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2011 Teens' Top 10

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1.

Bookcover: I am number four by Pittacus Lore
I Am Number Four
by Pittacus Lore
  In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.

2.

Bookcover: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins
Two-time Hunger Games survivor Katniss Everdeen is targeted by a vengeful Capitol that vows to make Katniss and all of District 12 pay for the current unrest.

3.

Bookcover: Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson
Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel
by James Patterson
Heartbroken after her best friend and soul mate, Fang, leaves her flock, Maximum Ride begins to believe the evil scientists trying to convince her she needs to save the world, and that Dylan, the newest member of her flock, is her perfect mate.

4.

Bookcover: Matched by Ally Condie
Matched
by Ally Condie
Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her, so when Xander appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate--until Ky Markham's face appears for an instant before the screen fades to black.

5.

Bookcover: The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
The Clockwork Angel
by Cassandra Clare
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.

6.

Bookcover: Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
Crescendo
by Becca Fitzpatrick
Sixteen-year-old Nora Grey struggles to face the truth while coping with having a fallen angel boyfriend named Patch and unraveling the mystery surrounding her father's death.

 

7.

Bookcover: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Before I Fall
by Lauren Oliver
After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.

8.

Bookcover: The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
The Lost Gate
by Orson Scott Card
Danny grew up in a family compound in Virginia, believing that he alone of his family had no magical power. But he was wrong. Kidnapped from his high school by a rival family, he learns that he has the power to reopen the gates between Earth and the world of Westil.

9.

Bookcover: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Hex Hall
by Rachel Hawkins
  After a prom-night spell goes badly wrong, witch Sophie Mercer is exiled to an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, supernaturally gifted teenagers, where she learns that an unknown predator has been attacking students.

10.

Bookcover: Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black/Justin Lebalestier
Zombies Vs. Unicorns
by Holly Black/Justin Lebalestier
  Twelve short stories by a variety of authors seek to answer the question of whether zombies are better than unicorns.
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