2011 Teens' Top Ten Nominees
Bachorz, Pam. Drought.
Ruby and the Congregants
have been enslaved to collect water for Darwin West and his Overseers.
When Ford, the new overseer, arrives, he and Ruby fall for each
other, and now she longs to run away with him to the modern world
where she can lead a normal teenage life. Ruby is torn between
two worlds. Will she choose to be free with her forbidden love
or to be enslaved with her family? (YA Fic SF Bachorz)
Beam, Cris. I
Am J.
Although J (Jeni)
has always felt like a boy, he was genetically born female. Now
a teen, J acts like a boy, dresses in baggy clothes to hide his
feminine body and wants to begin treatments to transfer physically
to a man, but his parents and best friend do not accept him as
male. J runs away to a school for gay and transgender students,
where he begins to find acceptance. (YA Fic Beam)
Beaudoin, Sean. You
Killed Wesley Payne.
Teenage private eye
Dalton Rev is sent to a high school to find out about the death
of Wesley Payne. Was it really suicide? The school's tight cliques
have gone insane and lost control. It's up to Dalton to sort through
a huge mess of betrayal in order to restore the hierarchy. (YA
Fic M Beaudoin)
Card, Orson Scott. The
Lost Gate.
Danny thought he was
without magic until he discovers his powers as a gate mage. The
only problem: all the magic families made a pact to kill anyone
who could make gates to transport themselves. Now Danny is forced
to run from everything and everyone in an attempt to unravel the
secrets behind his powers. (Fic SF Card)
Clare, Cassandra. Clockwork
Angel. (Infernal Devices, #1)
In this prequel to
Mortal Instruments, Tessa travels to England to search for her
brother, her only remaining relative. Captured by the mysterious
Dark Sisters, she discovers a fantastical world thriving alongside
her own where she must ally with the unknown to save her brother.
(YA Fic SF Clare)
Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay.
(The Hunger Games, #3)
Katniss Everdeen has
been rescued from the horrific 75th Hunger Games-but not her fellow
tribute, Peeta Mallark. As Katniss becomes more entangled in war
and revolution, the question of who she can trust becomes ever
harder, and she must fight for her life once again. (YA Fic SF
Collins)
Collins, Yvonne. Love,
Inc.
Zahara, Kali, and
Syd meet in a support group when their respective parents get
divorced, but it gets so much worse when they realize they've
all been dating the same guy! The girls are devastated...until
they decide to show the cheater the error of his ways. As more
people find out about their plots and plans, Zahara, Kali, and
Syd realize that they are much more than three girls who were
cheated on. (YA Fic Collins)
Condie, Allyson. Matched.
(Matched trilogy, #1)
In Cassia's society,
most of her choices are made for her, including the person with
whom she will spend the rest of her life: her Match. At age 17,
Cassia is happily surprised when her Match turns out to be her
best friend Xander, but when a glitch occurs and another boy's
face appears on her screen, she can't help but wonder what would
happen if she were able to choose her own Match. Now she has to
decide between conforming to society and pursuing a life where
she can make her own choices. (YA Fic SF Condie)
Cremer, Andrea. Nightshade.
(Nightshade series, #1)
When Calla, who is
a Guardian, saves a boy on her mountain from a bear attack, the
consequences reach farther than she could imagine, especially
when that boy arrives at her school and appears to be favored
by her masters, the Keepers.
(YA Fic M Cremer)
Fitzpatrick, Becca. Crescendo.
(Hush series, #2)
A few months have
passed since Nora's lab partner/fallen angel Patch saved her from
his murderous vassal and became her guardian angel. Although she
and Patch are now dating, Nora is starting to doubt his love for
her. Is he keeping something from her? And is she really safe
now? (YA Fic M Fitzpatrick)
Grant, Michael. Lies.
(Gone, #3)
Is death the only
answer? Life is getting hard for the under 15s who survived. Food
is running out, the beach is burning, and things are getting tense.
The situation is getting worse for the survivors and everyone
has their own battles to face. (YA Fic SF Grant)
Hawkins, Rachel. Demonglass.
