Read & Vote: 2014 Top Ten Teen Nominees

Are you an adolescent type person who's an avid reader? You may be interested in the following...

YALSA, the Young Adult Library Association, a division of the American Library Association (ALA) is a group of very cool, enthusiastic librarians who love working with teens. YALSA librarians strive to involve/consult with young people as much as possible when planning programs, etc.

YALSA recently announced nominations for the annual
Teens' Top Ten.


Teens' Top Ten is list determined by teenagers who nominate contenders and vote on books to be included. The young people who chose the 25 nominations are members of  16 teen book groups in school and public libraries around the United States. Students ages 12 through 18 are invited to read at least 10 of the 25 nominated books, then vote online for their favorites between August 15 through October 19, which is the last day of Teen Read Week.

For an annotated list of the 2014 nominations, click here.

Past winners have included:

• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Questions about the Teens' Top Ten and how to participate?
Click here.


25 titles that were published between Jan. 1, 2013 and Dec. 31, 2013

Awards of Interest to Upper Schoolers & Other Readers

Many readers will have heard of the Newbery (yearly prize to the author of  to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children) and the Caldecott (awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. 

But there are a host of other annual awards managed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) that a good source of books titles for older readers: Alex,

The following highlighted titles are part of the Roeper M/U Library Collection.

Alex Award  


Given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18

Morris Award

Honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.

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Printz Award

For a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

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For more information about the YALSA awards and booklists, click here.



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