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As of April 1, 2006, 51 books have been nominated for Best Books for Young
Adults. The nominations 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 and annotations, 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, 2005 and Dec. 31, 2006 to be eligible for BBYA 2007.


Best,
Karyn Silverman
 Chair, BBYA 2007
Librarian, LREI
New York, NY
ksilverman@lrei.org

*

Fiction

Firebirds Rising.
*Penguin Group USA/Puffin, 2006. $19.99. (0-14-240549-3). *

Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork.
*Penguin Group USA/Dutton, 2006. $19.99. (0-525-46818-8).

Alexander, Robert. *Rasputin?s Daughter. *Random House/Viking, 2006. $23.95.
(0-670-03468-1).

Belton, Sandra. *Store-Bought Baby. *HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2006.
$15.99. (0-06-085086-8).

Burton, Rebecca. *Leaving Jetty Road. *Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
$17.99. (0-375-93488-X).

Carr, Denise and Elise. *Welcome to Wahoo. *Bloomsbury, 2006. $16.95.
(1-58234-696-8).

Cheripko, Jan. *Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain. *Front Street, November 2005.
$16.95. (1-932-425-53-5).

Cohn, Rachel and David Levithan. *Nick and Norah?s Infinite Playlist. *Random
House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. $16.95. (0-375-83531-8).

Cornish, D. M. *Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling. *Penguin Group USA/Putnam,
2006. $19.99. (0-399-24638-X).

Davidson, Dana. *Played. *Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, December 2005. $16.99.
(0-7868-3690-3).

Dorfman, Joaquin. *Playing it Cool. *Random House, 2006. $15.95.
(0-375-83641-1).

Draper, Sharon. *Copper Sun. *Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2006. $16.95.
(0-689-82181-6).

Fisher, Catherine. *Darkhenge. *HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2006. $15.99.
(0-060-78582-9).

Freymann-Weyr, Garret. *Stay with Me. *Houghton Mifflin, 2006. $16.00.
(0-618-60571-1).

Gallego Garcia, Laura. *The Valley of the Wolves. *Scholastic/Arthur A.
Levine, 2006. $16.99. (0-439-58553-8).

Garden, Nancy. *Endgame. *Harcourt, 2006. $17.00. (0-15-205416-2).

Geras, Adele. *Ithaka. *Harcourt, 2006. $17.00. (0-15-205603-3).

Glass, Linzi Alex. *The Year the Gypsies Came. *Henry Holt, 2006. $16.95.
(0-8050-7999-8).

Hardinge, Frances. *Fly by Night. *HarperCollins, 2006. $16.99.
(0-06-087627-1).

Hartnett, Sonya. *Surrender. *Candlewick, 2006. $16.99. (0-7636-2768-2).

Houston, Julian. *New Boy. *Houghton Mifflin, November 2005. $16.00.
(0-618-43253-1).

Hyde, Catherine Ryan. *Becoming Chloe. *Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
$15.95. (0-375-83258-0).

Jaffe, Michele. *Bad Kitty. *HarperCollins, 2006. $17.89. (0-06-078109-2).

Jaramillo, Ann. *La Linea. *Roaring Brook/Deborah Brodie Book, 2006. $16.95.
(1-59643-154-7).

Jenkins, A. M. *Beating Heart. *HarperCollins/HarperTempest, 2006. $15.99.
(0-060-54607-7).

Jones, Patrick. *Nailed. *Walker, 2006. $16.95. (0-8027-8077-6).

Kidd, Ronald. *Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial. *Simon &
Schuster, 2006. $15.95. (1-4169-0572-3).

Klause, Annette Curtis. *Freaks: Alive, On the Inside! *Simon &
Schuster/Margaret McElderry, 2006. $16.95. (0-689-87037-X).

Klinkenborg, Verlyn. *Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile. *Alfred A.
Knopf/Borzoi Book, 2006. $16.95. (0-679-40728-6).

Lanagan, Margo. *White Time. *HarperCollins, 2006. $15.99. (0-06-074393-X).

Mackall, Dandi Daley. *Eva Underground. *Harcourt, 2006. $17.00.
(o-15-205462-6).

Marley, Louise. *Singer in the Snow. *Penguin Group USA/Viking, Oct-05.
$16.99. (0-670-05965-X).

McKillip, Patricia A. *Solstice Wood. *Penguin Group USA/Ace, 2006. $23.95.
(0-441-01366-x).

Na, An. *Wait for Me. *Penguin Group USA/Putnam, 2006. $15.99.
(0-399-24275-9).

Portman, Frank. *King Dork. *Random House/Delacorte, 2006. $16.95.
(0-385-73291-0).

Price, Charlie. *Dead Connection. *Roaring Brook, 2006. $16.95.
(1-59643-114-8).

Rosoff, Meg. *Just in Case. *Random House/Wendy Lamb, 2006. $16.95.
(0-385-74678-4).

Sitomer, Alan Lawrence. *Hip-Hop High School. *Hyperion/Jump at the Sun,
2006. $16.99. (0-7868-5515-0).

Spiegler, Louise. *The Amethyst Road. *Clarion Books, September 2005.
$16.00. (0-618-48572-4).

Stassen, Jean-Philippe. *Deogratias, a Tale of Rwanda. *Roaring Brook/First
Second, 2006. $16.95. (1-59643-103-2).

Stone, Tanya Lee. *A Bad Boy Can be Good for a Girl. *Random House/Wendy
Lamb, 2006. $14.95. (0-385-74702-0).

Turner, Megan Whalen. *The King of Attolia. *HarperCollins/Greenwillow,
2006. $16.99. (0-06-083577-X).

Vizzini, Ned. *It?s Kind of a Funny Story. *Hyperion/Miramax, 2006. $16.95.
(0-7868-5196-1).

Volponi, Paul. *Rooftop. *Penguin Group USA/Viking, 2006. $15.99.
(0-670-06069-0).

Zusak, Marcus. *The Book Thief. *Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. $16.95.
(0-375-83100-2).
*

Non-Fiction
*

Caputo, Philip. *10,000 Days of Thunder:A History of the Vietnam War. *Simon
& Schuster/Atheneum, September 2005. $22.95. (0-689-86231-8).

Haney, Eric L. *Inside Delta Force: The Story of America?s Elite
Conterterrorist Unit. *Random House/Delacorte, 2006. $15.95.
(0-385-73251-1).

Hubner, John. *Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth. *Random
House, September 2005. $25.95. (0-375-50809-0).

Menzel, Peter and Faith D?aluisio. *Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. *Ten
Speed Press, October 2005. $40.00. (1-580-08681-0).

Oppenheim, Joanne. *Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American
Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a
Difference. *Scholastic,
2006. $22.99. (0-439-56992-3).

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