And the Winners Are...

All online and paper ballots are in and The winners of the 2011 Teen's Choice Awards are...

Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins

Shark Girl, Kelly Bingham

I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore

Teen's Choice Awards 2011

Welcome to Teen's Choice Awards 2011. This program is provided by Madison Public Library in Madison, Wisconsin and is geared to 7th - 12th graders. From this site you can request the books, watch video content,  make comments and vote on your favorites.

Earn volunteer hours by signing up to be an official Teen's Choice reviewer and posting comments on the books.  Teen's Choice reviewers can get an early-bird copy of either Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, or I Am Number 4, by Pittacus Lore. 

Remember to vote.   Last day to vote is 8/31/2011. You can vote by scrolling down to the voting feature on the right sidebar, or by filling out a paper ballot at any Madison Public Library.   Below is a video montage of this year's review books.

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Volunteer reviewers, be sure to add your comments to the posts of the books you are reading.  Anyone can join the discussion whether you are a volunteer reviewer or not.

Winning titles will be announced on our blog and in Madison libraries at the end of the Summer.  

Catching Fire

In a future world, 16 year-old Katniss takes her younger sister Prim's place in the annual Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death.  In this second installment of the series, Katniss finds herself embroiled in the games once more, but this time there is more at stake as she is called upon to advance the rebel cause.
You can read an extensive interview about The Hunger Games trilogy with author Suzanne Collins.
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

I Am Number Four

Armed with a new identity and burgeoning super-powers, his Legacies from his home planet of Lorien, John Smith and his guardian, Henri, move to a new town in Ohio and watch and wait for the certain attack of the Mogadorians.  Here's a link to the author's site.
I Am Number Four, by Pittacus Lore

Acceleration

In this realistic crime thriller, Duncan discovers the notebook of a serial killer and sets out to find him before the killer finds his next victim.
Acceleration, by Graham McNamee

You Wish

Seems like it would be great if all your birthday wishes came true, at least it does to Kayla.  But when she spies a neon pink pony grazing in her back yard, her bedroom overflows with gumballs, and her old Raggedy Ann doll comes to life it all begins to seem like more of a headache and Kayla doesn't know how she's going to continue to hide it from her best friend and her mom.
You Wish, by Mandy Hubbard

Slam!

Nicknamed "Slam" because of his abilities on the basketball court, Harris is sure his skills will pay off and earn him a ticket out of the inner city and into success.  His coach, however, has other ideas.
Slam!, by Walter Dean Myers

Red Glass

16 year-old Sophie has been frail since her premature birth.  Then she discovers a strength she never knew she had when she takes a journey to Mexico to re-unite a six year-old orphan with his remaining family.
Red Glass, by Laura Resau

The Graveyard Book

Only two years old when his family is murdered, Nobody Owens manages to escape and stumbles into a cemetery where he is raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
The Graveyard Book

Dunk

Chad has hopes of snagging a job as a clown at an amusement park dunk tank.  What could be better than baiting people to throw balls at an impossible target?  And Chad is sure he's up to the caliber of insults required to do the job.
Dunk, by David Lubar

Shark Girl

The victim of a shark attack that causes the amputation of her right arm, Jane's no longer sure about her direction in life.  Her goals as an aspiring artist seem to have been cut as short as her arm.  Meanwhile Jane discovers that someone filmed the horrific incident and sold it to a news organization.  She has suddenly caught the public's attention as "Shark Girl."
Shark Girl, by Kelly Bingham

The Great Wide Sea

Still feeling the loss of their mother, Ben and his brothers are forced to leave their home and join their father on a year-long sailing trip off the Florida Keys.  Their father promises adventure at a time when Ben just wants to hold on to all that is familiar.  Then they get lost at sea.
The Great Wide Sea, by H. M. Herlong