I’m honored to report that my new novel Blessed (Candlewick, 2011) is among the 25 titles nominated for YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten! See annotated list (PDF).

From YALSA: “Teens’ Top Ten is a ‘teen choice’ list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year!

“Nominators are members of teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted on Support Teen Literature Day during National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year.

“Readers ages twelve to eighteen will vote online between Aug. 22 and Sept. 16; the winners will be announced during Teen Read Week.”

• Bachorz, Pam. Drought (Egmont USA)
• Beam, Cris. I Am J (Little, Brown)
• Beaudoin, Sean. You Killed Wesley Payne (Little, Brown)
• Black, Holly and Justine Larbalestier. Zombies vs. Unicorns (McElderry)
• Card, Orson Scott. The Lost Gate (Tor)
• Clare, Cassandra. The Clockwork Angel (McElderry)
• Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay (Scholastic)
• Collins, Yvonne. Love, Inc. (Hyperion)
• Condie, Ally. Matched (Dutton)
• Cremer, Andrea. Nightshade (Philomel)
• Fitzpatrick, Becca. Crescendo (Simon & Schuster)
• Grant, Michael. Lies (HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books)
• Hawkins, Rachel. Demonglass (Hyperion)
• Hakwins, Rachel. Hex Hall (Hyperion)
• Kagawa, Julie. The Iron King (Harlequin)
• Lore, Pittacus. I Am Number Four (HarperCollins)
• Moore, Peter. Red Moon Rising (Hyperion)
• Nelson, Jandy. The Sky is Everywhere (Dial)
• Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall (HarperTeen)
• O’Neal, Ellis. The False Princess (Egmont USA)
• Patterson, James. Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel (Little, Brown)
• Pearce, Jackson. Sisters Red (Little, Brown)
• Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Blessed (Candlewick)
• Westerfeld, Scott. Behemoth (Simon Pulse)
• White, Kiersten. Paranormalcy (HarperTeen)

Cynsational Notes

Check out the readers guide and book trailer for Blessed!