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Vote for YALSA's Teens Top Ten

The 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 sixteen school and public libraries around the country. Readers ages twelve to eighteen will vote online in August and September; the winners will be announced during Teen Read Week. Here are the nominees: 2012 Teens’ Top Ten Nominations Austen, Catherine All Good Children. Max, his sister Ally and their mother return home to Middleton to find Ally’s classmates acting strange. It is the future, and the government has created a “vaccine” to make kids easier to teach- they are less rowdy, less likely to question, and willing to obey any direction. Max’s family has a choice: to be “vaccinated”, to flee their home, or stay and fight. Bick, Ilsa Ashes . Alex, Tom, and Ellie join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky. The pulse kills most of the world’s population an

NPR's Top 100 YA Novels Survey

Recently, National Public Radio created a survey for their readers & listeners to vote for their favorite YA books of all time. More than 75,000 ballots were cast in the survey. Below is a  list of the top 100 winners. 1. Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling 2. The Hunger Games (series), by Suzanne Collins 3. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 4. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green 5. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien 6. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger 7. The Lord of the Rings (series), by J.R.R. Tolkien 8. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury 9. Looking for Alaska, by John Green 10. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak 11. The Giver (series), by Lois Lowry 12. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (series), by Douglas Adams 13. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton 14. Anne of Green Gables (series), by Lucy Maud Montgomery 15. His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman 16. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Steph

MTV VMA Nominees

Here is full list of 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees: Video of the Year Katy Perry, "Wide Awake" Gotye, "Somebody That I Used To Know" Rihanna, "We Found Love" Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care" M.I.A., "Bad Girls" Best New Artist Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young" Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe" Frank Ocean, "Swim Good" One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful" The Wanted, "Glad You Came" Best Hip-Hop Video Childish Gambino, "Heartbeat" Drake feat. Lil Wayne, "HYFR" Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, "Mercy" Watch the Throne, "Paris" Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, "Beez in the Trap" Best Male Video Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend" Frank Ocean, "Swim Good" Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care" Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music" Usher, "Climax" Best Female