Top 10 books for teens

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	#1: The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau For over two hundred years, the citizens of Ember have lived in darkness, save for the great lamps and flood lights that illuminate the city by day. But now, the lights are flickering and blackouts are occurring more often. The buildings are crumbling and the stockpiles of food and supplies are scarce. Sooner or later, this deflating city will face eternal darkness...[read more]
	#2: I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak One day, 19-year-old cabdriver Ed Kennedy stops a bank robbery. The next, he receives the first mysterious playing card in the mail—the ace of diamonds. The instructions scrawled on the card lead him to people who need help. This coming-of-age story shows how one young man with no ambition can learn to appreciate life.
	#3: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Meggie’s father, Mo, has a dangerous gift—he can read characters out of books. Nine years ago he read three villains out of a book called Inkheart. Now the villains have a plan to capture Mo and use his talent to unleash a monster that still dwells within the pages of Inkheart.
	#4: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Bella Swan, a 17-year-old girl, moves to the rainy town of Forks to live with her father. She meets Edward Cullen and his mysterious, inhumanly beautiful family. The Cullen’s are vampires who’ve sworn off human blood. But when Bella and Edward fall in love, they must fight to protect their star-cross romance.
	#5: The Droughtlanders by Carrie Mac This futuristic fantasy follows twins Eli and Seth Maddox, two Keylanders raised in the privileged Eastern Key. But when their mother dies to protect the Droughtlanders, a disease-stricken race of outcasts, Eli ventures into the Droughtland in search of answers. Why did his mother protect the Droughtlanders? And what family secrets was she hiding?
	#6: Eragon by Christopher Paolini Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a mysterious blue stone which hatches into a dragon. When his father dies, Eragon discovers that he is last of the Dragon Riders. In his journey to avenge his father’s death, he learns that an entire empire relies on him—an empire filled with ancient languages and magical creatures.
	#7: The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian Teenage prodigy Josh Swensen leads an anti-consumerism campaign on his website. Josh secretly runs the site under his virtual alter ego, Larry. But now, his large following of adult readers are questioning the face behind the screen, and many dangerous and influential people are determined to reveal his true identity.
	#8: The Giver by Lois Lowry 12-year-old Jonas lives in a world without pain, emotions, choices or colour. But when he’s assigned the job of Receiver of Memory, he becomes the only person who bears the society’s memories, which are passed on to him by The Giver. Jonas learns that his perfect life, filled with sameness, is hardly perfect at all.
	#9: Wishbringer by Craig Shaw Gardner 19-year-old scam artist Simon is arrested in the overly friendly town of Festeron. Simon is relieved by his sentence as the town postman, but he soon discovers that there’s more to the job. The Evil One has transformed the town into Witchville, and Simon must save the town before the midnight, or it’ll be too late.
	#10: The Wish List by Eoin Colfer 14-year-old Meg is killed by a gas tank explosion after robbing an elderly man’s house. While residing in Limbo, Meg learns that she must return to Earth and help the elderly man complete his life’s aspirations. Only then will she be admitted to Heaven.
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