Presented by Committee Members: Aaron Coutu, Greenville Public Library Lexi Henshel, North Kingstown Free Library Brandi Kenyon, South Kingstown Public Library Marianne Mirando, Westerly High School

Promote quality literature for teens by highlighting well- written books of interest to middle and high school students. Allowing teens to select the winner from each year's list of nominees encourages them to read more and discuss the books with their friends and family at school, the local library, and at home.

This year there were 38 members of the committee with librarians, teachers, reading specialists, and media specialists all represented The committee is adjourned from September through March to compile the list of nominees based on the reading of suggested titles and discussions online and in meetings As you can imagine, there are some intense discussions.

Do you know which book won this year’s election? The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

Darkside by Tom Becker Presented by Brandi Kenyon

Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth

Schooled by Gordon Korman Presented by Brandi Kenyon

Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson Presented by Lexi Henshel

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart Presented by Lexi Henshel

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Presented by Aaron Coutu

The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante Presented by Brandi Kenyon

Pemba’s Song: A Ghost Story by Tonya C.Hegamin & Marilyn Nelson

Shift by Jennifer Bradbury Presented by Aaron Coutu

Unwind by Neal Shusterman Presented by Marianne Mirando

Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway Presented by Aaron Coutu

Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd Presented by Lexi Henshel

Child of Dandelions by Shenaaz Nanki Presented by Brandi Kenyon

Freeze Frame by Heidi Ayarbe

My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, & Fenway Park by Steve Kluger Presented by Aaron Coutu

Newes from the Dead: Being a True Story of Ann Green, Hanged for Infanticide at Oxford Assizes in 1650, Restored to the World and Died Again in 1665 by Mary Hooper

Paper Towns by John Green Presented by Marianne Mirando

Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci Presented by Marianne Mirando

Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher Presented by Lexi Henshel

Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about the Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman Presented by Marianne Mirando

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