Books nominated for the 2006 Best Books for Young Adults List

Books nominated for the 2006 Best Books for Young Adults List

At close of nominations, there were 217 nominated titles. These are the books that were nominated but that didn't make the final cut. Do you think they should have? Let me know what you think of them! The review page is at seeme4books/form.html

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Abrahams, Peter. Down the Rabbit Hole.

Allison, Jennifer. Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Amateau, Gigi. Claiming Georgia Tate .

Anderson, Eric Chase. Chuck Dugan Is Awol : A Novel with Maps.

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Prom .

Anderson, M. T. Whales on Stilts.

Armstrong, Jennifer. Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War. nonfiction.

Aronson, Marc. The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence.

Auseon, Andrew. Funny Little Monkey

Barron, T. A. The Great Tree of Avalon: Shadow on the Stars .

Bauer, Joan. Best Foot Forward.

Blackman, Malorie. Naughts & Crosses .

Block, Francesca Lia. Necklace of Kisses .

Boyd, Herb. We Shall Overcome .

Bradley, Alex. 24 Girls in 7 Days.

Brashares, Ann. Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood.

Bray, Libba. Rebel Angels.

Brooks, Kevin. Candy.

Brugman, Alyssa. Finding Grace .

Butcher, Jim. Dead Beat.

Caletti, Deb. Wild Roses .

Calhoun, Dia. The Phoenix Dance .

Card, Orson Scott. Magic Street .

Cirrone, Dorian. Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You .

Cohn, Rachel. Shrimp .

Cooney, Caroline B. Code Orange.

Corbet, Robert. Shelf Life.

Couloumbis, Audrey. Summer's End

Crutcher, Chris. The Sledding Hill.

Curry, Jane Louise. The Black Canary .

Delano, Marfe Ferguson. Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein.

Dunkle, Clare B. By These Ten Bones

DuPrau, Jeanne. Car Trouble .

Farley, Terri.Seven Tears into the Sea .

Fensham, Elizabeth. Helicopter Man

Flinn, Alex. Fade to Black .

Flanagan, John. Ranger's Apprentice : The Ruins of Gorlan.

Flight Volume 2 . Ed. by Kazu Kibuishi.

Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

Fuqua, Jonathon Scott. King of the Pygmies

García, Laura Gallego. The Legend of the Wandering King . Translated by Dan Bellm.

Garfinkle, D. L. Storky : How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl.

Gould, Steven. Reflex

Grant, K. M. Blood Red Horse .

Gruenewald, Mary Matsuda. Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese Internment Camps.

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Hale, Shannon. Princess Academy .

Hanley, Victoria. The Light of the Oracle

Hawes, Louise. The Vanishing Point: A Story of Lavinia Fontana.

Haworth-Attard, Barbara. Theories of Relativity .

Hear Me Out!: True Stories of Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia.

Hill, Stuart. The Cry of the Icemark .

Horowitz, Anthony. Raven's Gate.

Howe, James. Totally Joe.

Ibbotson, Eva. Star of Kazan.

Ives, David. Scrib .

Jeapes, Ben. New World Order .

Katayama, Kyoichi. Socrates In Love .

Kelly, John. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time.

Kennedy, Mike. Superman Infinite City.

Kneece, Mark. Trailers .

Koertge, Ron. Boy Girl Boy .

Kogler, Jennifer Anne. Ruby Tuesday .

Koja, Kathe. Talk .

Koontz, Trixie. Life Is Good: Lessons in Joyful Living

Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian.

Kushner, David. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids : How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas.

Lane, Dakota. The Orpheus Obsession.

Laskin, David. The Children's Blizzard nonfiction

Lawrence, Iain. The Convicts .

Lerangis, Peter.Smiler's Bones .

Levine, Ellen. Catch a Tiger by the Toe .

Lockhart, E. The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs, and Me, Ruby Oliver.

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MacCullough, Carolyn. Stealing Henry .

Marsalis, Wynton. Jazz Abz : An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits.

Martino, Alfred C.. Pinned .

McCaughrean, Geraldine. Not the End of the World

McGruder, Aaron. Public Enemy #2 : An All New Boondocks Collection.

McKernan, Victoria.Shackleton's Stowaway .

McKillip, Patricia A. Od Magic.

McNaughton, Janet. The secret under my skin

Meyer, Adam. The Last Domino .

Meyer, L. A. Under the Jolly Roger : Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber.


Moccasin Thunder : American Indian Stories for Today. Ed. by Lori Marie Carlson.

Moran, Lindsay. Blowing My Cover : My Life As a CIA Spy. nonfiction

Moses, Shelia P. I, Dred Scott: A Fictional Slave Narrative Based on the Life and Legal Precedent of Dred Scott.

Mosley, Walter. 47 .

Mowll, Joshua. Operation Red Jericho .

Myracle, Lauren. Rhymes with Witches.

Nelson, R. A. Teach Me

Newman, Leslea. Jailbait.

Newquist, Harvey P. The Great Brain Book: An Inside Look at the Inside of Your Head. nonfiction

Nilsson, Per. You & You & You

Nye, Naomi Shihab. A Maze Me: Poems for Girls.

Nye, Naomi Shihab. Going Going .

Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

I really liked the way the characters were developed I thought the ending could have been a bit more puncuated It made sense to me even though I haven't read the previous books in the series A must read for those who like modern based fantasy-fiction novels . 4Q 3P. Gr 7-11. L, 16.


Peters, Julie Anne. Far from Xanadu.

Pratchett, Terry. Only You Can Save Mankind .

Rawles, Nancy. My Jim: A Novel.

Roberts, Kristi. My 13th Season.

Rosen, Michael. Michael Rosen's Sad Book .

Roth, Matthue. Never Mind the Goldbergs.

Ryan, Darlene. Rules for Life

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Scheeres, Julia. Jesus Land : A Memoir. nonfiction

Scott, Elaine. Poles Apart: Why Penguins and Polar Bears Will Never Be Neighbors.

Shusterman, Neal. Dread Locks .

Simmons, Michael. Finding Lubchenko .

Sittenfeld, Curtis. Prep: a Novel.

Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Under the Persimmon Tree.

Stauffacher, Sue. Harry Sue.

Stein, Tammar. Ligh t Years: A Novel.

Stolz, Joelle. The Shadows of Ghadames .

Tal, Eve. Double Crossing

Torres, J. Love as a Foreign Language.

Twelve Hawks, John. The Traveler : The First Novel of the Fourth Realm Trilogy.

Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency on the Ro cks: Doctor, Aristocrat, Murderer? (Vol 2)

Vande Velde, Vivian. The Book of Mordred

Vande Velde, Vivian. Now You See It . . .
Waid, Mark. Superman : Birthright the Origin of the Man of Steel.

Waite, Judy. Trick of the Mind

Whyman, Matt. Boy Kills Man

Wilson, Diane Lee. Black Storm Comin'

Wizardology : The Book of the Secrets of Merlin.

Yang, Gene. Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order

The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens : First Annual Collection. Ed. by Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Yolen, Jane and Adam Stemple. Pay the Piper: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale .

Yoo, David. Girls for Breakfast

Young Warriors : Stories of Strength. Ed. by Tamora Pierce and Josepha Sherman.

Zeises, Lara M. Anyone But You

Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere .



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06/20/2008