Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominations
Updated August 31, 2010
Abrahams, Peter. Bullet Point. Harper Collins Publishers/Harper Teen. 2010. 978-0-06-122769-1. $16.99.
Wyatt moves to a new community to play baseball and escape his home life, he meets an intriguing girl and discovers his father serving a life sentence in prison.
Almond, David. Raven Summer. Random House Children’s Books/Delacorte Books for YoungReaders. 2009. 978-0-385-73806-4. $16.99.
Being led by a raven to discover an abandoned baby and a jarful of money is just the beginning of Liam’s remarkable summer.
Alonzo, Sandra. Riding Invisible: An Adventure Journal. Illus. Nathan Huang. Hyperion Books for Children. 2010. 978-1-4231-1898-5. $15.99.
Yancy’s life is torn apart by his older brother’s Conduct Disorder and he runs away when Will threatens his horse. He records his thoughts and feelings in his Adventure Journal.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Forge. Atheneum. 2010. 978-1-4169-6144-4. $16.99.
All that stands between Curzon and his freedom is George Washington's army and a winter at Valley Forge.
Anthony, Joelle. Restoring Harmony. Penguin Group (USA) Inc./Putnam Juvenile. 2010. 978-0-399-25281-5. $17.99.
The world's oil is depleted, the border between Canada and the US no longer open, but Molly must get to Washington to check on her grandparents and bring them "home."
Avasthi, Swati. Split. Random House Children’s Books/Knopf Books forYoungReaders. 2010. 978-0-375-86340-0. $16.99.
Jace, 16, fights back against his abusive father and is thrown out of the house. He finds his older brother which begins a journey toward healing for both brothers.
Ayarbe, Heidi. Compromised. HarperCollins Publishers/HarperTeen. 2010. 978-0-06-172849-5. $16.99.
When Maya's father is jailed and she is put in a group home, she and new "friend" Nicole run away to search of Maya's aunt and face difficult situations.
Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker. Little, Brown, & Co. 2010. 978-0-316-05621-2. $17.99.
Nailer is a light crew scavenger tearing up old hulks of ships, living day to day, until a rich girl and her gleaming ship run ashore in a storm on the beach and his life gets more dangerous.
Beaufrand, Mary Jane. The River. Little, Brown & Co. 2010. 978-0-316-04168-3. $16.99.
When Ronnie finds the murdered body of her young neighbor in the Santiana River, she feels compelled to discover what happens, thus putting her own life in danger.
Benoit, Charles. You. HarperCollins Publishers/HarperTeen. 2010. 978-0-06-194704-9. $16.99.
Kyle is a slacker who doesn’t make choices – until he meets Zack, who makes things exciting. But Zack is a manipulator and before he knows it, Kyle has been manipulated.
Benway, Robin. The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, and June. Penguin Group (USA) Inc/Razorbill. 2010. 978-1-59514-286-3. $16.99.
Sisters April, May and June discover that their newfound powers make life and love very complicated.
Berk, Josh. The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin. Random House Children’s Books/Knopf Books for Young Readers. 2010. 978-0-375-85699-0. $16.99.
As if being the new kid isn't bad enough, Will Halpin is also the fat kid and the deaf kid.
Black, Holly. White Cat. Simon & Schuster Children’s. 2010. 978-1-4169-6397-4. $17.99. Cassel comes from a family of curse workers and begins to suspect his brothers have cursed him to use him as a tool in their quest for power.
Bodeen, S. A. The Gardener. Feiwel and Friends. 2010. 978-0-312-37016-9. $16.99.
Mason stumbles upon a scientific experiment to create people who can live without food or water and is determined to rescue a beautiful girl from the project.
Bow, Erin. Plain Kate. Scholastic, Inc./Arthur A. Levine Books. 2010. 978-0-545-16664-5. $17.99.
After her father’s death, Plain Kate has nothing except her carving tools and her cat, Taggle. Alone, she is vulnerable to witches and to those who suspect she is one.
Brande, Robin. Fat Cat. Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 2009. 978-0-375-84449-2. $16.99.
Aiming to take home top prize at the science fair and maybe lose some weight in the process, Cat plans to examine life as a cave girl. Her subject: herself.
Bunce, Elizabeth C. Star Crossed. Scholastic, Inc./Arthur A. Levine Books. 2010. 978-0-545-13605-1. $17.99.
