Final Post: The Teens’ Top 10

Well, YALSA moved fast and has already announced the national Teens’ Top 10!  The winners listed are in order of most votes to least.

Congratulations to all of the Top 10 authors, especially Stephanie Meyer and New Moon, which received the most votes from teens all over the country.

The 2007 Teens’ Top Ten is (Clicking on the linked title will send you to our catalog, where you can place a request to get a copy of each book):

• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).
• Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (Viking Children’s Books, 2006)
• How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles (Flux, 2006).
• Maximum Ride: School’s Out – Forever by James Patterson (Hachette Book Group USA/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).
• Firegirl by Tony Abbott (Hachette Book Group USA/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).
• All Hallows Eve (13 Stories) by Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt, 2006).
• Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt, 2006).
• River Secrets by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury, 2006).
• Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe (HarperCollins, 2006).
• Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks (Chicken House, 2006).

Thanks to all of our teen readers who placed votes!  To see a list of the top ten for Wake County teens, click here.