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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

Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan

Author of "Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human ".

Barry Lyga

Author of many books, including "Hocus Pocus: The Flash (Book 1)" and "Johnny Quick: The Flash (Book 2)".

Featured Books

The Cousins Crime

This Summer, nothing is safe at the Glazer's Bakery. Not even the bakery itself! It's summer vacation for Krisha. Being selected as the 'Summer Detective', she can't wait to carry out her duties. When, on an usual visit to the bakery, the cash register is robbed, it prompts the owner, Sneha Kaur to tell Krisha about the other sinister threats and happenings going on...

By Manasi Patil
City Spies: City Spies series (Book 1)

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers for the same stretch of time. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara...

By James Ponti
Jared's Path

Jared is a normal 14 year old boy- at least he was until the night he watched his father get murdered by a robber. Jared himself was shot and he when he woke up at the hospital he was very careful to avoid seeming unstable but how long could he hold it together? Jared started having flashbacks to that night and they soon were all he could think about. How long could...

By Kayla Quick
Of Curses and Kisses: St. Rosetta's Academy series (Book 1)

Will the princess save the beast? For Princess Jaya Rao, nothing is more important than family. When the loathsome Emerson clan steps up their centuries-old feud to target Jaya’s little sister, nothing will keep Jaya from exacting her revenge. Then Jaya finds out she’ll be attending the same elite boarding school as Grey Emerson, and it feels like the opportunity of...

By Sandhya Menon

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!

Thank you for an AMAZING weekend at the TBF! It was seriously the most fun, best attended, and most amazingly organized festival I have ever attended. You guys were amazing, the teens were fab, you made the authors all feel so special. I can’t thank you enough for inviting me.

‐ Carolyn Mackler