Lists are fun to make. Librarians, teachers, publishers, we all like to make lists.
One of YALSA’s newest lists, Teens’ Top Ten , is voted on by teens this year during Teen Read Week, October 12-18. Nominations are made by teens who are members of the YA Galley project. (This year, one of the participating nominating groups was from nearby Strasburg, VA)
This years nominations include the usual (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ) and more fantasy (City of Bones , Ironside) , some vampires (Eclipse , Vampire Academy ) and some excellent realistic fiction (Before I Die , Glass. )
A total of 24 books have been nominated. If you work with teen groups (or just an individual teen!) get them started on the reading this summer using some of the tools YALSA has created to promote the books.
Read now. Vote in October. Have fun!