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ALA/YALSA
Best Books for Young Adults
2010
Going
Bovine by Libba Bray
Highway
to Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
A
Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper
Mare's
War by Tanita S. Davis
We
Were Here by Matt de la Pena
Solace
of the Road by Siobhan Dowd
The
Great and Only Barnum by Candace Fleming
Muchacho
by Louanne Johnson
Almost
Perfect by Brian Katcher
The
Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart
The
Devil?s Paintbox by Victoria McKernan
Alligator
Bayou by
Donna Jo Napoli (top
ten!)
Surface
Tension: A Novel in Four Summers by Brent Runyon
The
Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
When
You Reach Me by
Rebecca Stead (top
ten!)
2009
Mexican
WhiteBoy by Matt de la Pena (top
ten!)
Bog
Child by Siobhan Dowd (top
ten!)
The
London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
The
Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Playing
With Matches by Brian Katcher
Tender
Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Cybele's
Secret by Julie t Marillier
Bonechiller
by Graham McNamee
Madapple
by Christina Meldrum
Brett
McCarthy: Work in Progress by Maria Padian
How
to Build a House by Dana Reinhardt
Black
Box by Julie Schumacher
The
Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
2008
Evolution,
Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
A
Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
Before
I Die by Jenny Downham (top ten!)
Your
Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill
(top ten!)
How
it Happened in Peach Hill by Marthe Jocelyn
Red
Spikes by Margo Lanagan
Wildwood
Dancing by Juliet Marillier
What
They Found by Walter Dean Myers
Red
Glass by Laura Resau
What
the Moon Saw by Laura Resau
My
Swordhand Is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
One
Good Punch by Rich Wallace
Spanking
Shakespeare by Jake Wizner; illustrated by Richard Ewing
2007
Clay
by David Almond
The
Killer's Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux; translated by Y. Maudet
Nick
and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Hattie
Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Terrier
by Tamora Pierce
King
Dork by Frank Portman
A
Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt
Just
In Case by Meg Rosoff
The
Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick
Knights
of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp
The
Book Thief by Markus Zusak (top
ten!)
2006
Rebel
Angels by Libba Bray
Siberia
by Ann Halam
Flush
by Carl Hiaasen
Are
We There Yet? by David Levithan
Ball
Don't Lie by Matt de la Pena
Eyes
of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
Light
Years by Tammar Stein
I
Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (top
ten!)
2005
The
Fire-Eaters by David Almond
Bucking
the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis (top
ten!)
Tending
to Grace by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Andy
Warhol, Prince of Pop by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
B
for Buster by Iain Lawrence
The
Realm of Possibility by David Levithan (top
ten!)
Saving
Francesca by Melina Marchetta (top
ten!)
Fleshmarket
by Nicola Morgan
How
I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
See
You Down the Road by Kim Ablon Whitney
2004
A
Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Boy
Meets Boy by David Levithan (top
ten!)
Acceleration
by Graham McNamee
Inside
The Alamo by Jim Murphy
Cuba
15 by Nancy Osa
How
Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen
Trickster's
Choice by Tamora Pierce
Milkweed
by Jerry Spinelli
Deep
by Susanna Vance
2003
Before
We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Remembrance
by Theresa Breslin
Pictures
of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Dr.
Franklin's Island by Ann Halam
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
The
Lightkeeper's Daughter by Iain Lawrence (top
ten!)
Left
for Dead by Peter Nelson (top
ten!)
Fresh
Girl by Jaira Placide
Shattered
edited by Jennifer Armstrong
Lucy the Giant by Sherri L. Smith
2002
The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (top
ten!)
The
Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier (top
ten!)
Whale
Talk by Chris Crutcher (top ten!)