Escaping the city, Digger, a thief, ends up in a remote castle full of nobles and becomes involved in political intrigue in a country where magic has been forbidden.
Cadnum, Michael. Flash. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2010. 978-0-374-39911-5. $17.99.
Two brothers can't even hold up a bank right. Then a neighbor overhears them and tells his girlfriend, setting off an explosive chain of events.
Calame, Dan. Beat the Band. Candlewick Press. 2010. 978-0-7636-4633-2. $16.99.
Coop must win battle of the bands with his buddies to regain his mojo after getting paired with an infamous partner in Health class, only none of them play instruments.
Carbone, Elisa. Jump. Penguin Group (USA) Inc/Viking Juvenile. 2010. 978-0-670-01185-8. $16.99.
P.K. refuses to go to boarding school; Critter busts out of the psych ward. A chance meeting at a rock-climbing wall brings them to Yosemite for an unforgettable adventure.
Chapman, Fern Schumer. Is It Night or Day? Farrar Straus Giroux. 2010. 978-0-374-17744-7. $17.99.
Escaping Hitler’s Germany, twelve year old Edith is sent alone across the Atlantic to Chicago, Illinois. This chilling story of loneliness and adjustment is based on the author's mother’s experiences.
Chima, Cinda Williams. The Demon King: A Seven Realms Novel. Hyperion Press.
2009. 978-1-4231-1823-7. $17.99.
The lives of Princess Raisa and former street lord, Han, intertwine when an amulet Han finds helps him discover his true heritage and Raisa uncovers treachery in the castle.
Christopher, Lucy. Stolen. Scholastic/Chicken House. 2010. 978-0-545-17093-2. $17.99.
Gemma, 16, writes to the young man who kidnapped her and held her captive in the Australian outback, revealing the complexity of her feelings for both Ty and the land.
Clement-Moore, Rosemary. The Splendor Falls. Random House Children's Books/Delacorte Books for Young Readers. 2009. 978-0-385-73690-9. $17.99.
Sylvie is not happy to be sent to Alabama to recover from an injury that ends her dancing career, but when spooky things start happening she has to drawn on skills she didn’t she possesses.
Cohn, Rachel. Very Le Freak. Alfred A Knopf. 2010. 978-0-375-85758-4. $16.99.
Very Le Freak is a party girl, gadget geek, and totally self-absorbed. When sent to rehab to overcome her destructive behaviors, she begins to realize who she really is.
Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay. Scholastic.2010. 978-0439023511. $17.99.
Katniss becomes the symbol for the rebellion against the capitol and although she is focused on assassinating the president, is still tangled in her feelings for two boys.
Combres, Elisabeth. Broken Memory: A Novel of Rwanda. Trans. Shelley Tanaka. Groundwood Books. 2009. 978-0-88899-892-7. $17.95.
Emma witnesses the brutal murder of her mother during the 1994 genocide massacres in Rwanda and her fears continue to haunt her.
Condie, Ally. Matched. Dutton Juvenile. 2010. 978-0-525-42364-5. $17.99.
Cassia and Xander are Matched by the Society that plans all aspects of one's life, making everything perfect for her, until Ky's face flashes across her screen and everything changes.
Corrigan, Eireann. Accomplice. Scholastic.2010. 978-0-545-05236-8. $17.99.
Chloe’s fake abduction was only meant to bring her and Finn the kind of attention that would get them into good colleges, but things start to go horribly wrong.
Crowley, Cath. A Little Wanting Song. Alfred A Knopf. 2010. 978-0-375-86096-6. $16.99.
Charlie and Rose have never been friends and couldn’t be more different on the outside, but this summer, their longing and unhappiness causes them to turn to one another.
Cummings, Priscilla. Blindsided. Penguin. 2010. 978-0-525-42161-0. $16.99.
Natalie is losing her sight as a result of glaucoma. How will she choose to live her new life?
Cushman, Karen. Alchemy and Meggy Swann. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers/Clarion Books. 2010. 978-0-547-23184-6. $16.00.
Meggy was dumped at her father's doorstep by a mother who didn't want her. Although her father doesn't want her either, Meggy manages to make her mark on the world.
Cypess, Leah. Mistwood. HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books. 2010. 978-0-06-195699-7. $16.99.
Bound by magic, the “Shifter” returns to protect the king with no memory of her past, including the incident that caused her to flee to the Mistwood ten years ago.
