Teens Top Ten - Did You Know???

Did you hear the news?? During Teen Read Week YALSA announced the Top Ten Teen winners!! Here is the list!

2012 Teens’ Top Ten

Divergent by Veronica Roth (HarperCollins)

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin)

Legend by Marie Lu (Penguin)

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Quirk Books)

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (Penguin)

Across the Universe by Beth Revis (Penguin)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Macmillan)

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)

Where She Went by Gayle Forman (Penguin)

Abandon by Meg Cabot (Scholastic)

There are only two on this list that I didn't get a chance to read. They are the top one Divergent (it figures :) and the last one Abandon which I started and never finished. Ah the life of a busy librarian - well there is still time to keep reading!

Let me know if you read any of these books and which ones you loved the most! My favorite is Legend by Marie Lu.

2011 Nominees for the ALA's Top Ten Teen Choice List

Here are the 2011 Nominees for the ALA's Top Ten Teen Choice List. If you haven't read these books I highly recommend reading them. Some of my favorites are Matched by Ally Condie, Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick, Sisters Red by Jackson Pearson, and I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. Teens can also go online and vote for their favorites at
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/teenstopten.cfm

Bachorz, Pam. Drought. Egmont USA. 2011. (978606840160)

Beam, Cris. I Am J. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2011. (9780316053617)

Beaudoin, Sean. You Killed Wesley Payne. 2011. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. (9780316077422)

Black, Holly and Justine Larbalestier. Zombies vs. Unicorns. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books. 2010. (9781416989530)

Card, Orson Scott. The Lost Gate. Tor Books. 2011. (9780765326577)

Clare, Cassandra. The Clockwork Angel. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry. 2010. (9781416975861)

Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay. Scholastic. 2010. (9780439023511)

Collins, Yvonne. Love, Inc. Disney/Hyperion. 2011. (9781423131151)

Condie, Ally. Matched. 2010. Penguin/Dutton. (9780525423645)

Cremer, Andrea. Nightshade. Penguin/Philomel. 2010. (9780399254826)

Fitzpatrick, Becca. Crescendo. Simon & Schuster Children’s. 2010. (9781416989431)

Grant, Michael. Lies. 2010. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books. (9780061449093)

Hawkins, Rachel. Demonglass. Disney/Hyperion. 2011. (9781423121312)

Hakwins, Rachel. Hex Hall. Disney/Hyperion. 2010. (9781423121305)

Kagawa, Julie. The Iron King. 2010. Harlequin. (9780373210084)

Lore, Pittacus. I Am Number Four. HarperCollins. 2010. (9780061969553)

Moore, Peter. Red Moon Rising. Disney/Hyperion. 2011. (9781423116653)

Nelson, Jandy. The Sky is Everywhere. 2010. Penguin/Dial Books for Young Readers. (9780142417805)

Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. 2010. (9780061726804)

O’Neal, Ellis. The False Princess. Egmont USA. 2011. (9781606840795)

Patterson, James. Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel. Little, Brown & Company. 2011. (9780316036207)

Pearce, Jackson. Sisters Red. Little, Brown and Company. 2010. (9780316068680)

Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Blessed. Candlewick Press. 2011. (9780763643263)

Westerfeld, Scott. Behemoth. Simon Pulse. 2010. (9781416971757)

White, Kiersten. Paranormalcy. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. 2010. (9780061985843)

The voters ages must be between twelve to eighteen and they can vote online between Aug. 15th and Sept. 16th 2011 the book winners will be announced during Teen Read Week Oct. 16-22 2011.

Happy reading to you all!!

Mrs. Librarian Lady