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Teens Vote for Favorite Young Adult Books

Teen readers across the country voted "Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood," as their favorite book to take the #1 spot on the annual Teens' Top Ten (TTT), sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest growing division of the American Library Association (ALA). The vote took place during Teen Read Week, October 16-22, 2005, and gave teens an opportunity to voice their choice of the best new young adult books.

The 2005 Teens' Top Ten includes:

  1. "Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood," by Ann Brashares
  2. "The Truth About Forever," by Sarah Dessen
  3. "Looking for Alaska," by John Green
  4. "My Sister's Keeper," by Jodi Picoult
  5. "Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie," by Jordan Sonnenblick
  6. "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment," by James Patterson
  7. "The Gangsta Rap," by Benjamin Zephaniah
  8. "Teen Idol," by Meg Cabot
  9. "The Garden," by Elise Aidinoff
  10. "How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theatre," by Marc Acito

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