Teens' Top Ten Participants

The Teens' Top Ten is an ongoing project in which publishers of young adult books provide copies of their recent titles to teen book discussion groups in libraries. In exchange, teen readers evaluate books for the 30+ publishers who participate.

The selected libraries receive galleys and review copies for their own use and act as nominators for the Teens’ Top Ten  list of the best new books for young adults. Teens are responsible for creating a national list of new titles that is voted on by teens in August and September at  www.ala.org/teenstopten. The Teens' Top Ten is announced during Teen Read Week, the third week of October.

2010-2012 Teens' Top Ten Groups

  • Bethesda Library Teen Reads, Bethesda (Md.) Library, advised by Kathie Weinberg
  • BHS Book Club, Barrington (Ill.) High School, advised by Janet Anderson
  • Book and Bag/Book and Bagel, Worthington (Ohio) Libraries, advised by Ann Pechacek
  • Bookhype, Perry Branch Library/Perry High School, Gilbert, Ariz., advised by Allison Burke
  • Bookmarked, Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy, Jefferson, La., advised by Elizabeth Kahn
  • The Bookmarks, Duxbury (Mass.) Free Library, advised by Ellen Snoeyenbos
  • Brunswick High School (Me.) Book Group, Curtis Memorial Library, advised by Melissa Orth
  • Bothell /Kenmore (Wash.) Libraries Teen Advisory Board, advised by Catherine Schaeffer
  • CPL Teen Reads, Coralville (Iowa) Public Library, advised by Karen Stierler
  • HHS Reads!, Holman (Wisc.) High School, advised by Erin Foster
  • Mukilteo Library Teen Advisory Board, Sno-Isle Libraries, Mukilteo (Wash.) Library, advised by Kathleen Fernandes
  • The MVHS Book Club & The MVHS Book Club of Manliness, Mountain View (Calif.) High School Library advised by Benjamin Lundholm
  • The Sneak Peek Reviewers Club, San Leandro (Calif.) Main Library, advised by Christianne Selig
  • Spruill Oaks Teen Group, Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, Johns Creek, Ga., advised by Benjamin Scott and Lucinda Rittenhouse
  • STAC-M, Student Advisory Club for Media, Lake Norman Charter, Huntersville, N.C., advised by Kathy Corbiere
  • Young Adult Advisory Councils, Johnson County Library, Shawnee Mission, Kans., advised by Kate Pickett and Cari Albarelli

Publishers interested in participating in the Teens' top Ten project can contact Nichole Gilbert, YALSA program officer for conferences and events, for more information at ngilbert@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4387.

For further information on the Teens’ Top Ten project, visit the YALSA Teens' Top Ten Web site at www.ala.org/teenstopten, or call 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4390.