Teen readers across Illinois have spoken, and their favorite books are:
- First place: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson.
- Genre: mystery
- Summary: First in a series, this book set at fictional Ellingham Academy, where student detective Stevie Bell seeks to solve both a historic mystery and also deal with present-day disappearances and murders.
- Second place: Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
- Genre: science fiction
- Summary: A dystopian book about what might happen when the water taps run dry in california.
- Third place: Devils Within by S. F. Henson
- Genre: realistic
- Summary: A teen boy struggles to escape his white supremacy background.
Twenty new books are nominated for the 2022 Illinois Teen Choice Award.
Click here to see the whole list.
Print copies are available in the LMC for in-person browsing or curbside pickup; ebook and audiobook copies are available on Sora.