[LM_NET] YALSA's Best Books for Young Adults-August 2007 Nominations

[Karyn Silverman <karynsilverman@GMAIL.COM>]

Please excuse the cross-posting!

 As of August 1, 2006, 119 books have been nominated for Best Books for
Young Adults. The nominations are posted below.

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

For those who wish to share their thoughts on any of the below titles, you
may e-mail thoughts to the Committee Chair, Karyn Silverman (
ksilverman@lrei.org), or to BBYA Administrative Assistant Amy Chow (
achow@nypl.org)

Best,

Karyn

Karyn Silverman
Chair, BBYA 2007
Librarian, LREI
40 Charlton St.
New York, NY 10014
212.477.5316 x311

Abel, Jessica. La Perdida. Random House/Knopf/Pantheon, 2006. $19.95.
(0-375-42365-6).

Acampora, Paul. Defining Dulcie. Penguin Group USA/Dial, 2006. $16.99.
(0-8037-3046-2).

Adoff, Jaime. Jimi and Me. Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, September 2005. $15.99.
(0-7868-5214-3).

Alexander, Robert. Rasputin's Daughter. Penguin Group USA/Viking, 2006.
$23.95. (0-670-03468-1).

Almond, David. Clay. Random House/Delacorte, 2006. $15.95. (0-385-73171-X).

Anderson, M. T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the
Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party. Candlewick, 2006. $17.99. (0-7636-2402-0).

Belth, Alex. Stepping Up: The Story of Curt Flood and His Fight for Baseball
Players' Rights. Persea, 2006. $22.95. (0-89255-321-9).

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

Benanav, Michael. Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White
Gold. Globe Pequot/Lyons, 2006. $23.95. (1-59228-772-7).

Bloor, Edward. London Calling. Random House/Knopf, 2006. $16.95.
(0-375-83635-7).

Bondoux, Anne-Laure. The Killer's Tears. Random House/Delacorte, 2006.
$15.95. (0-385-73293-7).

Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable. Random House/David
Fickling, 2006. $15.95. (0-382-75106-0).

Brooks, Kevin. The Road of the Dead. Scholastic/Chicken House, 2006. $16.99.
(0-493-78623-1).

Budhos, Marina. Ask Me No Questions. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/Ginee Seo,
2006. $16.95. (1-4169-0351-8).

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

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

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

Chambers, Aidan. This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn.
Abrams/Amulet, 2006. $19.95. (0-8109-7060-0).

Cheney, Annie. Body Brokers: Inside America's Underground Trade in Human
Remains. Random House/Broadway, 2006. $23.95. (0-7679-1733-2).

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).

Dessen, Sarah. Just Listen. Penguin Group USA/Viking, 2006. $17.99.
(0-370-06105-0).

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).

Duble, Kathleen Benner. The Sacrifice. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K.
McElderry, October 2005. $15.95. (0-689-87650-5).

Ferguson, Alane. The Christopher Killer. Penguin Group USA/Viking/Sleuth,
2006. $15.99. (0-670-06008-9).

Fies, Brian. Mom's Cancer. Harry N. Abrams, 2006. $12.95. (0-8109-5840-6).

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

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

Flanagan, John. The Burning Bridge: The Ranger's Apprentice: Book II.
Penguin Group USA/Philomel, 2006. $16.99. (0-399-24455-7).

Fradin, Judith Bloom and Dennis Brindell Fradin. 5,000 Miles to Freedom:
Ellen and William Craft's Flight From Slavery. National Geographic, 2006.
$19.95. (0-7922-7885-2).

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).

Gantos, Jack. The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs. Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2006. $17.00. (0-374-33690-3).

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

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

Gideon, Melanie. Pucker. Penguin Group USA/Razorbill, 2006. $16.99.
(1-59514-055-7).

Giles, Gail. What Happened to Cass McBride? Little, Brown, 2006. $16.99.
(0-316-16638-3).

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

Green, John. An Abundance of Katherines. Penguin Group USA/Dutton, 2006.
$16.99. (0-525-47688-1).

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

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

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

Hautman, Pete. Rash. Simon & Schuster, 2006. $15.95. (0-689-86801-4).

Hobbs, Will. Crossing the Wire. HarperCollins, 2006. $15.99.
(0-06-074138-4).

Hoffman, Alice. Incantation. Little, Brown, 2006. $16.99. (0-316-01019-7).

Hokenson, Terry. The Winter Road. Front Street, 2006. $16.95.
(1-932425-45-4).

Hopkins, Ellen. Burned. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry, 2006.
$16.95. (1-4169-0354-2).

Hopkinson, Deborah. Up before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America.
Scholastic Nonfiction, 2006. $18.99. (0-439-63901-8).

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

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

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, 2006. $16.95.
(1-59643-154-7).

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

Johnson, Harriet McBryde. Accidents of Nature. Henry Holt, 2006. $16.95.
(0-8050-7634-4).

Johnson, Marilyn. The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse
Pleasures of Obituaries. HarperCollins, 2006. $24.95. (0-06-075875-9).

