We at Teenreads.com are thrilled to announce the finalists for the Children’s Book Council’s 2009 Teen Choice Book Award. The five books that were chosen most frequently by our readers as their favorites of 2008 are AIRHEAD by Meg Cabot, BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer, THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins, LOCK AND KEY by Sarah Dessen and PAPER TOWNS by John Green. Many thanks to the over 2,200 people who participated!

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Best Books of 2008 Nominees

ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS by James Lecesne
AFTER TUPAC & D FOSTER by Jacqueline Woodson
AIRHEAD by Meg Cabot
AIRMAN by Eoin Colfer
ALL WE KNOW OF HEAVEN by Jacquelyn Mitchard
ALL WE KNOW OF LOVE by Nora Raleigh Baskin
APPETITE FOR DETENTION by Sloane Tanen
THE ASTONISHING LIFE OF OCTAVIAN NOTHING, TRAITOR TO THE NATION, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. Anderson
BABYLONNE by Catherine Jinks
THE BIG GAME OF EVERYTHING by Chris Lynch
BLACK RABBIT SUMMER by Kevin Brooks
BLISS by Lauren Myracle
BOG CHILD by Siobhan Dowd
THE BOXER AND THE SPY by Robert B. Parker
THE BOY WHO DARED by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
BRATFEST AT TIFFANY'S: The Clique #9 by Lisi Harrison
BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer
BRISINGR: Inheritance, Book III by Christopher Paolini
CATHY'S KEY: If Found Call (650) 266-8202
CHAINS by Laurie Halse Anderson
CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KISSER by Wendelin van Draanen
CORALINE: The Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman
CRUEL SUMMER by Alyson Noel
THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN by Stephen King, Peter David, Robin Furth, Jae Lee and Richard Isanove
DARK TOWER: THE LONG ROAD HOME by Stephen King, Peter David, Robin Furth, Jae Lee and Richard Isanove
DEJA-VU: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter - A Love Story by Youn In-Wan, Yang Kyung-il, Yoon Seung-ki, Kim Tae-hyung, Park Sung-woo, Byun Byung-jun and Lee Vin
THE DEMONATA, Book 6: DEMON APOCALYPSE by Darren Shan
THE DEMONATA, Book 7: DEATH'S SHADOW by Darren Shan
THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS by E. Lockhart
DREAM GIRL by Lauren Mechling
THE FOLD by An Na
THE FORTUNES OF INDIGO SKYE by Deb Caletti
GAME by Walter Dean Myers
GENIUS SQUAD by Catherine Jinks
GENTLEMAN JIM by Raymond Briggs
THE GHOSTS OF KERFOL by Deborah Noyes
GHOSTGIRL by Tonya Hurley
GIRL OVERBOARD by Justina Chen Headley
GIRLWOOD by Claire Dean
GONE by Michael Grant
THE GOOD NEIGHBORS: Book One, Kin by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
GOSSIP GIRL: THE CARLYLES by Cecily von Ziegesar
GOSSIP GIRL: THE CARLYLES #2: YOU JUST GET CAN'T ENOUGH by Cecily von Ziegesar
GRACELING by Kristin Cashore
THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman
HARUKAZE BITTER BOP, Volume 1 by Court Betten
HARUKAZE BITTER BOP, Volume 2 by Court Betten
HERE LIES ARTHUR by Philip Reeve
HERO-TYPE by Barry Lyga
HIGH DIVE by Tammar Stein
HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT, Volume 1 by Kazune Kawahara
HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT, Volume 2 by Kazune Kawahara
HOW I SAVED MY FATHER'S LIFE (AND RUINED EVERYTHING ELSE) by Ann Hood
HOW THEY MET AND OTHER STORIES by David Levithan
HOW TO BE BAD by E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle
HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE by Dana Reinhardt
THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins
HURRICANE by Terry Trueman
IDENTICAL by Ellen Hopkins
IMPOSSIBLE by Nancy Werlin
INK EXCHANGE by Melissa Marr
IVY by Julie Hearn
THE JUVIE THREE by Gordon Korman
THE KAYLA CHRONICLES by Sherri Winston
KENDRA by Coe Booth
