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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

Jen Calonita

Author of "Mirror Mirror: Twisted Tale (Book 6)", "Conceal, Don't Feel: Twisted Tale (Book 7)"and "Go the Distance: Twisted Tale (Book 11)".

Bruce Coville

Author of many books, including "The Thief of Worlds" and "Aliens Ate My Homework".

Featured Books

The Camelot Betrayal: Camelot Rising series (Book 2)

EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE IN CAMELOT: King Arthur is expanding his kingdom’s influence with Queen Guinevere at his side. Yet every night, dreams of darkness and unknowable power plague her. Guinevere might have accepted her role, but she still cannot find a place for herself in all of it. The closer she gets to Brangien, pining for her lost love Isolde,...

By Kiersten White
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
Winger: Winger series (Book 1)

Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Northwest. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy. With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his...

By Andrew Smith
Island of Fire: Unwanteds (Book 3)

The fate of Artimé is at stake - and an unlikely alliance could redeem it - in book three in the New York Times bestselling Unwanteds series. The magical world of Artimé is gone. The Unwanteds have no food, no water, and no hope. And everyone is looking to Alex Stowe for answers. Overwhelmed and feeling totally helpless, Alex knows it's up to him to find a way to...

By Lisa McMann

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!

If the idea of a teen book festival doesn't strike you as uproariously fun, you haven't been to the Rochester Teen Book Festival. This is the Woodstock of YA lit!

‐ Ellen Wittlinger