Johnson, Maureen. Devilish. Penguin Group USA/Razorbill, 2006. $16.99.
(1-59514-060-3).

Johnson, R. Kikuo. Night Fisher. Fantagraphics, November 2005. $12.95.
(1-56097-719-1).

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

Kadohata, Cynthia. Weedflower. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2006. $16.95.
(0-689-86574-0).

Kennen, Ally. Beast. Scholastic/PUSH, 2006. $16.99. (0-439-86549-2).

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 K. McElderry, 2006. $16.95. (0-689-87037-X).

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

Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamhunter: Book One of the Dreamhunter Duet. Farrar,
Straus and Giroux/Frances Foster, 2006. $19.00. (0-374-31853-0).

Kuhlman, Evan. Wolf Boy: A Novel. Random House/Shaye Areheart, 2006. $23.00.
(0-307-33696-4).

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

Lansens, Lori. The Girls. Little, Brown, 2006. $23.95. (0-316-06903-5).

Lester, Julius. Time's Memory. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. $17.00.
(0-374-37178-4).

Levithan, David. Marly's Ghost. Penguin Goup USA/Dial, 2006. $14.99.
(0-8037-3063-2).

Lipsyte, Robert. Heroes of Baseball: The Men Who Made it America's Favorite
Game. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/Byron Preiss, 2006. $19.95. (0-689-86741-7).

Lisle, Janet Taylor. Black Duck. Penguin Group USA/Philomel/Sleuth, 2006.
$15.99. (0-399-23963-4).

Lynch, Scott. The Lies of Locke Lamora. Bantam Dell/Spectra, 2006. $23.00.
(0-553-80467-7).

Mackall, Dandi Daley. Eva Underground: A Novel. Harcourt, 2006. $17.00.
(0-15-205462-6).

Marino, Peter. Dough Boy. Holiday House, October 2005. $16.95.
(0-8234-1873-1).

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

McCormick, Patricia. Sold. Hyperion, 2006. $15.99. (0-7868-5171-6).

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

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

Miller, Kirsten. Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City. Bloomsbury, 2006.
$16.95. (1-58234-960-6).

Miller, Mary Beth. On the Head of a Pin. Penguin Group USA/Dutton, 2006.
$16.99. (0-525-47736-5).

Mitchell, David. Black Swan Green. Random House, 2006. $23.95.
(1-4000-6379-5).

Moranville, Sharelle Byars. A Higher Geometry. Henry Holt, 2006. $16.95.
(0-8050-7470-8).

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy Queen. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. $16.00.
(0-618-68307-0).

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

Nolan, Han. A Summer of Kings. Harcourt, 2006. $17.00. (0-15-205108-2).

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

Peck, Richard. Here Lies the Librarian. Penguin Group USA/Dial, 2006.
$16.99. (0-8037-3080-2).

Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life as We Knew It. Harcourt, 2006. $17.00.
(0-15-205826-5).

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

Pratchett, Terry. Wintersmith. HarperCollins/HarperTempest, 2006. $16.99.
(0-06-089031-2).

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

Reinhardt, Dana. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. Random House/Wendy
Lamb, 2006. $15.95. (0-385-74698-9).

Reynolds, Sheri. Firefly Cloak. Random House/Crown/Shaye Areheart, 2006.
$23.00. (0-609-61008-2).

Richardson, Nigel. The Wrong Hands. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
$15.95. (0-375-83459-1).

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

Ruby, Laura. The Wall and the Wing. HarperCollins/EOS, 2006. $16.99.
(0-06-075255-6).

Schlosser, Eric and Charles Wilson. Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want
to Know About Fast Food. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. $16.00. (0-618-71031-0).

Shull, Megan. Amazing Grace. Hyperion, October 2005. $15.99.
(0-7868-5690-4).

Shulman, Polly. Enthusiasm. Penguin Group USA/Putnam, 2006. $15.99.
(0-399-24389-5).

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

Sizer, Paul. Moped Army. Café Digital Comics, September 2005. $12.95.
(0-9768565-4-9).

Skelton, Matthew. Endymion Spring. Random House/Delacorte, 2006. $17.95.
(0-385-73380-1).

Smith, Kirsten. The Geography of Girlhood. Little, Brown, 2006. $16.99.
(0-316-16021-0).

Spiegler, Louise. The Amethyst Road. Houghton Mifflin/Clarion, 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).

Stroud, Jonathan. Ptolemy's Gate. Hyperion/Miramax, 2006. $17.95.
(0-7868-1861-1).

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

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

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).

Werlin, Nancy. The Rules of Survival. Penguin Group USA/Dial, 2006. $16.99.
(0-8037-3001-2).

Windsor, Patricia. Nightwood. Random House/Delacorte, 2006. $9.99.
(0-385-90331-6).

Wood, Brian. Demo: The Collection. AiT/PlanetLar, December 2005. $19.95.
(1-932051-42-2).

Wooding, Chris. The Storm Thief. Scholastic/Orchard, 2006. $16.99.
(0-439-86513-1).

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

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