CBC TEEN Book of the Year NOMINEES

The Children’s Book Council is the national nonprofit trade association of children’s book publishers.  Since 2008 they have sponsored The Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards.  The following books are the TEEN nominees for 2012.

The 2013 winners will be announced live at the Children's Choice Book Awards gala in New York City on May 13.

CINDER
(The Lunar Chronicles, Book 1)
by Marissa Meyer

**Starred Review** PublishersWeekly

Cinder is a cyborg. Reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness her life becomes intertwined with a handsome Prince and an intergalactic struggle.

Reading Information:
Word Count: 87,661
Page Count: 400
Accelerated Reading level 5.8 / points: 14.0
AR quiz: 148727
Lexile: 790L

 [Kindle Edition] READ Chapters 1-5 of Cinder FREE


CITY OF LOST SOULS
(Mortal Instruments)
by Cassandra Clare

4.32 STARS from 56,705 GoodReaders 

When Jace vanishes with Sebastian, Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world, and Clary infiltrates the group planning the world's destruction.

Word Count: 147,568
Accelerated Reading level: 5.1 / points: 22.0 
AR quiz:  151512
--sample pages available


Fault In Our Stars
by John Green

**STARRED REVIEW** Good Books for Kids
**Starred Review** Kirkus
**Starred Review** SchoolLibraryJournal
**Starred Review** ALA Booklist

Get your tissues. Sixteen year old Hazel meets Augustus at a kids-with-cancer support group. They fall in love despite Hazel's attempts to keep her distance. Profanity and sexual references. Clever dialog and shear brilliance at points.

Word Count: 65,752
Page Count: 336
Accelerated Reading level: 5.5 / points: 10.0
AR quiz: 148461
Lexile: 850L
--sample pages available
--audio also available


INSURGENT
(Divergent #2)
by Veronica Roth

Tris and Four find themselves at the center of a Faction war. (YA)

Word Count: 106,028
Page Count: 544
Accelerated Reading level: 5.0 / points: 16.0
AR quiz: 151402
--sample pages available

Rapture
(Final book in the Fallen quartet)
by Lauren Kate 

This is the final book where everything gets wrapped up!

Word Count: 94,493
Page Count: 464
Accelerated Reading level: 5.7 / points: 15.0
ARquiz: 152503


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