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2021 Teens’ Top Ten Nominees

1. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson. Farrar, Stratus and Giroux/Macmillan. 9780374312718.
2. All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. 9781250307798.
3. Atomic Women by Roseanne Montillo. Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group. 9780316489591.
4. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic Inc. 9781338674453.
5. The Betrothed by Kiera Cass. HarperTeen/HarperCollins Publishers. 9780062291639.
6. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph. Candlewick Press. 9781536217018.
7. The Bone Thief by Breeana Shields. Page Street Publishing Co. 9781624149306.
8. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. Swoon Reads/Macmillan. 9781250250469. 
9. Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare. Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster’s Children’s Division. 9781481431873.
10. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. Quill Tree.  Books/HarperCollins Children’s Books. 9780062882769.
11. Dangerous Secrets by Mari Mancusi. Disney Press. 9781368063616.
12. The Dark Matter of Mona Starr by Laura Gulledge. Amulet Books/Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 9781419734236.
13. Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang. First Second Books/Macmillan. 9781626720794.
14. Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards. Sourcebooks Fire/Sourcebooks. 9781492657217.
15. Flamer by Mike Curato. Henry Holt and Company/Macmillan. 9781627796415.
16. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers/Hachette Book Group. 9781368052405.
17. Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer. Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan. 9781250618818.
18. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab. Tom Doherty Associates. 9781785652509.
19. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster’s. 9781534441613.
20. Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu. Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster’s. 9781481495127.
21. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokudo-Hall. Candlewick Press. 9781536204315.
22. One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus. Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House. 9780525707967.
23. The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller. Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan. 9781250189967.
24. Tweet Cute: A Novel by Emma Lord. Wednesday Books/Macmillan. 9781250750433.
25. We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding. Amulet Books/Abrams. 9781419738661