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The 2008 Best Books for Young Adults List
These are the 85 books that were chosen from the 216 nominated titles this year. What did you think of them? The review page is at http://seeme4books/form.html
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Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. National Book Award Winner * Top 10 BBYA
Alexie, Sherman. Flight
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted 2008 Quick Picks
Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why. 2008 Quick Picks
Brande, Robin. Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature.
Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You.
Carey, Janet Lee. Dragon's Keep.
Carey, Mike. Re-Gifters Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Cassidy,
Anne. Looking for JJ
Castellucci, Cecil. Beige. 2008 Quick Picks
Clarke, Judith. One Whole and Perfect Day. 2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Cross, Shauna. Derby Girl . 2008 Quick Picks
Cullen, Lynn. I Am Rembrandt's Daughter .
Deuker, Carl. Gym Candy.
Dowd, Siobhan. A Swift Pure Cry.
Downham, Jenny. Before I Die.
Doyle, Larry. I Love You, Beth Cooper.
Ellis, Ann Dee. This Is What I Did.
Felin, M. Sindy. Touching Snow. National Book Award Finalist 2007
Friesen,
Gayle. For
Now.
Gipi. Notes For A War Story
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Grey, Christopher. Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant.
Hale, Shannon. Book of a Thousand Days. Illustrated by James Noel Smith.
Hinds, Gareth. Beowulf.
Hornby, Nick. Slam .
Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Jenkins, A.M. Repossessed. 2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Jinks, Catherine. Evil Genius.
Jocelyn, Marthe.
How It Happened in Peach Hill.
Johnston, Tony. Bone by Bone by Bone.
Jones, Lloyd. Mister Pip .
Key, Watt. Alabama Moon.
- very fast paced, and great global warming
stuff. more written for boys, though. 4Q 3P. EL, 14.
Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet. 2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Koertge, Ron. Strays. 2008 Quick Picks
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SeeMe4Books: 2008 YA Book of the Year Nominees
Lanagan, Margo.
Red Spikes.
[Australian CBCA winner]
Landy, Derek. Skulduggery Pleasant.
Lat. Town Boy.
Luddy, Karon. Spelldown: The Big-Time Dreams of a Small-Town Word Whiz.
Luper, Eric. Big Slick.
Lyga, Barry. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl.
Lyga, Barry. Boy Toy .
Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood Dancing
Marr, Melissa. Wicked Lovely .
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The White Darkness. 2008 Michael L. Printz Award Winner
McDonald, Janet. Off-Color.
McGhee, Alison. Falling Boy.
McKinley, Robin. Dragonhaven.
McNeal, Laura and Tom. The Decoding of Lana Morris.
Mieville, China. Un Lun Dun.
Miller, Sarah. Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller.
Moore, Perry. Hero.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. The Off Season .
Myers, Walter Dean. What They Found: love on 145th street. 2008 Quick Pick
Olmstead, Robert. Coal Black Horse.
Peet, Mal. Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal. Carnegie Medal Winner
Resau, Laura. Red Glass.
Resau, Laura. What the Moon Saw.
The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural. Edited by Deborah Noyes
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows .
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Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars . 2007 Newbery Honor Book
Sedgwick, Marcus. My Swordhand Is Singing.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel. 2008 Caldecott Award Winner * 2007 National Book Award Finalist
Sharenow, Robert. My Mother the Cheerleader.
Shusterman, Neal. Unwind.
Smith, Roland. Peak . 2008 Quick Picks
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Notes from the Midnight Driver
St. James, James. Freak Show. 2008 Quick Picks
Tan, Shaun. The Arrival. Top 10 BBYA * Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Thompson, Kate. The New Policeman [Guardian Prize * Whitbread Award]
Wallace, Rich. One Good Punch
Weinheimer, Beckie. Converting Kate
Wiess, Laura. Such a Pretty Girl 2008 Quick Picks nominee
Wizner, Jake. Spanking Shakespeare.
Zarr, Sara. Story of a Girl National Book Award Nominee * 2008 Quick Pick Nominee
Zevin, Gabrielle. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
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Beah, Ishmael. Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. 2008 Alex Award Winner * Top 10 BBYA
Compestine,
Ying Chang. Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party.
Crisler, Curtis L. Tough Boy Sonatas. Illus. by Floyd Cooper.
Fradin, Judith Bloom and Dennis Brindell. Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy.
Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath. 2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Book * Top 10 BBYA
Marrin, Albert. The Great Adventure: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America.
Polly, Matthew. American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China. 2008 Alex Award Winner * Top 10 BBYA
Raddatz, Martha. Long Road Home A Story of War and Family.
Reef, Catherine. e. e. cummings : a poet's life.
Shakespeare, William. Manga Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet. Adapted by Richard Appignanesi.
Sis, Peter. The Wall : Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain 2008 Caldecott Honor Book * 2008 Sibert Award Winner * Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Tammet, Daniel. Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
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06/20/2008