2012 Teens' Top Ten Nominations

School will be out in a couple weeks, and if you are looking for some good books to read over the summer break, check out the 2012 Teens' Top Ten Nominations. Teens ages 12-18 will be able to vote online in August and September for their favorites from this list, and the top ten books will be announced during Teen Read Week in October. A few of the titles we do not own, but you should be able to get a copy sent here from another library. Go ahead and start crossing off the titles you read so you will be ready to vote in August!

• All Good Children by Catherine Austen
• Ashes by Ilsa Bick
• Abandon by Meg Cabot
• Tempest by Julie Cross
• What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano
• Where She Went by Gayle Forman
• Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
• Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
• Legend by Marie Lu
• Hourglass by Myra McEntire
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Shine by Lauren Myracle
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
• How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
• All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Best of 2011: Young adult literature

Best Books of 2011: Young Adult from Amazon 
 includes:

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Divergent by Veronica Roth

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans

Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2011: Children's Fiction
includes:

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Variant by Robison Wells

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominations from YALSA

Notable Children's Books of 2011 from The New York Times
includes:

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Level Up by Gene Yang

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

The Best Teen Books of 2011 from Kirkus Reviews 
 includes:

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Stay with Me by Paul Griffin

Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore

Tighter by Adele Griffin

White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick

Barnes and Noble Best of 2011 YA
includes:

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Crossed by Ally Condie

Divergent by Veronica Roth

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

The Death Cure by James Dashner

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck

The Dead by Charlie Higson