Teen Resources

We value our teens by offering resources designed to encourage lifelong learning, the pleasures of reading, and the love of libraries.

General Resources

Teen Reads
A great site for discovering your next read. Site includes authors interviews, series information, seasonal picks, books into movies, and much more. Check it out … Teen Reads

Internet Public Library for Teens
Information to help you with life, school, friends, and work! … Explore it!

Teen Ink
-a magazine written entirely by teens… you can submit your work! …Teen Ink

How Stuff Works
HowStuffWorks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications, is the award-winning source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works.

Learning Express Library

Take practice exams for ACT, ASVAB, SAT 2005, GED, Civil Service Careers and many more!
>visit the LearningExpress Library website
**You will need your library card to establish your LearningExpress account**

 

Reading Resources

 

American Library Association’s Teen Top Ten
ALA’s Teen Top Ten Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year!

TeenReads.Com
Info and features about favorite authors, books, series and characters. Thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more are shared with readers every week. Teenreads.com is THE online place for teens to talk about their fave books — and find the hippest new titles!

Iowa Teen Award Information
Iowa teens, grades 6-9, are encouraged to read from this list and then submit your favorite title to your librarian. A tally is done across Iowa in February to determine the Iowa Teen Award book! Find out more…
All books on list are available at Drake Community Library!

Iowa High School Book Award
Another great list of books for teens selected by teens.  -Available at Drake Community Library.

 

College Bound

ACT Web site
http://www.act.org/
The College Board: Information about AP, PSAT and SAT examinations
http://www.collegeboard.com/splash/

Federal Student Aid – (fill out the pre-application worksheet & then apply online)
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

Iowa Valley Community College in Grinnell
http://www.iavalley.cc.ia.us/grinnell/

Grinnell College
http://www.grinnell.edu/

Community College Review (Find out about Community Colleges across the United States)
http://www.communitycollegereview.com/

Iowa College Aid
http://www.iowacollegeaid.org/