As of April 1, 2002, forty-four books have been nominated for Best Books
for Young Adults. New nominations are posted on the first of each month
throughout the year.
A complete list of nominations is available on the YALSA website:
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/.
Nominations from the field are encouraged. Please visit the YALSA Best
Books website for details, including the policies and procedures. Books
must be published between Sept. 1, 2001 and Dec. 31, 2002 to be
eligible for BBYA, although field nominations may only come from titles
published in 2002.
If you or your teens would like to comment about any of the nominated
titles, please send your comments to one of us and they will be shared
with the BBYA committee.
Thanks!
Cindy Dobrez, Librarian
BBYA 2003 Chairperson
Harbor Lights Middle School
3600 N. 152nd Ave.
Holland, MI 49424
616-738-6884
dobrez@novagate.com
Peter Butts
BBYA 2003 Administrative Assistant
East Middle School
373 E. 24th St.
Holland, MI 49423
616-494-2475
pbutts@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu
March Nominations for Best Books 2003 (#32-44) (Alphabetical by author
or
collection title)
Bardi, Abby. The Book of Fred: A Novel.
Pocket Books/Washington Square Press (0-7434-1193-5)
Brooks, Bruce. Dolores.
Harper Collins (0-06-027818-8; 0-06-029473-6 library)
Clements, Andrew. Things Not Seen.
Penguin Putnam/Philomel Books (0-399-23626-0)
Hettinga, Donald R. The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy.
Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books(0-618-05599-1)
Heuston, Kimberley. The Shakeress.
Front Street (1-886910-56-1)
Hobbs, Valerie. Tender.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Frances Foster Books (0-374-37397-3)
Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Dancing Naked.
Orca Book Publishers (1-5514-3210-2)
Koja, Kathe. Straydog.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Frances Foster Books (0-374-37278-0)
Leavitt, Martine. The Dollmage.
Red Deer Press (0-88995-233-7)
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Kite Rider.
HarperCollins (0-06-623874-9; 0-06-623875-7 library)
Mullen, P. H. Gold in the Water: The True Story of Ordinary Men and
Their Extraordinary Dream of Olympic Glory.
St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books (0-312-26595-6)
Nathan, Amy. Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II.
National Geographic Society (0-7922-8216-7)
Powell, Randy. Three Clams and an Oyster.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (0-374-37526-7)
Wittlinger, Ellen. The Long Night of Leo and Bree.
Simon & Schuster (0-689-83564-7)
Yumoto, Kazumi. The Letters.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (0-374-34383-7)
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Peter Butts * "One man gathers what *
East Middle School * another man spills." *
Holland, MI 49423 **************************
pbutts@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu
www.holland.k12.mi.us/ems/
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