[LM_NET] BBYA Nominations for April 2005

[Cindy Dobrez <dobrez@CHARTERMI.NET>]

As of May 1, 2005, 70 books have been nominated for Best Books for Young
Adults. The new nominations for the month of April are posted below.  New
nominations are posted on the first of each month throughout the year.

For information about Best Books for Young Adults including policies and
procedures and the complete list of nominations, please visit the YALSA BBYA
website at: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/

Nominations from the field are encouraged. Books must be published between
Sept. 1, 2004 and Dec. 31, 2005 to be eligible for BBYA.

Thank you.

Lynn Rutan
Chair, BBYA 2006
Macatawa Bay School
Holland, MI
lynnrutan@charter.net

Anderson, M. T. Whales on Stilts. Harcourt Inc., 2005. $15. (0-15-205340-9).

Blackman, Malorie. Naughts and Crosses. Simon & Schuster, 2005. $15.95.
(1-4169-0016-0).

Boyd, Herb. We Shall Overcome. Sourcebooks, Inc./Sourcebooks MediaFusion,
October 2004. $45. (1-4022-0213-X).

Bradley, Alex. 24 Girls in 7 Days. Penguin Group USA/Dutton Books, 2005.
$15.99. (0-525-47369-6).

Brashares, Ann. Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood. Random
House/Delacorte Press, 2005. $16.95. (0-385-72935-9).

Bray, Libba. Rebel Angels. Random House/Delacorte Press, 2005. $16.95.
(0-385-73029-2).

Cohn, Rachel. Shrimp. Simon & Schuster, 2005. $15.95. (0-689-86612-7).

Farley, Terri. Seven Tears into the Sea. Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse, 2005.
$6.99. (0-689-86442-6).

Gruber, Michael. The Witch's Boy. HarperCollins/HarperTempest, 2005. $16.99.
(0-06-076164-4).

Hautman, Pete. Invisible. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005.
$15.95. (0-689-86800-6).

Hear Me Out!: True Stories of Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia.
Second Story Press, 2005. $12.95. (1-896764-87-8).

Horowitz, Anthony. Raven's Gate. Scholastic, 2005. $17.95. (0-439-67995-8).

Kibuishi, Kazu. Daisy Kutter: The Last Train. Viper Comics, 2005. $10.95.
(0-9754193-2-3).

Kogler, Jennifer Anne. Ruby Tuesday. HarperCollins, 2005. $15.99.
(0-06-073956-8).

Koja, Kathe. Talk. Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Frances Foster Books, 2005. $16.
(0-374-37382-5).

Lanagan, Margo. Black Juice. HarperCollins/EOS, 2005. $15.99.
(0-06-074390-5).

Nye, Naomi Shihab. Going Going. HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2005. $15.99.
(0-688-16186-5).

O'Donnell, Joe. Japan 1945: A U.S. Marine's Photographs from Ground Zero.
Vanderbilt University Press, 2005. $39.95. (0-8265-1467-7).

Roth, Matthue. Never Mind the Goldbergs. Scholastic/Push, 2005. $16.95.
(0-439-69188-5).

Scott, Elaine. Poles Apart: Why Penguins and Polar Bears Will Never Be
Neighbors. Penguin Group USA/Viking, October 2004. $17.99. (0-670-05925-0).

Tingle, Rebecca. Far Traveler. Penguin Group USA/Putnam, 2005. $17.99.
(0-399-23890-5).

Vaught, Susan. Stormwitch. Bloomsbury, 2005. $16.95. (1-58234-952-5).

Waite, Judy. Trick of the Mind. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2005. $16.95.
(0-689-87014-0).

Whyman, Matt. Boy Kills Man. HarperCollins/HarperTempest, 2005. $15.99.
(0-06-074663-7).

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