Teens Choose Their Favorite Books of 2011 Check out these top ten books picked by teens. We have them all! Check them out at our Teen Room. For summaries, click here. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore The Iron King by Julie Kagawa Matched by Ally Condie Angel: Maximum Ride by James Patterson Paranormalcy by Kiersten White Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Nightshade by Andrea Cremer Teen Programs & Events Old-Fashioned Pancakes Wednesday, January 11, 6 - 7 pm Learn how to make old-fashioned pancakes from scratch. Teens will measure, mix and cook pancakes on a griddle. Toppings include syrup, bananas, and butter.   Chocolate Lollipops & Fondue Tuesday, February 7, 6 - 7 pm Get an early taste of Valentine's Day by making lollipops! And while they're refrigerating, enjoy a melting pot fondue with some sugar cookies.

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Teens Top 10 Books

Over 2,000 online ballots were cast and the results, combined with the results of a separate vote of the TTT groups, determined the final ranking of the ten top books of the year, as selected by teen readers. Find out what your peers are voting for this year's Teens' Top 10. For prior Teens' Top 10, check out this list:

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2012 Honor Books

Why We Broke Up By Daniel Handler

The Returning By Christie Hinwood

Jasper Jones By Craig Silvey

The Scorpio Races By Maggie Stiefvater

And the 2012 Printz Award Goes To...

Where Things Come Back

by John Corey Whaley

In the remarkable, bizarre, and heart-wrenching summer before Cullen Witter’s senior year of high school, he is forced to examine everything he thinks he understands about his small and painfully dull Arkansas town. His cousin overdoses; his town becomes absurdly obsessed with the alleged reappearance of an extinct woodpecker; and most troubling of all, his sensitive, gifted fifteen-year-old brother, Gabriel, suddenly and inexplicably disappears.

Meanwhile, the crisis of faith spawned by a young missionary’s disillusion in Africa prompts a frantic search for meaning that has far-reaching consequences. As distant as the two stories initially seem, they are woven together through masterful plotting and merge in a surprising and harrowing climax.

About the Michael Printz Award
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association.

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The John Newbery Award
The Newbery Medal was named for the 18th Century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the American Library Association - Association for Library Service to Children, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for children.

The Alex Award
The Alex Awards, are funded by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust, which are announced annually in conjunction with National Library Week, honor the top 10 adult books for teenagers published during a calendar year.