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner. Random House Children’s Books/Delacorte Books for Young Readers. 2009. 978-0-385-73794-4. $16.99. Thomas’ memories don’t serve him well when he wakes on an elevator, only to find himself in the Glade, trapped by monsters and a maze that changes daily.
De Goldi, Kate. The 10 PM Question. Candlewick. 2010. 978-0-7636-4939-5. $15.99. When a new girl, a free-spirit who doesn’t seem to worry about anything, arrives at school, Frankie begins to question the way he looks at his life.
De Gramont, Nina. Every Little Thing in the World. Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing/Atheneum. 2010. 978-1-4169-8013-1. $16.99.
Sydney’s parents send her to a wilderness camp after her run-in with the police. The trip gives her a month to consider what to do about her secret pregnancy.
Delsol, Wendy. Stork. Candlewick. 2010. 9780763648442. $15.99.
After moving from LA to Minnesota, Kat discovers belongs to an ancient order of women known as Storks, who determine which babies get born and to whom.
Derting, Kimberly. The Body Finder. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. 2010. 978-0-06-177981-7. $16.99.
When her ESP leads to the body of a girl who met a violent death, Violet finds herself not only drawn to the murdered, but to the murderer as well.
Donnelley, Jennifer. Revolution. Delacorte. 2010. 978-0-385-73763-0. $18.99.
Haunted by the death of her brother, Andi is taken to Paris by her estranged father where an encounter with a mysterious diary may bring her back from the edge.
Dooley, Sarah. Livvie Owen Lived Here. Feiwel & Friends. 2010. 978-0-312-61253-5. $16.99.
Livvie knows that her family could be happy if only they lived in the perfect house. Unfortunately, that house doesn't exist anymore...because Livvie destroyed it.
Edwardson, Debby Dahl. Blessing’s Bead. Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Melanie Kroups Books. Nov. 2009. 978-0-374-30805-6. $16.99.
This book is a beautifully written account of life in Alaska through the eyes of an Inupiaq family. One child is given a special bead which threads the generations together.
Ehrenhaft, Daniel. Friend is Not a Verb. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. 2010. 978-0-061-13106-8. $16.99. Henry’s got problems, his girlfriend’s just kicked him out of her band, his friend Emma is trying to get close to him, and his sister’s back from a year-long absence.
Erskine, Kathryn. Mockingbird. Penguin Group USA/Philomel. 2010. 978-0-399-25264-8. $15.99.
Ten-year-old Caitlin has to figure out how to make the world work now that her brother Devon has died.
Fisher, Catherine. Incarceron. Penguin Group USA/Dial. 2010. 978-0-8037-3396-1. $17.99.
Trapped in the massive prison world of Incarceron, Finn searches for his true identity; outside, Claudia searches for the truth about Incarceron and its warden, her father.
Fox, Janet. Faithful. Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2010. 978-0-14-241413-2. $8.00.
Faithful is about Maggie, a young debutante living in Newport in 1904. She is haunted by the disappearance of her mother. When Maggie's father goes bankrupt, they move to Montana.
Franklin, Emily & Halpin, Brendan. The Half-life of Planets. Hyperion Press. 2010. 978-1-4231-2111-4. $16.99.
On the day Liana finds a note with the word “slut” on it in her locker, she meets Hank, who has Asperger’s syndrome and begins to learn about real relationships
Funke, Cornelia. Reckless. Little, Brown. 2010. 978031605609-0. $19.99.
Jacob Reckless knows the fantasy world behind the mirror, but his brother doesn't and now he is turning to stone and Jacob must help.
Giles, Gail. Dark Song. Little, Brown. 2010. 978-0-316-06886-4. $16.99
When Ames’ world falls apart after her father loses his job, she seeks solace in the arms of Marc, the seemingly perfect “boy” with a strange obsession and dangerous past.
Gleitzman, Morris. Once. Henry Holt and Company. 2010. 978-0-8050-9026-0. $16.99.
Felix, a naive Jewish boy in a Catholic orphanage, runs away to find his parents in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Goto, Hiromi. Half World. Illus. Jillian Tamaki. Penguin Group (USA) Inc./Viking Juvenile. 2010. 978-0-670-01220-6. $16.99.
Overweight and over-teased Melanie Tamaki must follow her mother into Half-world, where the cycles are out of balance and fight the horrible Mr. Glueskin.
Gray, Keith. Ostrich Boys. Random House Inc. 2010. 978-0-375-85843-7. $17.99.
