[LM_NET] YALSA BBYA 2007 September Nominations

[Karyn Silverman <karynsilverman@GMAIL.COM>]

Please excuse cross-posting.

As of September 1, 2006, 137 book have been nominated for Best Books for
Young Adults 2007.  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, 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.

Please contact me with any questions.

Best,

Karyn Silverman
Chair, BBYA 2007
ksilverman@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 the
Nation, 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/Alfred A. 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/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).

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*. 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).

Easton, Kelly. *Aftershock*. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry, 2006.
$16.95. (1-4169-0052-7).

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).

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).

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

Hartnett, Sonya. *The Silver Donkey*. Candlewick, 2006. $15.99. (
0-7636-2937-5).

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).

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, 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, 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).

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).

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*. Random House/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).

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).

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).

Nazum, K. A. *A Small White Scar*. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler, 2006. $15.99.
(0-06-075639-X).

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

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).

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/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. *Good Girls*. HarperCollins/HarperTempest, 2006. $16.99. (
0-06-088223-9).

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

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*. 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).

*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).

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
Baseball Players' Rights*. Persea, 2006. $22.95. (0-89255-321-9).

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

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
Human Remains*. Random House/Broadway, 2006. $23.95. (0-7679-1733-2).

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).

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

Harper, Hill. *Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny*. Penguin
Group (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*. Random
House, September 2005. $25.95. (0-375-50809-0).

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

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
).

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
Nonfiction, 2006. $22.99. (0-439-56992-3).

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).

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