Hot Topics
- Books, Reading, & Writing
- College & Careers
- Advice & Health
- Music, Movies & TV
- Games
- News & Issues
- Schools & Libraries
Books & Reading
- Amazon.com: Amazon.com's Teen Section
- Cyberteens: artwork, poetry, fiction, games, plus contests for you to enter.
- No Flying, No Tights: a website reviewing graphic novels for teens.
- Novelist Fiction Guide : allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest.
- Reading Rants: out of the ordinary teen booklists for guys and gals looking for a good read.
- RE-act Magazine: online edition of the popular teen magazine--full of news, contests and more.
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Genreflecting : science fiction and fantasy novels reviews.
- Teen Ink: published both on the Web and in print, and seen by hundreds of thousands of teenagers. Send your work to them!
- TeenReads: book reviews, author interviews, newsletter, message board for teens.
College & Careers
- ACT Assessment Register and prepare for the test designed to assess high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work.
- Collegeboard.com: Visit this site for information from the people who bring you the SATS.
- CollegeNet: an award-winning site that allows you to research colleges and scholarships, take virtual tours of campuses, and apply online.
- College Source Online: 23,389 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format.
- College Opportunities Online: a direct link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the US.
- Educational Testing Service (ETS): a gateway to information about the big tests: ACTS and SATS.
- EduPrep: free online SAT preparation.
- FinAid: a comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web.
- 4Tests.com: free online practice for tests such as the SAT, GED and GRE.
- Learn a Test: visit Learn a Test to take practice tests and tutorials. There's immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
- Mapping Your Future: a guide to planning your life.
- Peterson's: information about colleges and universities, career schools, graduate programs, distance learning, executive training, private secondary schools, summer opportunities, study abroad, financial aid, test preparation, and career exploration.
- U.S. News & World Report College Ranking: includes a step-by-step guide to college admissions.
Advice & Health
- About Teens Now: a wide array of issues from relationships and family to school and health.
- AL-ANON and ALATEEN: support and information for families, friends and others needing the services of Alcoholics Anonymous and Teen Al-Anon.
- Fast Food Facts: find out nutritional information from a number of popular fast food restaurants.
- FDA on the Teen Scene: articles from the Food and Drug Administration relating to teens.
- Fitness.com: articles on nutrition and fitness
- Freevibe: find out drug facts and myths at this site.
- Go Ask Alice: teen questions on a variety of topics are answered through Columbia University's Health Education Program.
- Something Fishy: pro-recovery website all about eating disorders.
- Talklisten.org: feeling lonely, frustrated, depressed? Visit talklisten.org.
- Teencentral.net: a help-line site for teens and by teens.
- TeensHealth.org: answers and advice on a range of topics.
Music, Movies & TV
- American Idol: the official America Idol website.
- Billboard: music ratings, current top ratings and songs.
- Internet Movie Database: look up movie show times, watch trailers, or search the database of thousands of titles.
- IPL Teenspace: arts and entertainment links for teens form the Internet Public Library.
- Movie Mistakes: find out what movies contain the most mistakes and report on ones that you find.
- MP3.com: download music in MP3 format.
- MTV Online: the Music Television Station on the web.
- MusicNet: samples of hits you can listen to from rock to rap and beyond.
- Mxtabs.net: guitar tabs, drum tabs and bass tabs.
- TabCrawler: search for all kinds of music tinfo and tons of guitar, bass, keyboard and drum tabs.
- UBL: the ultimate band list
Games
- Addicting Games: lots of fun games to play online or download to your computer.
- Bored.com: sites for all ages and interests; new and funny sites updated frequently.
- Candystand.com: online games, both single player and multi-player plus puzzles and more.
- Cool Quiz!: trivia, games, puzzles, and more
- Cyberteens: artwork, poetry, fiction, games, plus contests for you to enter.
- EA Sports: look under each sport to find some free games like NHL 97.
- Electrotank: online gaming.
- Freearcade.com: over one hundred free online games.
- Gamespot: where gamers go to know.
- Game Genie: a complete gaming site.
- Jippii!: ringtones, graphics and games to your mobile phone and lots of online games.
- Miniclip: free games and shows.
News & Issues
- Amnesty International: get involved in helping to ensure human rights around the world.
- Do Something: Change the world. Do something.
- ABC News: all the news, sports and weather you can handle.
- SERVEnet: enter your zip code, city, state, skills, interests, and availability and be matched with organizations needing help.
Schools & Libraries
- Google: a search engine which sorts hits by relevancy
- High School Ace: reference sources, study guides, news, poetry and more!
- Internet Public Library: helpful web sites by topics.
- My Virtual Reference Desk: reference books at the click of your mouse.
- Outernet: the teen links section of the Multnomah (Oregon) County Library System.
- Stoneham High School Library: link to the High School's Library.
- Stoneham Schools: a gateway to all Stoneham public schools.
- Teen Hoopla: an Internet guide for teens maintained by a committee of librarians.
Updated April 2006.
