Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted on Support Teen Literature Day during National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year.…

Paper Towns, John Green; Dutton Books

Teens Top Ten 2009

“With his trademark brilliant wit and heart-stopping emotional honesty, the Printz Medal-winning author of “Looking for Alaska” returns with a novel about a teenage girl who has mysteriously vanished, and the boy who looks for her by following the clues she left behind just for him.”

Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer; Little, Brown, And Co.

Teens Top Ten 2009

“Stephenie Meyer returns to her huge teen vampire Twilight saga with this much anticipated fourth book in the series. In this riveting novel, questions will be answered and the fate of Bella and Edward will be revealed.”

Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins; Scholastic Press

Teens Top Ten 2009

“In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlaying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one girl and one boy between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate…

City Of Ashes (Mortal Instruments), Cassandra Clare; Margaret K. McElderry

Teens Top Ten 2009

“Amazing events unfold at a dizzying pace in a world of warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and faeries—a world that holds some dangerous surprises for Clary Fray and her friends. Cassandra Clare lures readers back into the dark grip of New York City’s Downworld in this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones.”

Identical, Ellen Hopkins; Margaret K. McElderry

Teens Top Ten 2009

“Kaeleigh and Raeanne are the twin daughters of a district-court judge and a politician mother. They are identical in almost every way, but each girl has dark secrets. The bestselling author of “Crank” gives voice to victims of childhood sexual abuse, in a moving and disturbing novel.”

The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman; HarperCollins

Teens Top Ten 2009

“Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard…

Wake, Lisa McMann; Simon Pulse

Teens Top Ten 2009

“Not all dreams are sweet.For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people’s dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie’s seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.She can’t tell anybody about what she does—they’d never believe her, or worse, they’d think she’s a freak. So Janie…

Untamed (House Of Night Novels), P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast; St. Martin's Press

Teens Top Ten 2009

“Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird: she’s become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her, to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey…

The Disreputable History Of Frankie Landau-Banks: A Novel, E. Lockhart; Hyperion

Teens Top Ten 2009

“Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14: Debate Club. Her father’s “bunny rabbit.” A mildly geeky girl attending a highly competitive boarding school. Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15: A knockout figure. A sharp tongue. A chip on her shoulder. And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston. Frankie Landau-Banks. No longer the kind of…

Graceling, Kristin Cashore; Harcourt

Teens Top Ten 2009

“In a world where some people are born with extreme and often feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.”

Going Bovine, Libba Bray; Delacorte Press

“Can Cameron find what he’s looking for? All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible…

If you have any art to turn in for our October Art Show, with the theme Beyond Reality, you now have until October 9th (Friday) to turn it in.  Please do!  We’d love to have more work to show.