Thursday, October 23, 2008

2008 TEENS' TOP TEN WINNERS ANNOUNCED

YALSA's Teens' Top Ten: Where Teens Choose the Winners!

The vote is in! More than 8,000 teens voted on this year's winners during TEEN READ WEEK (October 12-18.) The New Canaan Library's YA collection has one or more copies of each book -- come check some out! CLICK HERE to see which titles are available at the Library right now.

1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
8. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
9. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
10. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

TEEN READ WEEK



Teen Read Week this year is October 12-18.


The 2008 theme is BOOKS WITH BITE. Think vampires, horror, mystery, supernatural....... Be sure to drop by the New Canaan Library YA area this week to get some great books, audiobooks, graphic novels, and DVDs from the Teen Read Week display.


And Teen Read Week is your chance to vote for your favorite books on the Teens' Top Ten list -- the annual book award where the candidates and the winners are chosen by teens. There are copies of the list on the Library's YA shelves, or you can look at it here:




Vote online by clicking here and following the directions: