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Nominations

Updated June 6, 2008

Fiction

Adlington, L.J. Cherry Heaven. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-143181-4 $16.99

Almond, David. The Savage. Candlewick. 2008. 978-0-7636-3932-7 $17.99

Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Vol. II: The Kingdom on the Waves . Candlewick. 2008. 978-0-7636-2950-2 $22.99

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-68013-4 $16.99

Baskin, Nora Raleigh. All We Know of Love. Candlewick. 2008. 978-0-7636-3623-4 $16.99

Beaufrand, Mary Jane. Primavera. Little, Brown and Co. 2008. 978-0-316-01644-5 $16.99

Bertagna, Julie. Exodus. Walker. 2008. 978-0-8027-9745-2 $16.95

Bodeen, S.A. Compound. Feiwel and Friends. 2008. 978-0-312-37015-2 $16.95

Bray, Libba. The Sweet Far Thing. Delacorte. 2007. 978-0-385-73030-3 $17.99

Brothers, Meagan. Debby Harry Sings in French. Henry Holt. 2008. 978-0-8050-8080-3 $16.95

Bruchac, Joseph. March Toward the Thunder. Penguin/Dial. 2008. 978-0-8037-3188-2 $16.99

Bryant, Jen. Ringside 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial. Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-375-84047-0 $15.99

Buckhanon, Kalisha. Conception. St. Martin’s. 2008. 978-0-312-33270-9. $21.95

Bunce, Elizabeth. A Curse Dark as Gold. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-89576-7 $17.99

Cadnum, Michael. The King’s Arrow. Viking. 2008. 978-0-670-063314 $16.99

Caletti, Deb. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye. Simon & Schuster. 2008. 978-1-1469-1007-7
$15.99

Colfer, Eoin. Airman. Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0750-7 $17.99

Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-089088-9 $16.99

de la Pena, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73310-6 $15.00

Dessen, Sarah. Lock and Key. Penguin. 2008. 978-0-670-01088-2 $18.99

Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother. Tom Doherty. 2008. 978-0-7653-1985-2 $17.95

Dole, Mayra Lazara. Down to the Bone. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-084311-3 $16.99

Dowd, Siobhan. The London Eye Mystery. David Fickling/Random House. 2008. 978-0-375-84976-3
$15.99

Feldman, Jody. The Gollywhopper Games. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-121450-9 $16.99

Fleischman, Sid. The Entertainer and the Dybbuk. HarperCollins. 2007. 978-0-06-134445-9 $16.99

Gardner, Sally. The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution. Penguin/Dial. 2008. 978-0-8037-3100-4 $16.99

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Eleven. Wendy Lamb/Random House. 2008. 978-0-385-73069-3 $15.99

Gilman, David. The Devil’s Breath. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73560-5 $16.99

Godbersen, Anna. Luxe. HarperCollins. 2007. 978-0-06-134567-8 $17.99

Gonzalez, Julie. Imaginary Enemy. Random House. 2008. 978-0-385-73552-0 $15.99

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Uprising. Simon & Schuster. 2007. 978-1-4169-1171-5 $16.99

Halpern, Julie. Get Well Soon. Feiwel and Friends. 2007. 978-0-312-36795-4 $16.95

Harmon, Michael. The Last Exit to Normal. Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-375-94098-9 $18.99

Harris, Joanne. Runemarks. Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-375-84444-7 $18.99

Hernandez , David. Suckerpunch. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-117330-1 $16.99

Heuston, Kimberley. The Book of Jude. Front Street. 2008. 978-1-932425-26-0 $17.95

Hooper, Mary. Newes from the Dead: Being a True Story of Anne Green, Hanged for Infanticide at Oxford Assizes in 1650, Restored to the World and Died Again 1665. Roaring Brook Press. 2008. 978-1-596433557 16.95

Jenkins, A.M. Night Road. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-054604-5 $16.99

