Interest Level: Ages 12 to 19
Genre: Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, Magazine, etc.)
Subjects/Themes: Magazine, Youth's Writings, Youth's Artwork, Youth's Reviews
Content: Teen Ink is a magazine targeted towards junior high and high school students and is published monthly from September to June. It is run by the Young Authors Foundation, a non-profit organization "devoted to helping teens share their own voices, while developing reading, writing, creative and critical-thinking skills" (Taken from Teen Ink's website). The magazine contains a collection of articles, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and reviews written by teens. There is also information about colleges and special thematic subjects, for instance this issue was about remembering 9/11.
Personal Thoughts: This is a great magazine for teens by teens. The writings included have a high level of construction and insight. The reviews were especially appealing as they reviewed various items such as colleges, movies (new and old), books, and music that were appealing to teens. Thought is refreshing that not all items reviewed were necessarily new publications or movies. Some of the items were those that teens were just discovering, like the Godfather movies or I Am Messenger by Zusak. The stories and poems covered a range of topics from health, heroes, points of view, and the environment. The magazine also includes teen artwork, both drawn and photographic, throughout. Overall a very inspirational magazine. There is some advertising in the magazine and on the website, but its what I would call mostly positive advertising by colleges, book vendors, and the random online banner vendors that most of us have learned to ignore. A Must have magazine for any public library or school library.
Company Website: Teen Ink Website
Teen Ink Books: a series of anthologies created from collected selected writings previously published in the Teen Ink magazine.
Teen Ink: Our Voices, Our Visions (2000) ISBN: 978-1558748163
Teen Ink 2: More Voices, More Visions (2001) ISBN: 978-1558749139Teen Ink: Friends and Family (2001) ISBN: 978-1558749313
Teen Ink: Love and Relationships (2002) ISBN: 978-1558749696
Teen Ink: What Matters (2003) ISBN: 978-0757300639
Teen Ink: Written in the Dirt (2004) ISBN: 978-0757300509
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