2012 Teen Top Ten
Young people from all over the country voted for their favorites and now the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is proud to announce the winners! Check out what teens hand-picked as their absolute best reads of the year.
 Divergent by Roth, Veronica.   Divergent
Roth, Veronica.
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions t ...
 
 The fault in our stars by Green, John, 1977-   The fault in our stars
Green, John, 1977-
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until ...
 
 Legend by Lu, Marie, 1984-   Legend
Lu, Marie, 1984-
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a fa ...
 
 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Riggs, Ransom.   Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Riggs, Ransom.
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the ...
 
 What happened to goodbye by Dessen, Sarah.   What happened to goodbye
Dessen, Sarah.
Following her parents' bitter divorce as she and her father move from town to town, seventeen-year-o ...
 
 Across the universe by Revis, Beth.   Across the universe
Revis, Beth.
Teenaged Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that ...
 
 Cinder by Meyer, Marissa.   Cinder
Meyer, Marissa.
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mecha ...
 
 The Scorpio Races by Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-   The Scorpio Races
Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-
Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ev ...
 
 Where she went by Forman, Gayle.   Where she went
Forman, Gayle.
Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after ...
 
 Abandon by Cabot, Meg.   Abandon
Cabot, Meg.
A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have ...
 
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