When their best friend Ross dies an accident, Kenny, Sim, and Blake run off to Ross, Scotland, to give him their idea of a proper funeral.
Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. The Red Umbrella. Knopf. 2010. 978-0-375-86190-1. $16.99.
Lucia and her brother live an idyllic life in Cuba in 1961 until the revolution when they are sent to live with strangers in Nebraska until their parents can escape.
Green, John & Levithan, David. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Penguin Group Inc/Dutton. 2010. 978-0-525-42158-0. $17.99.
When two very different teenage guys named Will Grayson meet by chance in Chicago, their worlds collide.
Hand, Elizabeth. Illyria. Viking. 2010. 978-0-670-01212-1. $15.99.
Rogan and Maddy have always been in love, and when the two are cast in Twelfth Night, magic will fly and destinies will change.
Hall, Teri. The Line. Penguin Group (USA) Inc./Dial. 2010. 978-0-8037-3466-1. $16.99.
An invisible, barrier, for national security, encloses the Unified States. Then Rachel discovers a mysterious, recorded call for help from Outside. Can she overcome fear to do what’s right?
Hartnett, Sonya. Butterfly. Candlewick Press. 2010. 978-0-7636-4760-5. $16.99.
During the weeks before her 14th birthday, Plum’s life changes. Her neighbor opens vistas for her. Her brothers reveal sides she never suspected. Her friends may not be her friends.
Healey, Karen. Guardian of the Dead. Little Brown & Company. 2010. 978-0-316-04430-1. $17.99.
Ellie’s drawn into a mysterious world of Maori myth and magic when she meets Mark at boarding school in New Zealand during a killing spree that leaves victims without eyes.
Hemphill, Stephanie. Wicked Girls. Harper Collins. 2010. 978-0-06-185328-9. $16.99.
The Salem witch trials of 1692 are explored from the perspective of three young women.
Higson, Charlie. Enemy. Hyperion Books for Children. 2010. 978-1-4231-3175-5. $16.99.
All adults have become diseased, flesh-eating, children-hunting monsters. In London, kids fight adults while scouring a landscape full of unspeakable threats for supplies. But are adults the only enemy?
Hoffman, Alice. Green Witch. Scholastic, Inc. 2010. 978-0-545-14195-6. $17.99.
Green sets out on a journey to learn the histories of the local witches and to free her soul mate from prison.
Holt, Kimberly Willis. The Water Seeker. Henry Holt &Company. 2010. 978-0-8050-8020-9. $16.99.
Amos Kincaid comes from a family of men who can find water underground. This gift follows him and his family as they travel West.
Horner, Emily. A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend. 2010. 978-0-8037-3420-3. $16.99
In the aftermath of her best friend Julia’s death, Cass sets off on a bike trip across the country and brings to life Julia’s musical, Totally Sweet Ninja Death Squad.
Hyde, Catherine Ryan. Jumpstart the World. Random House. 2010. 978-0-3758-6665-4. $16.99.
When her whole world comes crashing down around her, Elle must learn what it means to be a friend.
Jarzab, Anna. All Unquiet Things. Random House Children's Books/Delacorte Books for Young Readers. 2010. 978-0-385-73835-4. $17.99.
Neily and Audrey team up to discover who murdered their very close friend Carly a year ago.
Jones, Patrick. The Tear Collector. Walker & Company. 2009. 978-0-8027-8710-1. $16.99.
Cassandra, a vampire who thirsts for tears rather than blood, manipulates people for their tears until she falls in love and must decide if love is worth the price.
Kade, Stacey. The Ghost & the Goth. Hyperion. 2010. 978-1-4231-2197-8. $16.99.
Popular mean girl, Alona is dead and can only be seen by social outcast Will who wants nothing to do with her. She’s determined to make him listen.
Kephart, Beth. The Heart is Not A Size. HarperCollins/Harper Teen. 2010. 978-0-06-147048-6. $16.99.
While on a service trip in Mexico, Georgia gains perspective on her life that enables her to challenge the things not discussed in her relationship with her best friend Riley.
Kitanidis, Phoebe. Whisper. HarperCollins Publishers. 2010. 978-0-06-179925-9. $16.99.
Joy uses her mind reading abilities to help people. Jessica, her older sister uses her abilities to make people's lives miserable. Joy searches for Jessica when she goes missing.
Koertge, Ron. Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs. Candlewick. 2010. 978-0-7636-4435-2. $15.99.
Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland’s biggest problem isn’t the baseball playoffs: it’s what to do when he’s dating one girl but emailing poems to another.
Krieg, Jim. Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol. Penguin Group (USA) Inc./Razorbill. 2010. 978-1-59514-276-4. $15.99.
Griff Carver, legendary Patrol Squad member, is ready to break up a group of hall pass counterfeiters at his new school, no matter who gets in the way.
Langrish, Katherine. The Shadow Hunt. Harper Collins Publishers. 2010. 978-0-06-111676-6. $16.99.
When runaway Wolf captures a wild Elf-child he starts a series of events bringing the supernatural into the lives of Wolf, Nest and her father Lord Hugo.
Lindner, April. Jane. 2010. Little, Brown.978-0-316-09865-6. $17.99
When orphaned, Jane drops out of college, takes a job as nanny for secretive rock star Nico, and falls in love in this modern retelling of Jane Eyre.
Lockhart, E. Real Live Boyfriends: Yes, Boyfriends, Plural, If My Life Wasn’t Complicated I wouldn’t be Ruby Oliver. Random House Publishing Group/Delacorte Press. 2010. 978-0-385-90438-4. $19.99.
Finally in her senior year of high school, Ruby Oliver tries to figure out whether or not Noel is her real live boyfriend.
Lore, Pittacus. I Am Number Four. HarperCollins. 2010. 978-0-06-196955-3. $17.99.
Number Four, a 15-year old alien, is hiding on earth to develop his Legacy powers to rescue his home planet while being distracted by a girl from his task.
Lyga, Barry. Archvillain. Scholastic, Inc/Scholastic Press. 2010. 978-0-545-19649-9. $16.99.
After being caught in a cosmic plasma storm, Kyle discovers he has superpowers. Unfortunately, there is a strange new kid in town, an alien, who has even greater powers.
Lynch, Chris. Hothouse: A Novel. HarperCollins. 2010. 978-0-06-167379-5. $16.99.
Russell and DJ lose their firefighter fathers in a major fire and must cope with their private grief and the community’s adulation of their fathers. And then there’s backlash.
Lynch, Janet Nichols. Addicted to Her. Holiday House. 2010. 978-0-8234-2186-2. $17.95.
Rafa’s friends warn him, “She’ll play you.” But that doesn’t stop his obsession with and pursuit of Monique and the consequences begin to cause problems with friendships, school and home.
Mackler, Carolyn. Tangled. HarperCollins/Harper Teen. 2010. 978-0-06-173104-4. $16.99.
After friends Jena and Skye meet brothers Dakota and Owen during spring break at a Caribbean resort, their lives become intertwined as secrets come out that change them all.
Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the Rock. Candlewick. 2010. 978-0-7636-4361-4. $18.99.
Finnikin and his fellow exiles from Lumatere wish to return to their cursed homeland. Finnikin must go on an epic journey with a mute novice named Evanjalin to return home.
Matson, Morgan. Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour. 2010. Simon & Schuster. 2010. 978-1-4169-9065-9. $16.99
Amy and Roger must both learn to deal with loss while on a road trip across the country which doesn't go as expected.
McBride, Kristina. The Tension of Opposites. Egmont. 2010. 978-1-6068-4085-6. $16.99.
When Tessa's friend Noelle disappeared, life froze for Tessa. Noelle suddenly reappears two years later, escaping her kidnapper, and Tessa does everything she can to help her friend.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Death-Defying Pepper Roux. HarperCollins/Harper. 2010. 978-0-06-183665-7. $16.99.
When Pepper Roux was born his aunt had a vision from Saint Constance that the boy would die on his fourteenth birthday, but Pepper Roux has other ideas.
McMullan, Margaret. Sources of Light. Houghton Mifflin. 2010. 978-547-07659-1. $16.00.
It’s 1962, and after her father’s death in Vietnam, 14-year-old Sam and her mother move to Jackson, Mississippi, where they encounter the prejudice and violence of the segregationist South.
McNeal, Laura. Dark Water. Knopf. 2010. 780375849732. $16.99.
With her family life in upheaval, Pearl falls for Amiel, a handsome, silent migrant worker at her uncle’s avocado ranch. Tragedy strikes when a fire burns out of control.
Millard, Glenda. A Small Free Kiss in the Dark. Holiday House Inc. 2010. 978-0-8234-2264-7. $16.95.
Runaway Skip struggles to survive during a sudden war, living in an abandoned amusement park with an older homeless man, a young orphan, a teenage ballerina, and a newborn.
Moriarty, Jaclyn. The Ghosts of Ashbury High. Scholastic. 2010. 978-0-545-06972-4. $18.99.
When Riley and Amanda transfer to Ashbury High in their senior year all sorts of unexplained events start happening.
Murray, Kristy. Vulture's Wake. Holiday House, Inc. 2010. 978-0-8234-2282-1. $17.95.
Bo is living by herself in the wilderness of a futuristic Australia. Callum, running from his captors, is saved by Bo, who may be the last girl alive.
Murray, Yxta Maya. The Good Girl’s Guide to Getting Kidnapped. Penguin Group (USA)/Razorbill. 2010. 978-1-59514-272-6. $16.99.
With her good grades and track skills, Michelle’s on pace to earn a scholarship to prep school, but her family ties to a street gang come back to haunt her.
Myers, Walter Dean. Lockdown. HarperCollins/Amistad. 2010. 978-0-06-121480-6. $16.99.
With a few months remaining on his sentence in a juvenile detention facility, Reese struggles to overcome racism, prejudice and his volatile personality to cope with life on the outside.
Nelson, Jandy. The Sky is Everywhere. Penguin Group USA/Dial Books. 2010. 978-0-8037-3495-1. $17.99.
When Lennie's beloved big sister suddenly dies, she gets help pushing past her grief from two very different boys.
O’Brien, Caragh M. Birthmarked. Roaring Brook Press. 2010. 978-1-59643-569-8. $16.99.
After her parents' arrest, Gaia falls heir to a dangerous parcel and assumes her mother’s role as midwife, all the while beginning to question her allegiance to the Enclave.
Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall. HarperCollins/Harper. 2010. 978-0-06-172680-4. $17.99.
Sam’s seemingly perfect life has ended in a terrible crash. But, it turns out she has to relive the last day of her life seven times to get it right.
Omololu, C. J. Dirty Little Secrets. Walker & Co. 2010. 978-0-8027-8660-9. $16.99.
Lucy's mother is a hoarder, a fact that Lucy and her siblings have been hiding for years. After her mother's death, Lucy has to confront the issue.
Patneaude, David. Epitaph Road. Egmont USA. 2010. 978-1-60684-070-2. $19.99.
Thirty years after a mysterious plague killed most of the world’s male population, three teens uncover the secret that could destroy the utopian society created by the women left behind.
Paulsen, Gary. Woods Runner. Random House Children’s Books/Wendy Lamb. 2010. 978-0-385-73884-2. $15.99.
In 1776, 13-year-old Samuel returns home from hunting in the woods to find the settlement burned and most of the settlers murdered.
Pearce, Jackson. Sisters Red. Little Brown. 2010. 978-0-316-06868-0. $16.99.
Scarlett lives to hunt Fenris, werewolves. Her sister Rosie, hunts, but dreams of something more. Rosie falls in love with their best friend Silas, testing the bond between the sisters.
Perkins, Lynne Rae. As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth. HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books. 2010. 978-0-06-187090-3. $16.99.
On the way to camp, Ry finds himself in the midde of nowhere when his train leaves him behind, leading to a remarkable journey full of surprises and adventure.
Perkins, Mitali. Bamboo People. Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc. 2010. 978-1-58089-328-2. $16.95.
Chiko, a Burmese soldier and Tu Reh, a Kerenni refugee meet on opposite sides of war and each must learn what it means to be a man of his people.
Peters, Julie Anne. By the Time You Read This I’ll be Dead. Hyperion. 2010. 978-1-4231-1618-9. $16.99.
Determined to get her death right this time, Daelyn Rice logs onto a website for “completers” and starts the countdown of the last 23 days of her life.
Quick, Matthew. Sorta Like a Rock Star. Little, Brown & Company. 2010. 978-0-316-04352-6. $16.99.
Despite the fact that she lives in a school bus, Amber Appleton is the biggest optimist you’ll ever meet. But then one tragic event makes her question everything.
Reeve, Philip. Fever Crumb. Scholastic Inc./Scholastic Press. 2010. 978-0-545-20719-5. $17.99.
Fever Crumb, raised by the Order of Engineers and the only female among its ranks, finds her engineer rationality continually tested as she begins to discover more about her past.
Reeves, Dia. Bleeding Violet. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing/Simon Pulse. 2010. 978-1-4169-8618-8. $16.99.
