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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.

If you read nominated books throughout the year, you’ll be ready to vote for your favorites during Teen Read Week, October 12 - 18, 2008. Here are the nominees:

• Before I die by Jenny Downham
• Betrayed by PC Cast and Kristin Cast not yet owned
• City of bones by Cassandra Clare
• Daemon Hall by Andrew Nance not yet owned
• Diary of a wimpy kid by Jeff Kinney
• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
• Extras by Scott Westerfeld
• Evil genius by Catherine Jinks
• Genesis alpha by Rune Michaels
• Glass by Ellen Hopkins
• Harry Potter and the deathly hallows by JK Rowling
• Ironside by Holly Black
• Jango by William Nicholson not yet owned
• Jinx by Meg Cabot
• The luxe by Anna Godberson
• Maximum Ride: saving the world and other extreme sports by James Patterson
• Penelope by Marilyn Kaye not yet owned
• Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel not yet owned
• Sun and moon, ice and snow by Jessica George not yet owned
• The sweet far thing by Libba Bray
• Tamar by Mal Peet
• Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Unwind by Neal Shusterman
• Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
• Wicked lovely by Melissa Marr
• Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

Are there any nominees that you think ABSOLUTELY MUST make the Top Ten? Campaign for your favorites, leave us a comment…or two…or three..or TEN!!

The Teens’ Top Ten winners have been announced! Here they are:

10. Road of the dead by Kevin Brooks

9. Bad kitty by Michele Jaffe

8. River secrets by Shannon Hale

7. Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer

6. All Hallows’ Eve by Vivian Vande Velde

5. Firegirl by Tony Abbott

4. Maximum Ride–school’s out forever by James Patterson

3. How to ruin a summer vacation by Simone Elkeles (not YET owned by the library)

2. Just listen by Sarah Dessen

AND…the FAVORITE book of all Teen’s Top Ten voters…one of MY all-time favorites:

1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Did YOUR fave make the cut?

Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Find out if any of your faves is a nominee (PDF). This year’s nominees include:

• Just listen by Sarah Dessen
• New moon by Stephenie Meyer
• River secrets by Shannon Hale

Vote for your top 3 titles anytime during Teen Read Week. The polls close on October 21 at 12:01a.m.