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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

Rocky Callen

Author of "A Breath Too Late".

A. S. King

Author of many books, including "Switch" and "Me and Marvin Gardens".

Featured Books

Two Can Keep a Secret

Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows. The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before...

By Karen M. McManus
The Secret Sea

Twelve-year-old Zak Killian is hearing a voice. Could it be a guardian angel? A ghost? No, that’s crazy. But sometimes the voice is so real. . . . It warns him of danger. One day Zak is standing on the subway platform when the tunnel starts to fill with water. He sees it before anyone else. The voice warns him to run. His friends Moira and Khalid believe this is...

By Barry Lyga
Our Wendy

Peter has lived in the Kielder forest for six years now. Scarred by the secrets of his cruel and buried past, he has stolen and survived with the boys around him for as long as he wants to remember. His most treasured possession is what creates his fantasy: the beloved story of Peter and Wendy. In his head, he has it all. He lives the life of the very fairytale...

By Emerson Ormond
At the Edge of the Universe

From the author of We Are the Ants and The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes the heartbreaking story of a boy who believes the universe is slowly shrinking as things he remembers are being erased from others’ memories. Tommy and Ozzie have been best friends since the second grade, and boyfriends since eighth. They spent countless days dreaming of escaping their...

By Shaun David Hutchinson

2500 Expected Teens for 2021

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 Volunteers

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...

35 Awesome Author Attendees

We have authors coming in from all over the world! TBF has gone international!

16 Years in the Making

And still FREE to attend!