As of May 1, 2002, seventy-one 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
April Nominations for Best Books 2003 (#45-71) (Alphabetical by author
or collection title)
Auch, Mary Jane. Ashes of Roses.
Henry Holt (0-8050-6686-1)
Black, Jonah. The Black Book: Diary of a Teenage Stud, Vol. IV: Faster,
Faster, Faster.
HarperCollins/Avon Books (0-06-440801-9)
Brooks, Bruce. Dolores: Seven Stories About Her.
Harper Collins (0-06-027818-8)
Cappo, Nan Willard. Cheating Lessons.
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum (0-689-84378-X)
Cohn, Rachel. Gingerbread.
Simon & Schuster (0-689-84337-2)
Cohn, Rachel. Gingerbread.
Simon & Schuster (0-689-84337-2)
Cornwell, Bernard. The Archer's Tale.
HarperCollins (0-06-621084-4 )
Dessen, Sarah. This Lullaby.
Penguin Putnam/Viking (0-670-03530-0)
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion.
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book (0-689-85222-3)
Froese, Deborah. Out of the Fire.
Sumach Press (1-894549-09-0)
Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass.
Millbrook Press/Roaring Brook Press (0-7613-1581-0)
Half-Human. Bruce Coville, ed.; Marc Tauss, il.
Scholastic (0-590-95944-1)
Hobbs, Will. Wild Man Island.
HarperCollins (0-688-17473-6)
Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Dancing Naked.
Orca Book Publishers (1-55143-210-2)
Jordan, Sherryl. The Hunting of the Last Dragon.
HarperCollins (0-06-028902-3)
Kersjes, Mike; with Joe Layden. A Smile as Big as the Moon: A Teacher,
His Class, and Their Unforgettable Journey.
St. Martin's Press (0-312-27314-2)
Miller, Mary Beth. Aimee.
Penguin Putnam/Dutton (0-525-46894-3)
Min, Anchee. Wild Ginger.
Houghton Mifflin (0-618-06886-4)
Myers, Walter Dean. Handbook for Boys: A Novel.
HarperCollins/Amistad 2002 0-06-029146-X
Namioka, Lensey. An Ocean Apart, A World Away.
Random House/Delacorte Press (0-385-90053-8)
Oates, Joyce Carol. Big Mouth & Ugly Girl.
HarperCollins (0-06-623756-4)
Owen, David. Hidden Secrets: A Complete History of Espionage and the
Technology Used to Support It.
Firefly Books (1-55297-564-9)
Rosen, Michael; Robert Ingpen, il. Shakespeare: His Work & His World.
Candlewick Press (0-7636-1568-4)
Rottman, S. L. Stetson.
Penguin Putnam/Viking (0-670-03542-4)
Smith, Sherri L. Lucy the Giant.
Random House/Delacorte (0-385-72940-5)
33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History: From
Suffragettes to Skirt Lengths to the ERA. Tonya Bolden, ed.
Random House/Crown Publishers (0-375-81122-2)
Vreeland, Susan. The Passion of Artemisia.
Penguin Putnam/Viking (0-670-89449-4)
Walters, Eric. Northern Exposures.
HarperCollins Canada (0-00-648531-6)
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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/
mel.org/education/
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