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Now a United Way Donor Designation Eligible Agency

Donate to Teen Book Fest through your company’s annual United Way Campaign. Donor Designation #3338.

About TBF

Teens can sometimes be overlooked in libraries, with much attention, money, and resources given to children and adults. Somewhat caught in the middle of budgetary constraints, this is our opportunity to dedicate an event to teens, to encourage their reading, and to demonstrate their value to and within our communities. And…to have fun!

Connect

Connect and encourage interaction between teen readers, aspiring writers, and established, award-winning authors.

Promote

Support and celebrate recreational teen reading, and promote spreading the enjoyment of reading to others.

Educate

Entertain, educate, and enrich teens and other Festival participants.

Featured Authors

Alex Aster

Author of "Lightlark: Lightlark Series (Book 1)", "Curse of the Night Witch: Emblem Island Series (Book 1)"and "Curse of the Forgotten City: Emblem Island Series (Book 2)".

Bill Konigsberg

Author of "Destination Unknown", "The Bridge"and "The Music of What Happens".

Featured Books

Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield: Science Comics Series

Writer/illustrator Falynn Koch’s Science Comics: Plagues takes readers across the microscopic battlefield to get to know the critters behind history’s worst diseases. We delve into the biology and mechanisms of infections, diseases, and immunity, and also the incredible effect that technology and medical science have had on humanity’s ability to contain and treat...

By Falynn Koch
Some Girls Do

Morgan, an elite track athlete, is forced to transfer high schools late in her senior year after it turns out being queer is against her private Catholic school's code of conduct. There, she meets Ruby, who has two hobbies: tinkering with her baby blue 1970 Ford Torino and competing in local beauty pageants, the latter to live out the dreams of her overbearing...

By Jennifer Dugan
Crank: Crank (Book 1)

Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina -- she's fearless. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild, ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell...

By Ellen Hopkins
Village of Scoundrels

Based on the true story of the French villagers in WWII who saved thousands of Jews, this novel tells how a group of young teenagers stood up for what is right. Among them is a young Jewish boy who learns to forge documents to save his mother and later goes on to save hundreds of lives with his forgery skills. There is also a girl who overcomes her fear to carry...

By Margi Preus

2500 Average teens attending past festivals!

Some people claim that teens don’t read! TBF proves them all wrong. Come experience what authors have started calling the Rock Concert of Teen Lit!

200 Teen & adult volunteers help make TBF happen!

TBF could not happen without hundreds of volunteers helping to make the day run smoothly. Each year we rely on the energy of over 200 teen and 100 adult volunteers. We have to come call this TBF...

18 Awesome Author Attendees at TBF 2022!

We have authors coming in from all over!

16 Years in the Making

And still FREE to attend!

The Teen Book Fest is a treasure to the Rochester area, to the national community of authors, and to readers everywhere. Don't ever let them stop doing this.

‐ Adam Selzer