AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation's capital, and is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation.
Booklists
AdLit.org's themed booklists, prepared by our young adult literature advisor Jamie Watson, will help you find books to engage even the most reluctant readers!
- All Kinds of Families
- Asian Pacific American Heritage
- Award-Winning Books for Tweens and Teens
- Audiobooks
- Biographies
- Books as Gifts —
AdLit Holiday Buying Guide - Dragons
- The Era of Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War
- Everyday Life
- Hispanic Heritage
- Hot Summer Reads
- Multicultural Stories
- More Multicultural Stories
- Novels in Verse
- Non-Fiction for Teens
- Poetry
- Press Play
- Scary Stories
- Spies Like Us
- Summer Reading 2009
- TV Tie-ins
- The White House and Its Residents
Author interviews
Here are a few recently featured AdLit.org exclusive video interviews with award-winning young adult authors and illustrators. More >>
Guided discussions
Our guided discussions go beyond a booklist, offering plot synopses, discussion questions, and related titles for further reading.