Hanna is biracial, bicultural, and bipolar, but even her hallucinations aren't as strange as her town. Wyatt and Hanna deal with a hundred-old evil that threatens Portero and Hanna’s future.
Reinhardt, Dana. The Things a Brother Knows. Random House Publishing Group/Wendy Lamb. 2010. 978-0-375-84455-3. $16.99.
Boaz is back and hailed as the hometown hero, but he is not at all the same. Can his younger brother Levi help him truly make his way home?
Richards, Jame. Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood. Alfred A. Knopf. 2010. 978-0-375-95885-4. $19.99.
Told in verse, this story revolves around a variety of people whose lives touch before and after the failure of the earthen dam above Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1889.
Riordan, Rick. The Red Pyramid. Hyperion Books for Children. 2010. 978-1-4231-1338-6. $17.99.
Teen siblings Carter and Sadie Kane must unravel their family’s mysterious history, and harness the power of Egyptian mythology to save the modern world- and their father.
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos. The Prince of Mist. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2010. 978-0-316-04477-6. $17.99.
Roland, Max, and Alicia battle the mysterious Prince of Mist - a diabolical character who has returned from the sea to collect on a debt from the past.
Sachar, Louis. The Cardturner. Random House Children’s Books/Delacorte Books for Young Readers. 2010. 978-0-385-73662-6. $17.99.
Alton's summer job is turning cards at bridge games for his blind great-uncle Trapp. He learns much more than how to play bridge as a result.
Saenz, Benjamin. Last Night I Sang to the Monster. Cinco Puntos Press. 2009. 978-1-933693-58-3. $16.95.
Weeks in therapy go by and 18-year-old Zach is still unable to remember the monstrous events that left him alone and haunted by nightmares.
Schroeder, Lisa. Chasing Brooklyn. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing/Simon Pulse. 2010. 978-1-4169-9168-7. $15.99.
One year after her boyfriend was killed in a car accident, Brooklyn is being haunted by a ghost.
Scott, Elizabeth. The Unwritten Rule. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing/Simon Pulse. 2010. 978-1-4169-7891-6. $16.99.
Sarah missed her chance with Ryan long ago, before he started dating her best friend Brianna – or did she? Guilt about an unexpected kiss threatens her friendship with both.
Sedgwick, Marcus. Revolver. Roaring Brook Press. 2010. 978-1-59643-592-6. $16.99.
Sig is alone with his father’s body when the lawless man his father had managed to escape appears out of the icy wilderness.
Shimko, Bonnie. The Private Thoughts of Amelia E. Rye. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.2010. 978-0-374-36131-0. $16.99.
Growing up in the 1960’s, Amelia finds her one true friend and discovers the courage to stand up to the town bullies, local bigots and her train-wreck family.
Shulman, Polly. The Grimm Legacy. Putnam Juvenile. 2010. 978-0-399-25096-5. $16.99.
Elizabeth gets a job in a strange lending library that has everything, including the working original items from the Grimm's fairytales, but things are going missing.
Simner, Janni Lee. Thief Eyes. Random House Children’s Books/Random House Books for Young Readers. 2010. 978--0-375-86670-8. $16.99.
On a trip to Iceland to discover what happened to her mother Haley runs away and disappears. She and new friend Ari are caught in the spell of an ancient curse.
Slade, Arthur. The Hunchback Assignments. Random House Children’s Books. 2009. 978-0-385-73784-5. $15.99.
Modo is a gifted spy, fighter and scholar, but so disfigured that he always hides his face. When children in London go missing, Modo’s skills just might save them.
Sonnenblick, Jordan. After Ever After. Scholastic. 2010. 978-0-439-83706-4. $16.99.
Jeffrey must figure out how to live as a cancer survivor, and graduate 8th grade.
Standiford, Natalie. Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters. Scholastic. 2010. 978-0-545-10710-5. $17.99.
One of the Sullivans deeply offended Almighty, who will cut the entire family out of her will unless that person confesses. So begin the confessions of Norrie, Jane, and Sassy.
Stork, Francisco X. The Last Summer of the Death Warriors. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books. 2010. 978-0-545-15133-7. $17.99.
Seventeen-year-old Pancho grapples with the mysterious death of his sister while accompanying his new friend, D.Q, on his own quest to face down death.
Stratton, Allan. Borderline. HarperCollins Publishers/HarperTeen. 2010. 978-0-06-145111-9. $16.99.
