Saturday, August 17, 2013

Best of the Best Young Adult Books 2013

Once again, I was honored to present at the Best of the Best Young Adult Books workshop in Knoxville on July 19, 2013.  Here is my list for those of you who might be interested in my selections. This year, I presented books that might appeal to older high school students, grades 11-12.

Dystopian/Sci Fi
Bracken, Michelle. The Darkest Minds
Gagnon, Michelle. Don’t Turn Around.
Martin, Michael. The End Games
Summers, Courtney. This Is Not a Test.
Yancey, Rick. The 5th Wave.



Realistic Fiction
Brown, Jennifer. Thousand Words.
Buzo, Laura. Love and Other Perishable Items
Calame, Don. Call the Shots
Dessen, Sarah. The Moon and More
Finneyfrock, Karen. The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door
Forman, Gayle. Just One Day
Herbach, Geoff. I’m With Stupid.
LaBan, Elizabeth. The Tragedy Paper.
Levithan, David. Every Day.
McDowell, Beck. This Is Not a Drill
Medina, Meg. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Miller, Ashley Edward. Colin Fischer
Morrill, Lauren. Meant to Be.
Nowlin, Laura. If He Had Been With Me
Rowell, Rainbow. Eleanor and Park
Smith, Jennifer.  This Is What Happy Looks Like.
Suma, Nova Ren. 17 & Gone.
Whitney, Daisy. When You Were Here
Yovanoff, Brenda. Paper Valentine
Zarr, Sarah. The Lucy Variations

Historical Fiction
Septys, Ruta. Out of the Easy.

Fantasy
Bardugo, Leigh. Siege and Storm.
Bray, Libba. The Diviners.
Hand, Cynthia. Boundless.
Marchetta, Melina. Quintana of Charyn.
Sanderson, Brandon. The Rithmatist
LaFevers, R. A. Dark Triumph.

Other (Graphic, Adult)
Hill, Joe. Locke and Key Series.
McGonigall, Jane. Reality is Broken.
Ozeki, Ruth. A Tale for the Time Being.

Coming Soon!
Carson, Rae. The Bitter Kingdom.
Myracle, Lauren. The Infinite Moment of Us
Riordan, Rick. House of Hades.
Roth, Veronica. Allegiant.
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Dream Thieves.

Wein, Elizabeth. Rose Under Fire.



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