Jordan, Hillary. Mudbound. Algonquin. 2008. 978-1-56512-569-8 $21.95

Juby, Susan. Another Kind of Cowboy. HarperCollins. 2007. 978-0-06-076518-7 $16.99

Kephart, Beth. Undercover. HarperTeen. 2007. 978-0-06-123893-2 $16.99

Kibuishi, Kazu. Amulet: Book 1: The Stone Keeper. Scholastic/Graphix. 2008. 978-0-439-84680-6 $21.99

Kluger, Steve. My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park. Penguin. 2008. 978-0-8037-3227-8 16.99

Koertge, Ron. The Savage. Candlewick. 2008. 978-0-7636-3580-0 $16.99

Le Guin, Ursula K. Lavinia. Harcourt. 2008. 978-0-15-101424-8 $24.00

Lecesne, James. Absolute Brightness. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-125628-8 $17.99
Levithan, David. How They Met, And Other Stories. Alfred A. Knopf. 2008.
978-0-375-84886-5 $16.99

Little, Melanie. The Apprentice's Masterpiece: A Story of Medieval Spain. Annick Press. 2008. 978-1-55451-117-8 $19.95

Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. Hyperion. 2008.
978-0-7868-3818-9 $16.99

Lurie, April. The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73125-6 $15.99

MacLeod, Doug. I'm Being Stalked by a Moonshadow. Front Street /Boyds Mills Press. 2007. 978-1-59078-501-0 $16.95

Mazer, Norma Fox. The Missing Girl. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-623777-0 $16.99

McMann, Lisa. Wake. Simon & Schuster. 2008. 978-1-4169-5357-9 $15.99

McMullan, Margaret. When I Crossed No-Bob. Houghton Mifflin. 2007. 978-0-618-71715-6 $16.00

McNamee, Graham. Bonechiller. Wendy Lamb/Random House. 2008. 978-0-385-74658-8 $15.99

Meldrum, Christina. Madapple. Random House Children's Books / Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-375-95176-3 $16.99

Meyer, Stephenie. The Host. Little, Brown. 2008. 978-0-316-06804-8 $25.99

Mitchard, Jacquelyn. All We Know of Heaven. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. 2008. 978-0-06-134578-4 $16.99

Monniger, Joseph. Baby. Front Street/Boyd Mills Press. 2007. 978-1-59078-502-7 $16.95

Murphy, Pat. The Wild Girls. Viking/Penguin. 2007. 978-0-670-06226-3 $16.99

Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise Over Fallujah. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-91624-0 $17.99

Na, An. The Fold. Penguin. 2008. 978-0-399-24276-2 $16.99

Napoli, Donna Jo. Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale. Simon Pulse. 2007. 978-0-689-86176-5 $16.99

Pearson, Mary E. The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Henry Holt. 2008. 978-0-8050-7668-4 $16.95

Petrucha, Stefan. Teen, Inc. Walker. 2007. 978-0-8027-9650-9 $16.95

Reinhardt, Dana. How to Build a House. Random House/Wendy Lamb. 2008. 978-0-375-84453-9 $15.99

Rex, Adam. The True Meaning of Smekday. Hyperion. 2007. 978-0-7868-4900-0 $16.99

Roe, Monica M. Thaw. Front Street. 2008. 978-1-59078-496-9 $17.95

Schmidt, Gary D. Trouble. Clarion. 2008. 978-0-618-92766-1 $16.00

Schumacher, Julie. Black Box. Random House / Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73542-1 $15.99

Shaw, Susan. Safe. Penguin. 2007. 978-0-525-47829-4 $16.99

Sheth, Kashmira. Keeping Corner. Hyperion. 2007. 978-0-7868-3859-2 $15.99

Shoup, Barbara. Everything You Want. Llewellyn / Flux. 2008. 978-0-7387-1227-7 $16.95

Smith, Jennifer E. The Comeback Season. Simon & Schuster. 2008. 978-1-4169-3847-7 $15.99

Smith, Roland. Elephant Run. