Teen Books

Meet The 16-Year-Old Book Reviewer

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 05.10.2012

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Claire Bidwell Smith

Robby Auld came onto my radar when he reviewed my book for The Nervous Breakdown, writing one of the most thoughtful assessments of my memoir to date. I couldn't help wanting to know more about the kid who cracked the literary scene.

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American High Schoolers Are Reading 5th-Grade Level Books

Posted 03.23.2012

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High school students today are reading books intended for children with reading levels far below those appropriate for teens, according to a recent re...

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National Book Award Finalists Get Grilled by Teens (PHOTOS)

Rocco Staino | Posted 01.17.2012

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Rocco Staino

With the aid of technology, students from around the country were able to join kids from New York City area schools in a Teen News Conference with the five finalists for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature.

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13 Great Books For Gay Teens (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt and Alexandra Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

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A few weeks ago, we got some heartening news: books written for and about gay teens have exploded in popularity in recent years. Though many of these ...

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Mom Upset About Racy Teen Books, Refuses To Return Them To Florida Library

Orlando Sentinel | Rachel Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Longwood parent Tina Harden was so disturbed by references to sex and drugs and foul language in the world of fictional teenager Jenny Humphrey that s...

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Vampire Series For Teen Boys?

McClatchy Newspapers | David Martindale | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jason Henderson got his first glimpse of Dracula on television more than three decades ago. He has been obsessed with vampires ever since. He's an a...

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Summer Reading For Teens: The Hottest New Books For Kids' Summer Reading (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Not sure what to do to get your teen reading this summer? "Good Morning America" has featured a group of the hottest new books to inspire teenagers to...

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Angels May Replace Vampires As New Trend In Teen Lit

The Guardian | Vanessa Thorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Angels are all around us," reads the publisher's blurb for Angel, the first of a British trilogy of books for teenagers. "Their beauty is intoxicatin...

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Judy Blume And Paula Danzinger Are Worthwhile Too! Nothing's Wrong With 'Teen Fiction'

The Guardian | Imogen Russell Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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At 11, it didn't occur to me to take issue with my teachers' characterisation of Blume and Danziger as "easy reading"; literary muzak. (I was a pusill...

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Teen Fiction And The Dead Narrator Trope

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

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An 18-year-old girl who dies in a car crash, only to relive her final day again and again; a 15-year-old who's aging backwards in another dimension af...

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