Sami sets out to prove his father’s innocence after Homeland Security breaks into their house and hauls his father away as a person of interest in a possible terrorist attack.
Summers, Courtney. Some Girls Are. St. Martin’s Press/Saint Martin’s Griffin. 2010. 978-0-312-57380-5. $9.99.
Regina used to be a member of the Fearless Five but is now being frozen out by her friends and must find acceptance among the peers she used to terrorize.
Supplee, Suzanne. Somebody Everybody Listens To. Penguin. 2010. 978-0-525-42242-6. $16.99.
Retta Lee’s dreams of making it big as a country singer have a chance of coming true if she can survive the reality of life on her own in Nashville.
Teller, Janne. Nothing. Translator: Martin Aitken. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing/Atheneum. 2010. 978-1-4169-8579-2. $16.99.
When a classmate tells them “nothing matters,” his peers reinforce the opposite, sacrificing what matters to them in progressively intense challenges, assembling a pile of meaning.
Tomlinson, Heather. Toads and Diamonds. Henry Holt and Company. 2010. 978-0-8050-8968-4. $16.99.
In a Perrault fairy tale reset to fascinating pre-British India, impoverished stepsisters encounter a goddess whose gifts bless, or curse. Diribani returns speaking jewels and flowers; Tana, toads and snakes.
Turner, Megan Whalen. A Conspiracy of Kings. HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books. 2010. 978-0-06-187093-4. $16.99.
When his uncle, the king, is murdered, Sophos must set aside his self-doubt, accept his role as Sounis and unite the kingdom against invaders.
Vivian, Siobhan. Not That Kind of Girl. Scholastic Inc./PUSH. 2010. 978-0-545-16915-8. $17.99.
Life is about choices. Natalie makes choices that border between good and bad. The choices she makes could end in disaster or be the best choices she'll ever make.
Ward, Rachel. Numbers. Scholastic Inc./The Chicken House. 2010. 978-0-545-14299-1. $17.99.
Jem, a British girl of 15, is on the run with her erstwhile boyfriend Spider, because of complications from her "talent" of seeing the date that people will die when she looks in their eyes.
Wesselhoeft, Conrad. Adios, Nirvana. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. 2010. 978-0-547-36895-5. $16.00.
Jonathan lost his twin to an accident and his will to move on. His friends, and the man he is ghostwriting WWII memoirs for will not let him slide.
Whitney, Daisey. The Mockingbirds. 2010. 978-0-316-09053-7. $16.99.
After Alex is date raped at her boarding school, she turns to a secret society of students, the Mockingbirds, to find the justice her school administration cannot provide.
Wiles, Deborah. Countdown: The Sixties Trilogy, Book One. Scholastic, Inc./Scholastic Press. 2010. 978-0-545-10605-4. $17.99.
It’s October 1962, and eleven-year-old Franny has things to worry about: her crazy uncle, her perfect brother, her secretive sister, a mean best friend, and the threat of nuclear war.
Williams, Carol Lynch. Glimpse. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing/ Paula Wiseman Books. 2010. 978-1-4169-9730-6. $16.99.
Hope keeps having dreams about crying. It’s no wonder: her father is dead, her mother clearly has issues, and her sister Liz has been institutionalized after trying to kill herself.
Williams, Katie. The Space Between Trees. Chronicle Books. 2010. 978-0-811-87175-4. $17.99
One quick, accidental lie draws quirky loner Evie into an odd friendship with Hadley, her dead childhood playmate Zabet’s best friend, as they try to track down her killer.
Wood, Maryrose The Mysterious Howling. Illustrator: Jonathen Klassen. HarperCollins Publishers. 2010. 978-0-06-179105-5. $15.99.
Miss Penelope Lumley, 15, becomes the governess to three children raised by wolves but someone seems to be trying to disrupt her attempts to humanize the wolf children.
Woods, Brenda. A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Penguin Group (USA) Inc/Putnam Juvenile. 2010. 978-0-399-24683-8. $16.99.
When assigned a creative writing project, students in Ms. Hart's creative writing class discover a reason that each of them is a star.
Yancey, Rick. The Curse of the Wendigo. Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing. 2010. 978-1-4169-8450-4. $17.99
Henry and monstrumologist, Dr. Warthrop are in the Canadian wilds, trying to disprove the existence of the Wendigo, a wraithlike creature that gorges on flesh, yet is perpetually hungry.
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