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The Teen Book Fest, an annual event promoting teen reading, is made possible by business sponsorships and donations from individuals like you.

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Upcoming Milestones

2022 Teen Book Fest
Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 10:00am - 5:00pm @ Frontier Field

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Recent News

United Way Donor Designation #3338

Now a United Way Donor Designation Eligible Agency

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

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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!
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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 Books

  • Knockout Games

    Knockout Games is set in modern day St. Louis amidst a disturbing rash of seemingly random attacks on bystanders by a group of urban teenagers in a crew called the TKO club. The protagonist, Erica, is one of a few girls who is down with TKO in part due to her natural skill with a video camera and her ability to make art out of the attacks.
    By G. Neri
    Knockout Games
2500 Expected Teens for 2022
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

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Sponsor

Business sponsorships help promote teen reading, while also receiving a write off.
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Donate

Individual donations play a large role making this event happen every year.
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Volunteer

Our volunteers are the heart and soul of every Teen Book Fest we host.

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