(Hex Hall, #2)
When Sophie goes to
her father's mansion for the summer, she thinks she knows what
she wants: to undergo the Removal and get rid of the demon inside
of her. But it turns out that someone else is making demons and
now she has to question everything and everyone-especially the
boy she can't get out of her head. (YA Fic M Hawkins)
Hakwins, Rachel. Hex
Hall. (Hex Hall, #1)
16-year-old Sophie
is sent to live at Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent witches,
faeries and shape-shifters, after she bungles a spell at prom
and attracts too much attention from normal humans. At her new
school, Sophie faces the usual teen troubles of mean girls and
crushes with the added dimension of magic and learning about her
own powers. (YA Fic M Hawkins)
Kagawa, Julie. The
Iron King. (Iron Fey, #1)
On the eve of her
16th birthday, Meghan starts seeing dark creatures in unusual
places and senses that everything is about to change. She could
never have imagined the truth: she is a princess, the daughter
of a mythical faery king. When she finds out her little brother
has been kidnapped and replaced by a changeling, Meghan ventures
into the fey world to rescue him. (YA Fic SF Kagawa)
Lore, Pittacus. I
Am Number Four. (Lorian Legacies, #1)
Number Four is one
of nine aliens who escaped from the planet Lorien just ahead of
the evil Mogadorians, a rival race bent on their destruction.
He's settling into another new town on Earth, trying to get a
handle on his developing powers, when he gets the news: Number
Three is dead. That means Number Four is next. (YA Fic SF Lore)
Moore, Peter. Red
Moon Rising.
Half-vamp, half-wulf
Danny is used to hiding his true nature in his world dominated
by vampires, but the strange changes he's experiencing indicate
that his wulf side is becoming active. Now Danny faces a difficult
choice: a dreary future as an inmate once a month or life as an
illegal, unregistered wulf. (YA Fic M Moore)
Nelson, Jandy. The
Sky is Everywhere.
After Lennie's sister
suddenly dies, she finds herself torn between two boys. One is
the new boy in town. The other is her sister's ex-boyfriend. While
she is genuinely attracted to one, the other really understands
her feelings, yet Lennie knows it's wrong. Who will she choose?
(YA Fic Nelson)
Oliver, Lauren. Before
I Fall.
Popular, rich, and
attractive Sam Kingston never worried about how her behavior affected
other people. After she dies in a car crash, Sam is forced to
relive the last day of her life for seven days. Will she becomes
a better person and realize
the ripple effect of her actions? Can she use this second chance
to fix her most dire mistakes? (YA Fic Oliver)
O'Neal, Ellis. The
False Princess.
At 16, Princess Nalia
learns that the king and queen have used her to protect their
real daughter from an omen of death. Nalia, now Sinda, is sent
away from the palace to live with the one relative she has left
in a world she does not know. Struggling with her new life, she
uncovers a secret that may change her country forever. (YA Fic
SF O'Neal)
Patterson, James. Angel.
(Maximum Ride, #7)
Angel is devastated
when a fellow "bird kid" leaves to start his own flock
of mutant heroes. Scientists tell her that another "bird
kid," Dylan, is her perfect mate, and that she's been created
to save the world. When the Doomsday Group starts hypnotizing
children, Max heads to Paris with her flock to investigate, but
unfortunately, Fang and his new flock are investigating as well.
(YA Fic SF Patterson)
Pearce, Jackson. Sisters
Red.
Sisters Rosie and
Scarlett are orphaned at 11 after their grandmother is killed
by a Fenris, a soulless man/wolf creature. Years later, the sisters
have devoted their lives to protecting their town from the Fenris.
Rosie knows the creatures deserve to die but is unsure about commiting
her entire life to hunting them. Can the sisters learn to live
with their differences? (YA Fic M Pearce)
Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Blessed.
(Tantalize series, #3)
Everyone's favorite
teen restaurateur and vampire is back, and with even more on her
plate. She just died, became a vampire, said goodbye to her true
love/werewolf boyfriend, and now has to stop the most powerful
and evil vampire in centuries. (YA Fic M Smith)
Westerfeld, Scott. Behemoth.
(Leviathan trilogy, #2)
Alek, the lost Austro-Hungarian
prince, and Deryn, a girl disguised as a boy, are on the airship
Leviathan heading to the Ottoman Empire. Upon arriving, Alek escapes
and starts a revolution to overthrow the Sultan and try to stop
a world war. (YA Fic SF Westerfeld)
White, Kiersten. Paranormalcy.
(Paranormalcy, #1)
Evie's biggest dream
was to be normal, but with a faerie ex-boyfriend and a mermaid
best friend, she might as well just give up now. Evie has the
unique ability to see through paranormals' glamours, making her
a valued asset of the International Paranormal Containment Agency.
When someone breaks into Agency headquarters, Evie meets an unusual
paranormal: a boy who can shape-shift into any human. Can Evie
save the lives of unarmed paranormals from something that is after
her too? (YA Fic M White)
Zombies vs. Unicorns.
Are you Team Unicorn
or Team Zombie? In this anthology of 12 fast-paced stories, popular
teen authors argue both sides in the long and gruesome debate
concerning the awesomeness of zombies versus unicorns. (YA Fic
SF Zombies)
6/9/11
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