2003 Top Ten Teen Winners

YALSA appointed five teen voting groups to vote as the official Teen's Top Ten Reader for the very first vote of Top Ten Teen Winner's in 2003. The YA Galley Groups, as they were called, voted for there top ten reads. It went so well that they decided the public should vote and another ballet was cast that teens, around the states, voted for new top ten reads.

The first official voting started with the YA Galley Groups:

1. Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
2. What Happened to Lani Garver? by Carol Plum-Ucci
3. Abhorsen by Garth Nix
4. The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
5. Tithe: a Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
6. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
7. After by Francine Prose
8. Storm Catchers by Tim Bowler
9. Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
10. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

The re-vote by the Teen Public:

1. A Wizard Alone: Young Wizards by Diane Duane
2. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
3. Tithe: a Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
4. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
5. The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
6. Abhorsen by Garth Nix
7. The Book of Wizardry: the Apprentice's Guide to the Secrets of the Wizard's Guild by Cornelius Rumstuckle
8. Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles
9. True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brooks
10. America by E.R. Frank