Come check out our new books in the Young Adult section. We have the classics like Paul Zindel's The Pigman to the Dungeons and Dragons Handbook. We receive more than two new, highly reviewed young adult novels every month. The non-fiction section has the books you need for the report that is due soon. We've also have a section of Cliff's Notes.
| The ACLU Freedom Network The main site of the American Civil Liberties Union. There's a special section on Students' Rights where you can ask questions about your own rights. |
| Amnesty International Get involved in helping to ensure human rights around the world. |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation "EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet." |
| Global Youth Village "Gain skills and perspectives on development issues, prejudice, peace building, community action." A workshop for youth 11-18. |
| Habitat for Humanity Habitat builds houses for people in need. Join one of their student chapters to help out in your neck of the woods. |
| The InSite Want to make a difference in the world or your life? Visit InSite to connect to organizations helping the environment or to learn how to stay healthy. |
| National Wildlife Federation Find out about all the NWF's projects to help people protect wildlife, wild places, and natural resources. |
| The PERSON Project PERSON stands for Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally. Find out how to organize for educational equity so that your school's curriculum and textbooks will include fair and accurate information about sexual preferences. |
| Rainforest Action Network All kinds of rainforest information is here including what you can do to help save it. |
| SERVEnet SERVEnet lists openings on volunteerism projects in our area. Just type in your zip code to get involved. |
| WePrevent New ways for teens and kids to "take a bite out of crime," from the National Crime Prevention Council. |
| Television Without Pity- Did you miss an episode of your favorite TV show? Find out what happened each week on popular TV shows: Survivor, The Practice, X-Files, West Wing, Buffy, NYPD Blue, ER, Dawson's Creek, Ed, Felicity, and many more. |
| Blibs - Mad Libs, where you can browse 1000's of stories that our users have created or you can create your own. |
| DigitalCharity.com - Donate money by clicking on charity web sites, without spending any of your own money. The charities get paid by sponsors who pay a fee for each banner ad that is displayed. |
| The Reflex Tester Game - Test your reflexes online. |
| TVDance - Television, movie and celebrity animated dance pages. Make sure to turn your sound up so you can hear the music. |
| Crazyimages.com - A web site full of cool images to keep you amazed and entertained. Try the flight simulator, watch virtual fireworks, see the birth of a galaxy, play with fractals, and more. |
| eHow.com - A search engine to find out how to get things done, such as: how to ask someone on a date, how to lose weight, how to shuck oysters, how to jump start a car, how to get rid of a hickey, how to become an FBI agent, and more. |
| Forward Garden - You know those funny emails that you get forwarded to you? This site lists thousands of them, such as strange facts, top 10 lists, chain letters, tests, religious humor, oddball stories, jokes, funny poems, and lots more. |
| News of the Weird - News of the Weird is the longest-running, most widely-read bizarre-but-all-true news feature in the United States. A weekly column based upon this site appears in more than 250 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. |
| Birthday Events - Find out what famous events happened on your birthday |
| Comic Strips - Read your favorite comic strips online: Peanuts, Garfield, Dilbert, B.C., Cathy, Doonesbury, Healthcliff, Rugrats, Wizard of Id, Ziggy, and over 100 more. |
| Urban Legends - Find out the truth about well known folklore stories (old wives' tales, strange news stories, rumors, and gossip). |
| Song Lyrics Database - Find the words to thousands of songs. |
| Brain of Brian - Useless facts, funny philosophies, silly games, comical quotes, trivia contests, top 10 lists, madlibs, and more! |
| The Densa Quiz - Take a very clever 12 question test to see how smart you are. |
| The Most Frequently Banned Books in the U.S., 1990-1992 Most of the banned books on this list are children's books. The list is originally from Banned in the U.S.A. by Herbert N. Foerstel, and is available on the Web as part of the Banned Books page. |
| Gay Characters and Themes in Children's Books An annotated bibliography, compiled by Wendy E. Betts; with links to reviews from Notes from the Windowsill. |
| Jewish Religion and Culture in Children's Books Another annotated bibliography compiled by Wendy Betts. |
| Native American Coming-of-Age Novels Compiled by Judy Carey from suggestions by PUBYAC subscribers. |
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