Monday, September 25, 2006
2006 Best Books for Young Adults
The Young Adult Library Association (YALSA) has announced its 2006 recommended list of Best Books for Young Adults. They have also compiled a top ten list of titles that "exemplify the quality and range of literature being published for teens." Here is the top ten:
1. Akbar, Said Hyder and Burton, Susan. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story
2. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
3. Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate
4. Green, John. Looking for Alaska
5. Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable
6. Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight: A Novel
7. Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways: Volume 1
8. Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps
9. Wooding, Chris. Poison
10. Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger
1. Akbar, Said Hyder and Burton, Susan. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story
2. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
3. Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate
4. Green, John. Looking for Alaska
5. Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable
6. Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight: A Novel
7. Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways: Volume 1
8. Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps
9. Wooding, Chris. Poison
10. Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger
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