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YALSA's Teens' Top Ten

2009 Nominations

Download the 2009 Teens' Top Ten nominations (PDF) ! Use the lists in your summer reading program (hand out these bookmarks (PDF) to help!); teens will vote online from Aug. 25 through Sept. 18 at www.ala.org/teenstopten for their favorite books. The winners of the 2009 Teens' Top Ten will be announced in a webcast featuring WWE Superstars and Divas during Teen Read Week, Oct. 18-24. Tell your book group, youth organizations you work with, and any other groups you know that work with teens to come to www.ala.org/teenstopten between Aug. 25 and Sept. 18 and vote. The more teens who participate, the more accurately the winning list will reflect the reading tastes of teens all over the country!

About the Teens' Top Ten

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. Readers ages twelve to eighteen can vote right here, online, anytime between Aug. 25 and Sept. 18; the winners will be announced in a webcast featuring WWE Superstars and Divas during Teen Read Week.

 

Want to get teens at your library to vote? Download the button below, put it on your web page and link back to www.ala.org/teenstopten.

Vote for the Teens' Top Ten

Promoting the Teens' Top Ten

Check out our guide to promoting the Teens' Top Ten books and voting for the Teens' Top Ten in your library! Use these bookmarks featuring the 2009 nominees to encourage teens at your library to read the nominated titles.

Previous Winners

2008 Teens' Top Ten

2007 Teens' Top Ten

2006 Teens' Top Ten

2005 Teens' Top Ten

2004 Teens' Top Ten

2003 Teens' Top Ten

About YA Galley

Teens' Top Ten (TTT) is part of YA Galley, in which fifteen teen book groups led by YALSA members receive galleys from publishes throughout the year. Learn more about YA Galley and the fifteen participating libraries on our YA Galley Participants page or contact Nichole Gilbert at ngilbert@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4387.

Curious? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions about the Teens' Top Ten!

See where the YA Galley reading groups come from!  


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