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LGBT Giving Circle

LGBT Giving Circle at the Rochester Area Community Foundation grant to support Author Nina LaCour.

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

Sandra Uwiringiyimana

Author of "How Dare the Sun Rise".

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Author of many books, including "The Inexplicable Logic of My Life (Released 3/17)" and "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Universe".

Featured Books

Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die: Book 3)

To fight for Oz and save Kansas from power-hungry dictator Dorothy's latest plot, Amy teams up with the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked and finds herself working alongside the Wicked Witch of the West.

By Danielle Paige
Perfect

Cara's parents' unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body - no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run - on the field and off - Sean will...

By Ellen Hopkins
At the Edge of the Universe (Released 2/17)

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

2200 Expected Teens for 2017

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!

300 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...

26 Awesome Author Attendees

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

12 Years in the Making

And still FREE to attend!

The festival truly celebrates the readers as well as the authors, turning a love of reading into something magical. I’m so thrilled I got to be part of TBF.

‐ Jackie Morse Kessler