The nominations are closed! As of November 1, 2005, one hundred sixty-five
books have been nominated for Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (PPYA), in
four thematic categories. Books will be discussed at the ALA Midwinter
Meeting in San Antonio in January, where each subcommittee will create a
list of no more than twenty-five titles. Our meetings are open to all
conference attendees.
More information regarding our work can be found at the YALSA Popular
Paperbacks website, including the policies and procedures for nominations.
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/ppya/
If you or your teens would like to comment about any of the nominated
titles, please send your comments to me and they will be shared with the
PPYA committee.
Walter M. Mayes
Chair, PPYA 2006
The Girls’ Middle School
Mountain View, CA
mailto:wmayes@girlsms.org
Books That Don’t Make You Blush
Abbott, Hailey. The Bridesmaid. 2005. Delacorte, paper, $7.95.
(0-385-73220-1).
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. 2004. Signet Classics, paper, $3.95.
(0-451-52930-8).
Alcott, Louisa May. An Old-Fashioned Girl. 1996. Puffin, paper, $5.99.
(0-14-037449-3).
Avi and Vail, Rachel. Never Mind!: A twin novel. 2005. HarperTrophy, paper,
$5.99. (0-06-054316-7).
Bauer, Joan. Backwater. 2000. Putnam, paper, $6.99. (0-698-11865-0).
Beale, Fleur. I am not Esther . 2004. Hyperion, $6.99, paper.
(0-7868-1673-2).
Bruchac, Joseph. The Warriors. 2003. Darby Creek, paper, $4.99.
(1-58196-022-0.)
Cabot, Meg. All-American Girl. 2003. HarperTrophy, paper, $6.99.
(0-06-447277-9).
Cappo, Nan Willard. Cheating Lessons. 2003. Simon Pulse, paper, $4.99.
(0-689-86018-8).
Carlson, Melody. It's My Life: Diary of a Teenage Girl. 2000. Multnomah
Publisher, paper, $12.99. (1-57673-735-7).
Cleary, Beverly. Fifteen. 1996. HarperTrophy, paper, $5.99. (0-380-72804-4).
Ellis, Deborah. Looking for X. 2000. Groundwood Books, paper, $5.95.
(0-88899-382-x).
Ferris, Jean. Love Among the Walnuts. 1998. Harcourt, paper, $5.99.
(0-14-131099-5).
Fisk, Pauline. Midnight Blue. 2005. Bloomsbury, paper, $6.95.
(1-58234-998-3).
Fox, Paula. How many miles to Babylon? 2005. Front Street, paper, $8.95.
(1-932425-39-X).
Hesse, Karen. Aleutian Sparrow. 2005. Aladdin, paper, $5.99.
(1-4169-0327-5).
Hilgartner, Beth. Murder for Her Majesty. 1992. Houghton Mifflin, paper,
$5.95. (0-395-61619-0).
Karr, Kathleen. The Boxer. 2004. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, paper, $6.95.
(0-374-40886-6).
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. 2002. Penguin Books, paper, $14.00.
(0-14-200174-0).
Korman, Gordon. Jake, Reinvented. 2005. Hyperion, paper, $5.99.
(0-7868-5697-1).
Lubar, David. Dunk. 2002. Clarion Books, paper, $6.99. (0-618-43909-9).
Mass, Wendy. A Mango-Shaped Space. 2003. Little, Brown, paper, $6.99.
(0-316-05825-4).
Matas, Carol. After the War. 1997. Aladdin, paper, $4.99. (0-689-80722-8).
Mazer, Harry. A Boy at War: A novel of Pearl Harbor. 2002. Aladdin, paper,
$4.99. (0-689-84160-4).
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn. 2005. HarperEos, paper, $6.99. (0-06-053182-7).
Pinkwater, Daniel. The Education of Robert Nifkin. 2005. Houghton Mifflin,
paper, $6.99. (0-618-55208-1).
Rabb, M. E. The Rose Queen. 2004. Penguin, paper, $ 6.99. (0-14-250041-0).
Rallison, Janette. All's Fair in Love, War, and High School. 2005. Walker &
Company, paper, $6.95. (0-8027-7725-2).
Rinaldi, Ann. A Break with Charity: a story of the Salem Witch Trials. 2003.
Gulliver Books, paper, $6.95. (0-15-204682-8).
Rinaldi, Ann. The Fifth of March: a story of the Boston Massacre. 2004.
Gulliver Books, paper, $6.95. (0-15-205078-7).
Schindler, Nina (translator, Rob Barrett). An Order of Amelie, Hold the
Fries. 2004. Annick Press, paper, $8.95. (1-55037-860-0).
Shaw, Tucker. Flavor of the Week. 2005. Hyperion, paper, $5.99.
(0-7868-5698-X).
Sheldon, Dyan. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. 2005. Candlewick Press,
paper, $7.99. (0-7636-2827-1).
Shusterman, Neal. What Daddy Did. 1993. Harper, paper, $5.99.
(0-06-447094-6).
Smith, Greg Leitich. Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo. 2005. Little, Brown and
Company, paper, $6.99. (0-316-01181-9).
Sturtevant, Katherine. At the Sign of the Star. 2002. Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, paper, $5.95. (0-374-40458-5).
Takaya, Natsuki. Fruits Basket Vol. 1. 2004. Tokyopop, paper, $9.99.
(1-591826-039-8).
Trottier, Maxine. Sister to the Wolf. 2004. Kids Can Press, paper, $6.95.
(1-55337-520-3).
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Flipped. 2003. Knopf, paper, $8.95. (0-375-8254-4).
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways Vol. 1: Pride & Joy. Illustrated by Adrian
Alphona. 2004. Marvel, paper, $7.99. (0-7851-1379-7).
Voigt, Cynthia. The Runner. 2005. Simon Pulse, paper, $5.99.
(0-4169-0341-0).
Weaver, Will. Memory Boy. 2003. HarperTrophy, paper, $5.99. (0-06-440854-x).
Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies. 2005. Simon Pulse, paper, $6.99. (0-689-86538-4).
Whelan,Gloria. A Time to Keep Silent. 1994. Eerdmans Books for Young
Readers, paper, $8.00. (0-8028-5255-6).
Willis, Connie. To Say Nothing of the Dog: How We Found the Bishop's Bird
Stump at Last. 1998. Bantam Spectra, paper, $7.99. (0-553-57538-4).
Wright, Kirby. Punahou Blues : A Hawaiian Novel. 2005. Lemon Shark Press,
paper, $14.95. (0-9741067-1-2).
Wynne-Jones, Tim. The Maestro. 2004. Groundwood Books, paper, $6.95.
(0-88899-637-3).
Zeises, Lara M. Contents Under Pressure. 2005. Laurel Leaf, paper, $5.99.
(0-440-23787-4).
Yates, Bart. Leave Myself Behind . 2003. Kensington, paper, $15.00.
(0-7582-0349-7).
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