April 5, 2006
Urban Dictionary
More fun than the regular dictionary . . .
"Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary with your definitions. Define your world."
Posted by at 5:30 PM
Teen Ink
It's a magazine, a website, and a book series written by teens for teens.
Posted by at 5:13 PM
Teen Spot
Play games, chat, read music and movie reviews, search the joke archive, etc
Posted by at 2:48 PM
High 5
Get really cheap tickets to shows and other events in the city - just for being a student.
Posted by at 2:46 PM
Teen Sites Directory
A directory of most of the sites out there for teens, includes movies, music, games, comics, and all sorts of other stuff.
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Addicting Games
True to its name.
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FastWeb
Listings of over 600,000 possible scholarships, financial aid tips, college info and applications.
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Student Financial Assistance
US Dept of Ed site with information about the federal student aid programs and how to apply.
Posted by at 2:15 PM
FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
A how-to of financial aid.
FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
Posted by at 2:14 PM
Fafsa (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
Apply here for a federal loan to help pay for college.
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College Rankings
Rankings for any college you could possibly think of appplying to.
US News and World Report College Rankings
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Peterson's
College experts bring you information about schools, applications you can download, and more.
Posted by at 2:07 PM
Community Colleges
Listed by state, this site links you to the homepages of US community colleges.
Posted by at 2:06 PM
College Net
Search schools by state, name, major, price, etc. Also offers financial aid and scholarship searches.
Posted by at 2:05 PM
University Websites
Links you to the official homepages of colleges and universities across the country.
Posted by at 2:04 PM
Princeton Review
Information about tests, college interviews, visits, essays, transcripts, etc.
Posted by at 2:03 PM
Career Zone
Designed especially for students in New York State, this site provides information on different careers, lists what skills and education levels are necessary, offers tools for beginning job seekers, etc.
Posted by at 2:02 PM
All Things Kaplan
Information about Kaplan classes, practice tests, and college admission information.
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
Posted by at 1:58 PM
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
Information about Kaplan classes, practice tests, and college admission information.
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
Posted by at 12:49 PM
More sample New York State Regents Exams
Sample Regents Exams in every subject from the past few years.
Posted by at 12:47 PM
GED Preparation
A variety of links to get you ready for the GED.
Posted by at 12:30 PM
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Almost any test you can think of can be found here: practice questions for AP, SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, and LSAT's, as well as info on test registration.
Posted by at 12:28 PM
SATs and more
All the necessary information on taking the SATexams and planning for college.
Posted by at 12:23 PM
Regents Exam Prep
An overview of the basic knowledge needed for the Regents
http://www.regentsreviewlive.net/rrl/schedule.html
Posted by at 12:11 PM
See Old NYS Regents Exams
A warehouse of previous regents exams available from the NYS Education Department.
Posted by at 12:09 PM
How Stuff Works
How StuffWorks
http://www.howstuffworks.com/http://www.howstuffworks.com/
HowStuffWorks, Inc.
Don’t understand Bluetooth, chiggers, or the Emmys? …This is the kind of site that users can spend hours browsing; however, if you do need to find something specific, topics are divided by categories. Recommended by www.voya.com
Posted by at 12:05 PM
BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Brought to you by the Discovery Channel, this site offers over 700 links to sites to help with homework in a variety of subjects.
BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
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Cliff's Notes and Sparknotes
View just about any copy of Cliff's Notes . . . for free!
Cliff's Notes - Yahoo! Education
Sparknotes
http://www.sparknotes.com/
Barnes & Noble
Recommended by www.voya.com
Posted by at 12:02 PM
Study Stack
This site offers help in the basic subjects, and takes flashcards to a whole new level. If your brain needs a break you can always play a round of hangman or do a word search.
Posted by at 12:01 PM
Homework Center
Homework Help broken down into common categories
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High School Hub
This site offers homework help in almost every subject imaginable, along with quizzes and other interactive learning activities.
High School Hub
Posted by at 11:58 AM
Library Databases
Find articles from magazines, newspapers, and journals. Search online encyclopedias AND MORE! All using our online databases
Posted by at 11:55 AM
April 4, 2006
Down the Rabbit Hole: an Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams
Welcome to Echo Falls.
Home of a thousand secrets, where Ingrid Levin-Hill, super sleuth,
never knows what will happen next.
Ingrid is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or at least her shoes are. Getting them back means getting involved in a murder investigation rivaling those solved by her idol, Sherlock Holmes, and Ingrid has enough on her plate with club soccer, school, and the plum role of Alice in the Echo Falls production of Alice in Wonderland. But much as in Alice's adventures down the rabbit hole, things in Ingrid's small town keep getting curiouser and curiouser. Her favorite director has a serious accident onstage (but is it an accident?), and the police chief is on Ingrid's tail, grilling her about everything from bike-helmet law to the color of her cleats. Echo Falls has turned into a nightmare, and Ingrid is determined to wake up. Edgar Award–nominated novelist Peter Abrahams builds suspense as a smart young girl finds that her small town isn't nearly as safe as it seems.
