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Harry Potter discussion forum for movies, books, and more! - The Leaky Lounge _ HP News: Daily Prophet Offices _ Half-blood Prince Voted Favorite Young Adult Book

Posted by: LeakyNews.com Nov 7 2006, 11:00 AM

The http://www.ala.org/ announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was voted the favorite book of teen readers in its annual "http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=142291" poll. Over 5,000 votes cast online during Teen Read Week (October 15-21) were combined with results of a separate poll of teen book group members to determine the top ten new books for young adults.

The Teens' Top Ten are:

1. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic Press, 2005).
2. "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2005).
3. "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2005).
4. "Rebel Angels" by Libba Bray (Delacorte Press, 2005).
5. "Peeps" by Scott Westerfeld (Razorbill, 2005).
6. "13 Little Blue Envelopes" by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2005).
7. "Poison" by Chris Wooding (Orchard Books, 2005).
8. "Captain Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth" by J.V. Hart (Laura Geringer Books, 2005).
9. "If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?" by Melissa Kantor (Hyperion Books for Children, 2005).
10."Elsewhere" by Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2005).

Congratulations, Jo!

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