/. 

Find out more about the book from Stephenie herself at her website: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/breetanner.html

Find out which books made it on the 2008 Teens' Top Ten, a teen choice list of the best books of the past year!

Don't know what to read next?  Browse through these booklists and award lists for some suggestions.  If the Library doesn't own a copy of the book you want, ask us about Interlibrary Loan!

YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) maintains an extensive list of books and award winners.  Click here for a list of the lists, or jump straight to Great Graphic Novels for Teens, Best Books for Young Adults, or Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (organized by subjects including Magic in the Real World, Criminal Elements, Own Your Freak, War: Conflict and Consequences, and many, many, many more).

TeensReadToo.com features book reviews, author interviews, and contests where you can win free books!  Further links take you to new releases, Hall of Fame reviews, and much more. 

Teen Ink is a magazine of teen writing and art.  The website offers reviews of books, movies, music, television, and a variety of other topics ranging from colleges to Jell-O; celebrity interviews; and original writing and works of art.  ALL of it is written by teenagers!!

TeenReads.com is another great place to find reviews and author interviews.  Also, be sure to check out the Ultimate Reading List, Books into Movies, and the Book Club page (how to start, run, and choose books for your club, and lots of book suggestions)!

The Flume Award is a reader's choice award given by NH high school students.  Teens in grades 9-12 nominate the books (fiction or nonfiction) to be considered for the award and then vote on their favorite from a final list of 13. 

To find out more about the award click here.

To see what's on this year's list click here, or check out the nominees from 2008, 2007, and 2006. 

Last year's winner was New Moon by Stephenie Meyer.

The Isinglass Award is a reader's choice award voted on by 7th and 8th graders in New Hampshire.  Teens in 7th and 8th grades nominate books for the list and vote on their favorite from a final list of 20 each year.

This year's list is available here.  Select "Isinglass Award" to see the titles and a description of each book.  Scroll to the bottom of the list to find winners from previous years.

Want to know what's going on in the head of your favorite author?  Check out their blog!  Listed below are links for some popular teen authors with more to come.

Laurie Halse Anderson - author of Speak, Prom, and more.

Holly Black - author of Tithe, Valiant, Ironside, and coauthor of The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Ann Brashares - author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, its sequels, and The Last Summer (of You and Me).

Meg Cabot - author of the Princess Diaries series, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, and many others.

Ally Carter - author of I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You.

Cassandra Clare - author of The Mortal Instruments trilogy.

Sarah Dessen - author of The Truth About Forever, This Lullaby, and more.

Alex Flinn - author of Breaking Point, and others.

John Green - author of Looking for Alaska, and others.

Ellen Hopkins - author of Crank, Glass, and more.

Maureen Johnson - author of Devilish, 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, and more.

Susan Juby - author of Alice, I Think and its sequels.

Justine Larbalestier - author of How to Ditch Your Fairy and the Magic or Madness trilogy.

David Levithan - author of Boy Meets Boy, and more.

E. Lockhart - author of The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, and more.

Melissa Marr - author of Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange.

Stephanie Meyer - author of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, and The Host.

Lauren Myracle - author of ttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8r, among others.

Tamora Pierce - author of Terrier, Lady Knight, and many more.

Sara Ryan - author of Empress of the World.

Darren Shan - author of the Cirque du Freak series.

Scott Westerfeld - author of the Uglies trilogy, and more.

Resources for high schools students available at the Belmont Public Library:

Cracking the SAT -- strategies for each section of the SATs plus practice exams, answers, and scoring guidelines from the Princeton Review.

2007 College Handbook -- descriptions and info for every accredited college in the US with indexes to find schools by size, type, sports programs, and more from the College Board.

2007 Scholarship Handbook -- find out what scholarships, internships, and loans you could qualify for with this book from the College Board.

Guide to Career Colleges -- profiles more than 1,000 private post-secondary schools, colleges, and universities that provide career specific educational programs.

The College Blue Book -- 4 volumes providing Narrative Descriptions, Tabular Data, Degrees Offered, and Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Loans for almost 3,000 colleges in the U.S. and Canada.

Located in the Non-Fiction section upstairs or at the Circulation Desk.