THE KING'S ARROW by Michael Cadnum
THE LETTER WRITER by Ann Rinaldi
LETTERS TO A BULLIED GIRL: Messages of Healing and Hope by Olivia Gardner with Emily and Sarah Buder
LIFE SUCKS by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria and Warren Pleece
LILY DALE: BELIEVING by Wendy Corsi Staub
LILY DALE: CONNECTING by Wendy Corsi Staub
LITTLE BROTHER by Cory Doctorow
A LITTLE FRIENDLY ADVICE by Siobhan Vivian
LIVING DEAD GIRL by Elizabeth Scott
LOCK AND KEY by Sarah Dessen
LOVE IS HELL by Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Gabrielle Zevin and Laurie Faria Stolarz
LUCKY by Rachel Vail
MADAPPLE by Christina Meldrum
THE MAGICIAN: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Book 2 by Michael Scott
MARIAH MUNDI: THE MIDAS BOX by G. P. Taylor
MARLEY Z AND THE BLOODSTAINED VIOLIN by Jim Fusilli
MAXIMUM RIDE #4: THE FINAL WARNING by James Patterson
MELTING STONES by Tamora Pierce
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by Gareth Hinds
THE MIDNIGHT TWINS by Jacquelyn Mitchard
THE MISSING GIRL by Norma Fox Mazer
MONSTER ZOO by Doug TenNapel
NATION by Terry Pratchett
NICK OF TIME: An Adventure Through Time by Ted Bell
ODDEST OF ALL by Bruce Coville
THE OTHER BOOK by Philip Womack
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND by Allegra Goodman
OUTSIDE BEAUTY by Cynthia Kadohata
OWNING IT: Stories About Teens with Disabilities edited by Donald R. Gallo
PAPER TOWNS by John Green
THE PATRON SAINT OF BUTTERFLIES by Cecilia Galante
PERFECT YOU by Elizabeth Scott
PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
PET SHOP OF HORRORS: TOKYO, Volume 1 by Matsuri Akino
PET SHOP OF HORRORS: TOKYO, Volume 2 by Matsuri Akino
PET SHOP OF HORRORS: TOKYO, Volume 3 by Matsuri Akino
POSEUR by Rachel Maude
POSEUR #2: THE GOOD, THE FAB, AND THE UGLY by Rachel Maude
THE POSSIBILITIES OF SAINTHOOD by Donna Freitas
PRETTY FACE by Mary Hogan
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS #4: UNBELIEVABLE by Sara Shepard
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS #5: WICKED by Sara Shepard
PREY by Lurlene McDaniel
PRINCESS BEN by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
RAPUNZEL'S REVENGE by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and Nathan Hale
THE REDHEADED PRINCESS by Ann Rinaldi
RUMORS: A Luxe Novel by Anna Godbersen
RUNEMARKS by Joanne Harris
SHADOWS IN THE TWILIGHT by Henning Mankell
SHE'S SO MONEY by Cherry Cheva
SHIFT by Jennifer Bradbury
SHIRLEY by Kaoru Mori
SKIM by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
SOVAY by Celia Rees
STEALING HEAVEN by Elizabeth Scott
STOP IN THE NAME OF PANTS!: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #9 by Louise Rennison
SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH by Walter Dean Myers
THE SWAN KINGDOM by Zoe Marriott
THREE LITTLE WORDS: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
TOO COOL TO BE FORGOTTEN by Alex Robinson
THE TRUTH ABOUT MY BAT MITZVAH by Nora Raleigh Baskin
TWEAK: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff
TWO FLOWERS FOR THE DRAGON, Volume 1 by Nari Kusakawa
TWO FLOWERS FOR THE DRAGON, Volume 2 by Nari Kusakawa
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: APOCALYPSE SUITE by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba
UNLEASHED by Kristopher Reisz
UP ALL NIGHT by Peter Abrahams, Libba Bray, David Levithan, Patricia McCormick, Sarah Weeks and Gene Luen Yang
WAKE by Lisa McMann
WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED by Judy Blundell
WHAT IT IS by Lynda Barry
WOULD YOU by Marthe Jocelyn
Y: THE LAST MAN , Vol. 10: WHYS AND WHEREFORES by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
THE YEAR MY SISTER GOT LUCKY by Aimee Friedman
YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME by Rachel Cohn