# Magazines for Young Teens **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 7, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-for-young-teens/403077 "2007-05-07T11:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-for-young-teens/403077/1 "2007-05-07T11:02:03Z")
My neice is graduating jr. high in a few weeks. I’d like to get her a magazine subscription. She’s got enough fashion and beauty in her life, so _Seventeen_ and _Tigerbeat_ (do they still publish that?) and all that sort of thing really aren’t what I’m looking for. She’s bright and is an avid reader. I’m looking for more of a “Life” magazine type of thing for young people. Is there such an animal? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-for-young-teens/403077/2 "2007-05-07T11:28:23Z")
[Here’s](http://www.magazines.com/ncom/mag?subject=2&id=3785371499730) a list of teenage mags I found through google. “Cicada” especially looks pretty good; I may have to pick that one up for my daughter! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-for-young-teens/403077/3 "2007-05-07T11:59:40Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] [Here’s](http://www.magazines.com/ncom/mag?subject=2&id=3785371499730) a list of teenage mags I found through google. “Cicada” especially looks pretty good; I may have to pick that one up for my daughter! [/QUOTE] Oooooh! Thank you for that list! Cicada looks good, and I also have my eye on Teen Ink [Magazine Subscriptions: 2000+ Print & Digital Magazines](http://www.magazines.com/ncom/mag?id=3785389180163&mid=0000009940). ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-for-young-teens/403077/4 "2007-05-07T12:06:28Z")
[New Moon](http://www.magazines.com/ncom/mag?id=3785393610273&mid=0000007831) looks interesting. I don’t think Tigerbeat is published anymore. What a shame. I guess the mocking of this mag will always exist in our teen age hearts and memories. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-for-young-teens/403077/5 "2007-05-07T12:08:02Z")
[Tigerbeat](http://www.tigerbeatmag.com/) It’s the end of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-for-young-teens/403077/6 "2007-05-07T12:27:55Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] [Tigerbeat](http://www.tigerbeatmag.com/) It’s the end of the world. [/QUOTE] ☹ Jesus! It’s worse than I remembered! No neice of mine is getting a year’s worth of that abomination for free. ---
**Author:** ![Snowcarpet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowcarpet/32/257_2.png) [@Snowcarpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowcarpet)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-for-young-teens/403077/7 "2007-05-07T16:18:05Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] [New Moon](http://www.magazines.com/ncom/mag?id=3785393610273&mid=0000007831) looks interesting. [/QUOTE] It _is_ good. I got a few issues for a young friend last summer. I actually went to the local public library and checked out their archive to see if it really was worth the $. It was awesome, all written and illustrated by and for young ladies. Since they sent me a free teacher/librarian pack, I feel the need to pimp them as often as possible! [http://www.newmoon.org/](http://www.newmoon.org/)