Wondering what a book is all about? One way to find out is to check out a book trailer. Book trailers are short, 1-3 minute, movies that give you a feel for what a book is about without giving away the ending. The trailer below is for Love, Stargirl, a popular Young Adult novel.




If you want to watch more books, these sites have more book trailers.

• Book Screening
• Trailer Spy

If you want to see if there is a trailer for a specific book try doing a google search for the title of the book and "book trailer". For example, you could google "Love Stargirl Book Trailer". You can also try searcing for the title of a book in YouTube.

As part of Teen Read Week, more than 11,000 teens across the nation voted for their favorite books from the previous year. The winning books, listed below, are the 2009 Teens' Top Ten:

1. Paper Towns by John Green
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
7. Wake by Lisa McMann
8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Looking for something new to read, watch, or listen to? Take a look at our list of new teen materials purchased in the month of June. We have two lists:

• New Books for Teens.
• New Audio Visual for Teens: includes books on CD and DVDs.

We post a list of new items at the beginning of each month, so check back for more reading suggestions.