I took a look at Harper Teen. I really liked the uncluttered look of the page and that the top books and top authors are on the first page making them easy to access. This is nice if you are new to the YA genre since you can quickly see some of the more popular titles and authors. The In The News section was also a nice addition and presented cross over information about a TV series that was in production called DELIRIUM based on the bestselling series by Lauren Oliver.
The changing banner highlighting some new titles had a very appealing look as does the whole website.
Teens At Random was the other site I viewed. It was similar in some ways to Harper Teen, Author and New Release sections, but also had the Fun Stuff section that connected readers to more about particular titles, such as games based on the books, ereads, videos etc.
I liked both sites and feel that either one or both are worth viewing regularly to get a sense about YA material and may help in reader’s advisory for teens. They would certainly be worth recommending to a YA reader.
The trend appears to be toward fantacy type fiction.
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