Posted by at 5:39 PM
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by Dave Lubar
What would you put in your how-to-survive-high-school manual?
Starting high school is never easy. Seniors take your lunch money. Girls you’ve known forever are suddenly beautiful and unattainable.The guys you grew up with are drifting away.And you can never get enough sleep. Could there be a worse time for Scott’s mother to announce she’s pregnant? Scott decides high school would be a lot less overwhelming if it came with a survival manual, so he begins to write down tips for his new sibling. Scott’s chronicle of his first year of bullies, romance, honors classes, and brotherhood is both laugh-out-loud funny and touchingly wise.
Posted by at 5:36 PM
Invisible by Pete Hautman
You could say that my railroad, the Madham Line, is almost the most important thing in my life. Next to Andy Morrow, my best friend....I guess you could say that I'm not only disturbed, I'm obsessed.
Doug is the type of guy who is invisible in his high school. Not like his friend Andy. Andy is very popular. He's on the football team, and has landed the lead in the school play. Andy doesn't talk to Doug much in school, choosing to sit with his popular friends at lunch. But late at night the two are always sitting by their bedrooms windows talking, since their houses are right next to each other. In the past, Doug and Andy have had some bad luck with lighting fires, but not anymore. Doug's behavior in school is starting to frighten the other students, but he doesn't think he's doing anything wrong. Surely you don't think it was Doug who called in that bomb threat. Soon we learn that there is a lot more to Doug and Andy's friendship than Doug is letting on.
Posted by at 5:28 PM
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
How far would you go to save your sister's life?
Would you go so far as to give up your own?
This is actually an adult book, but it was SO good I am recommending it to you older teens. Anna was genetically engineered to be a perfect match for her cancer-ridden older sister Kate. Since birth, the 13-year-old has been in and out of the hospital even though she isn't sick, so that she can donate platelets, blood, bone marrow etc to lengthen Kate's life. Now Anna's parents have decided that she will donate a kidney to Kate in a desperate last attempt to save her life. But Anna has had enough, deciding to hire a lawyer to sue her parents for the right to make her own medical decisions. The narration of the story alternates between Anna, her lawyer, her parents, her troubled older brother, and her court appointed guardian. Fascinating and thought-provoking.
Posted by at 5:24 PM
Magazines
Sports Illustrated:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
Teen Magazine:
www.teenmag.com
Rollingstone Magazine:
www.rollingstone.com
Teen Voices:
www.teenvoices.com
Posted by at 5:14 PM
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevon
Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or get any older. In fact, everyone here is getting younger everyday.
Liz has just been killed in a car accident, but this book isn't the typical sad-somebody-died-book. Liz finds herself on a cruise ship on her way to Elsewhere. Elsewhere is where people go when they've died before they are reincarnated and sent back to earth. Unlike the other residents of Elsewhere who lived long full lives, Liz was only 16 when she died and didn't get to experienve things like driving, going to prom, etc. Liz refuses to participate in her new "life" in Elsewhere and instead spends most of her time missing her family. But when she gets caught trying to illegally go back to Earth, everything changes.
Posted by at 5:12 PM
books and authors and polls . . . oh my!
Teen Reads.com
Book reviews, author info, polls and more!
Posted by at 4:22 PM
Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists
Reading Rants!
I don't know how "out of the ordinary" these books are,
but they've definitely listed some great books here!
Posted by at 4:15 PM
Do you have teen angst? Would you like a teen angst book?
Brought to you by The Grouchy Cafe,
this site lists some great reads,
categorized by various angsty issues.
Posted by at 3:29 PM
April 3, 2006
Author Websites
Here are the websites of some famous Teen authors. Missing anyone you like? Let me know and I'll add them to the list!
www.truemannews.comLaurie Halse Anderson:
www.writerlady.com/
Meg Cabot:
http://www.megcabot.com/
Eoin Colfer:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~eoincolfer65/
Chris Crutcher:
www.aboutcrutcher.com/
Sarah Dessen:
www.sarahdessen.com
Alex Flinn:
www.alexflinn.com
Brian Jacques:
www.redwall.org/
David Levithan:
www.davidlevithan.com
David Lubar:
www.davidlubar.com/
Donna Jo Napoli:
www.donnajonapoli.com/
Garth Nix:
http://www.garthnix.co.uk/
Gary Paulsen:
www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
Richard Peck:
www.richardpeck.smartwriters.com
Tamora Pierce:
http://www.tamora-pierce.com/
Louise Rennison:
http://www.georgianicolson.com/
J.K. Rowling:
http://www.jkrowling.com/
Neal Shusterman:
www.storyman.com/
Arthur Slade:
www.arthurslade.com
Rob Thomas:
www.hieran.com/rob/index3.html
Terry Trueman
www.truemannews.com
Ned Vizzini:
www.nedvizzini.com
Nancy Werlin:
www.nancywerlin.com/
Ellen Wittlinger:
www.ellenwittlinger.com
Posted by at 4:33 PM