Vincent
Van Gogh by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Shades
of Simon Gray by Joyce McDonald
A
Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Squire
by Tamora Pierce
The
Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Lord
of the Deep by Graham Salisbury
The
Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian
Sights by Susanna Vance
2001
Kit's
Wilderness by David Almond
Nory
Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Plainsong
by Kent Haruf
Jefferson's
Children by Shannon Lanier and Jane Feldman; photographed by
Jane Feldman
Ghost
Boy by Iain Lawrence
145th
Street by Walter Dean Myers
The
Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen (top
ten!)
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
2000
Shipwreck
at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong (top
ten!)
Anna
of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett
Stealing
Freedom by Elisa Carbone
When
Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt (top
ten!)
The
Century for Young People by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Chinese
Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
In
My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Opdyke; as
told to Jennifer Armstrong
Bud,
Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The
Smugglers by Iain Lawrence
Hate
You by Graham McNamee
Crooked
by Laura McNeal and Tom McNeal (top
ten!)
Ties
That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka (top
ten!)
Close
to a Killer by Marsha Qualey
Nobody
Else Has to Know by Ingrid Tomey
1999
Life
in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett
33
Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History by Tonya
Bolden
Heroes
by Robert Cormier
Whirligig
by Paul Fleischman
Kissing
Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser
My
Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt (top
ten!)
The
Wreckers by Iain Lawrence
Soldier's
Heart by Gary Paulsen
Zebra
and Other Stories by
Chaim Potok
A
Door Near Here by Heather Quarles
Holes
by Louis Sachar (top ten!)
Jungle
Dogs by Graham Salisbury
Knots
in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli
Spirit
Window by Joyce Sweeney
The
Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin
1998
What
Child Is This? by Caroline B. Cooney
Tenderness
by Robert Cormier (top ten!)
Blood
and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause (top
ten!)
Kinship
by Trudy Krisher
Swallowing
Stones by Joyce McDonald (top
ten!)
No
Easy Answers by Donald R. Gallo
Peeling
the Onion by Wendy Orr
The
Schernoff Discoveries by Gary Paulsen
The
Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson by Carol Lynch Williams
1997
The
Voice on the Radio by Caroline B. Cooney
Johnny
Voodoo by Dakota Lane
Adem's
Cross by Alice Mead
The
Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (top
ten!)
Another
Way to Dance by Martha Southgate
Crash
by Jerry Spinelli
Wrestling
Sturbridge by Rich Wallace (top
ten!)
Belle
Prater's Boy by Ruth White
1996
The
King's Shadow by Elizabeth Alder
Thwonk
by Joan Bauer
Rosie
the Riveter: Women Working on the Homefront in World War II
by Penny Colman
In
the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier
The
Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Truly
Grim Tales by Priscilla Galloway
Under
the Mermaid Angel by Martha Moore
The
Last Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck
1995
Driver's
Ed by Caroline B. Cooney
Spite
Fences by Trudy Krisher
Letters
from the Inside by John Marsden
Under
the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
Shadow
by Joyce Sweeney
1994
Here's
to You, Rachel Robinson by Judy Blume
Whatever
Happened to Janie? by Caroline B. Cooney
A
Bone From a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson
The
Giver by Lois Lowry
Baby
by Patricia Maclachlan
Harris
and Me by Gary Paulsen
Nightjohn
by Gary Paulsen
Haveli
by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Black
Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
pre
1994
Downriver
by Will Hobbs
A
Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
The
Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman
ALA/YALSA
Best of the Best Books for Young Adults (1994-2003)
The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Heroes
by Robert Cormier
The
Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Tenderness
by Robert Cormier
Whale
Talk by Chris Crutcher
The
Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Whirligig
by Paul Fleischman
When
Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
Blood
and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
The
Lightkeeper's Daughter by Iain Lawrence
Boy
Meets Boy by David Levithan
Letters
from the Inside by John Marsden
Swallowing
Stones by Joyce McDonald
Left
for Dead by Peter Nelson
In
My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Opdyke; as
told to Jennifer Armstrong
The
Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Holes
by Louis Sachar
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
The
Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian
Wrestling
Sturbridge by Rich Wallace
The
Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin
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