Best YA for Young Women (Poll Results 2nd Semifinal)

What is the best book (or series) marketed to young women?

Thank you to everyone who participated in the second semifinal round for our poll.  The final round will go up tomorrow.

There's not much fanfare to this. The cut off gulf was huge, and it doesn't look lik ethere's going to be an untenable amount of redundant authors.

Results in text form below.

Old Kingdom Series - G. Nix 54 17.94%
The Finishing School series - G. Carriger 53 17.61%
Alanna - Tamora Pierce 46 15.28%
The Ruby in the Smoke - P. Pullman 42 13.95%
A Wrinkle in Time - M L'Engle 24 7.97%
Wee Free Men - T. Pratchett 22 7.31%
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery 21 6.98%
The Will of the Empress - T. Pierce 19 6.31%
Lunar Chronicles - M. Meyer 14 4.65%
A Ring of Endless Light - M. L'Engle. 6 1.99%