Would anyone be knowing some good sites for free eBooks for teens?
Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 by admin
My friend has a 14 year old sister, and since she doesn’t have a Yahoo ID, she has requested me to ask this question. Her sister loves reading, but they don’t own many books and neither is there a library close by, or does she have many friends, so please, if you do know any sites, I request you to help me. Thank you!
Scribd.com and
But, scribd doesn’t usually have the full book for you to read. It normally has 3/4.
The only one I know of is Gutenburg Project. However, it is legal so all the books on there are older.
I’ve been recommending “Little Brother” by Cory Doctorow for weeks now, after someone recommended it to me. It’s aimed at teen and young adult readers but I liked it, too. Best of all, it’s free and legal.
A teenager living in San Francisco in the near future uses the tech skills he got from role-playing games to challenge the all-powerful Department of Homeland Security, which has turned his city into a virtual police state. The story has a lot more depth than underdog-against-the-government, though. The kid has girl problems, and his parents love him but totally don’t understand. His dad even approves of the tight control exerted by the government.
explains why it’s legal to download and gives both the author’s and publisher’s permission. It’s got links making the book available in plain text, as HTML, as a PDF, for iPods, various electronic reading devices, and so on.
It sounds too good to be true, but obviously Doctorow’s counting on it being both a fine marketing tool which ties in to the novel’s theme, and on snagging future readers who’ll buy other books.
Anyway, your friend’s sister could totally luck out, reading a current novel aimed at her age group, for free, and completely legal.
Free in copyright e-books here: