[LM_NET] YALSA BBYA Nominations 10/1/06

[Karyn Silverman <karynsilverman@GMAIL.COM>]

As of October 1, 2006, 172 books have been nominated for Best Books forYoung 
Adults. The nominations are posted below.  New nominations are postedon the first 
of each month throughout the year.
For information about Best Books for Young Adults including policies andprocedures 
and the complete list of nominations, please visit the ALA YALSABBYA website at: 
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/
Nominations from the field are encouraged. Books must be published betweenSeptember 
1, 2005 and December 31, 2006 to be eligible for BBYA. Nominationsclose on October 
31 for the 2006 list.
If you have thoughts or responses to these books, or would like to passalong teen 
commentary, please feel free to e-mail me at the address listedbelow.
Best,Karyn SilvermanChair, BBYA 2007Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin 
High School40 Charlton St.New York, NY 10014ksilverman@lrei.org

Fiction
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 theNation, 
Volume 1: The Pox Party. Candlewick, 2006. $17.99. (0-7636-2402-0).
Belton, Sandra. Store-Bought Baby. HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2006. 
$15.99.(0-06-085086-8).
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).
Booth, Coe. Tyrell. Scholastic/PUSH, 2006. $16.99. (0-439-83879-7).
Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable. Random House/DavidFickling, 
2006. $15.95. (0-382-75106-0).
Brooks, Kevin. The Road of the Dead. Scholastic/Chicken House, 2006. 
$16.99.(0-493-78623-1).
Brugman, Alyssa. Being Bindy. Random House/Delacorte, 2006. $15.95.(0-385-73294-5).
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).
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).
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. 
RandomHouse/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).
Dunmore, Helen. Ingo. HarperCollins, 2006. $16.99. (0-06-081852-2).
Easton, Kelly. Aftershock. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry, 2006.$16.95. 
(1-4169-0052-7).
Eldred, Tim. Grease Monkey: A Tale of Growing Up in Orbit. Tom Doherty/Tor,2006. 
$27.95. (0-7653-1325-1).
Elliot, Patricia. Murkmere. Little, Brown, 2006. $16.99. (0-316-01042-1).
Ellis, Deborah. I Am a Taxi. Groundwood, 2006. $16.95. (0-88899-735-3).
Erhenhaft, Daniel. Drawing a Blank: Or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End aFeud, 
and Land the Girl of My Dreams. HarperCollins, 2006. $15.99.(0-06-075252-1).
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).
Fletcher, Susan. Alphabet of Dreams. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/Ginee Seo,2006. 
$16.95. (0-689-85042-5).
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).
Going, K. L. Saint Iggy. Harcourt, 2006. $17.00. (0-15-205795-1).
Gratz, Alan. Samurai Shortstop. Penguin Group USA/Dial, 2006. 
$17.99.(0-8037-3075-6).
Green, John. An Abundance of Katherines. Penguin Group USA/Dutton, 2006.$16.99. 
(0-525-47688-1).
Greene, Michele Dominguez. Chasing the Jaguar. HarperCollins, 2006. 
$15.99.(0-06-076353-1).
Han, Jenny. Shug. Simon & Schuster, 2006. $14.95. (1-4169-0942-7).
Hardinge, Frances. Fly by Night. HarperCollins, 2006. $16.99.(0-06-087627-1).
Hartnett, Sonya. Surrender. Candlewick, 2006. $16.99. (0-7636-2768-2).
Hartnett, Sonya. The Silver Donkey. Candlewick Press, 2006. $15.99.(0-7636-2937-5).
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).
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. $17.99. (0-06-078109-2).
Jansen, Hanna. Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You. Lerner/Carolrhoda,2006. 
$16.95. (1-57505-927-4).
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, 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, Diana Wynne. The Pinhoe Egg: A Chrestomanci Book.HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 
2006. $17.99. (0-06-113124-5).
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).
Kerr, M. E. Your Eyes in Stars. HarperCollins, 2006. $15.99.(0-06-075682-9).
Kidd, Ronald. Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial. Simon & Schuster,2006. 
$15.95. (1-4169-0572-3).
Klages, Ellen. The Green Glass Sea. Penguin Group USA/Viking, 2006. 
$16.99.(0-670-06134-4).
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. 
RandomHouse/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).
Korman, Gordon. Born to Rock. Hyperion, 2006. $15.99. (0-7868-0920-5).
Krech, Bob. Rebound. Marshall Cavendish, 2006. $16.99. (0-7614-5319-9).
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).
Le Guin, Ursula K. Voices. Harcourt, 2006. $17.00. (0-15-205678-5).
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).
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).
Mac, Carrie. The Droughtlanders: Triskelia Book 1. Penguin Group(Canada)/Puffin 
Canada, 2006. $25.00 CAD. (0-670-06545-5).
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, October 2005.$16.99. 
(0-670-05965-X).
McCaughrean, Geraldine. Cyrano. Harcourt, 2006. $16.00. (0-15-205805-2).
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).
McNish, Cliff. Breathe: A Ghost Story. Lerner/Carolrhoda, 2006. 
$15.95.(0-8225-6443-2).
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).
Moriarty, Jaclyn. The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie. Scholastic/Arthur A.Levine, 2006. 
$16.99. (0-439-74051-7).
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).
Nicholson, William. Seeker:  Book One of the Noble Warriors. Harcourt, 2006.$17.00. 
(0-15-205768-4).
Nolan, Han. A Summer of Kings. Harcourt, 2006. $17.00. (0-15-205108-2).
Nuzum, K. A. A Small White Scar. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler, 2006. 
$15.99.(0-06-075639-X).
Pausewang, Gudrun. Traitor. Lerner/Carolrhoda, 2006. $16.95.(0-8225-6195-6).
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. Johnny and the Dead. HarperCollins, 2006. $15.99.(0-06-054188-1).
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).
Rash, Ron. The World Made Straight: A Novel. Henry Holt, 2006. 
$24.00.(0-8050-7866-5).
Rees, Celia. The Wish House. Candlewick, 2006. $15.99. (0-7636-2951-0).
Reinhardt, Dana. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. Random House/WendyLamb, 
2006. $15.95. (0-385-74698-9).
Reynolds, Sheri. Firefly Cloak. Random House/Crown/Shaye Areheart, 2006.$23.00. 
(0-609-61008-2).
Richards, Justin. The Death Collector. Bloomsbury, 2006. $16.95.(1-58234-721-2).
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).
Ruby, Laura. Good Girls. HarperCollins/HarperTempest, 2006. $16.99.(0-06-088223-9).
Sandell, Lisa Ann. The Weight of the Sky. Penguin Group USA/Viking, 2006.$16.99. 
(0-670-06028-3).
Sedgwick, Marcus. The Foreshadowing. Random House/Wendy Lamb, 2006. 
$16.95.(0-385-74646-6).
Selvadurai, Shyam. Swimming in the Monsoon Sea. Tundra, September 2005.$18.95. 
(0-88776-735-4).
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. Caf� Digital Comics, September 2005. 
$12.95.(0-9768565-4-9).
Skelton, Matthew. Endymion Spring. Random House/Delacorte, 2006. 
$17.95.(0-385-73380-1).
Smelcer, John. The Trap. Henry Holt, 2006. $15.95. (0-8050-7939-4).
Smith, Kirsten. The Geography of Girlhood. Little, Brown, 2006. 
$16.99.(0-316-16021-0).
Spiegler, Louise. The Amethyst Road. Houghton Mifflin/Clarion, September2005. 
$16.00. (0-618-48572-4).
Springer, Nancy. The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery.Penguin 
Group USA/Philomel/Sleuth, 2006. $10.99. (0-399-24304-6).
Stassen, Jean-Philippe. Deogratias, a Tale of Rwanda. Roaring Brook/FirstSecond, 
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).
Sturtevant, Katherine. A True and Faithful Narrative. Farrar, Straus andGiroux, 
2006. $17.00. (0-374-37809-6).
Thayer, Ernest L. Casey at the Bat. Kids Can, 2006. $16.95. (1-55337-827-X).

Turner, Ann. Hard Hit. Scholastic, 2006. $16.99. (0-439-29680-3).
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 GroupUSA/Dutton, 
2006. $19.99. (0-525-46818-8).
Vaughan, Brian K. Pride of Baghdad. DC Comics/Vertigo, 2006. $19.99.(1-4012-0314-0).
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).
What Are You Afraid Of?: Stories About Phobias. Candlewick, 2006. 
$16.99.(0-7636-2654-6).
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).
Woodrell, Daniel. Winter's Bone: A Novel. Little, Brown, 2006. 
$22.99.(0-316-05755-X).
Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese. Roaring Brook/First Second, 2006.$16.95. 
(1-59643-152-0).
Yeahpau, Thomas M. X-Indian Chronicles: The Book of Mausape. Candlewick,2006. 
$16.99. (0-7636-2706-2).
Zusak, Marcus. The Book Thief. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. 
$16.95.(0-375-83100-2).
Non-Fiction
Belth, Alex. Stepping Up: The Story of Curt Flood and His Fight for 
BaseballPlayers' Rights. Persea, 2006. $22.95. (0-89255-321-9).
Benanav, Michael. Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of WhiteGold. 
Globe Pequot/Lyons, 2006. $23.95. (1-59228-772-7).
Blehm, Eric. The Last Season. HarperCollins, 2006. $24.95. (0-06-058300-2).
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).
Cheney, Annie. Body Brokers: Inside America's Underground Trade in HumanRemains. 
Random House/Broadway, 2006. $23.95. (0-7679-1733-2).
Coleman, Janet Wyman and The International Spy Museum. Secrets, Lies,Gizmos, and 
Spies: A History of Spies and Espionage. Abrams, 2006. $24.95.(0-8109-5756-6).
Fleischman, Sid. Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini.HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 
2006. $18.99. (0-06-085094-9).
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).
Freedman, Russell. Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.Holiday 
House, 2006. $18.95. (0-8034-2031-0).
Haney, Eric L. Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's EliteConterterrorist 
Unit. Random House/Delacorte, 2006. $15.95. (0-385-73251-1).

Harper, Hill. Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny. PenguinGroup 
(USA)/Gotham, 2006. $20.00. (1-59240-200-3).
Hopkinson, Deborah. Up before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America.Scholastic 
Nonfiction, 2006. $18.99. (0-439-63901-8).
Hubner, John. Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth. RandomHouse, 
September 2005. $25.95. (0-375-50809-0).
Johnson, Marilyn. The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the PerversePleasures 
of Obituaries. HarperCollins, 2006. $24.95. (0-06-075875-9).
Lipsyte, Robert. Heroes of Baseball: The Men Who Made it America's FavoriteGame. 
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/Byron Preiss, 2006. $19.95. (0-689-86741-7).

McClafferty, Carla Killough. Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie andRadium. 
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. $18.00. (0-374-38086-8).
Menzel, Peter and Faith D'Aluisio. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. TenSpeed 
Press, October 2005. $40.00. (1-580-08681-0).
Oppenheim, Joanne. Dear Miss Breed:True Stories of the Japanese 
AmericanIncarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a 
Difference.Scholastic Nonfiction, 2006. $22.99. (0-439-56992-3).
Schlosser, Eric and Charles Wilson. Chew On This: Everything You Don't Wantto Know 
About Fast Food. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. $16.00. (0-618-71031-0).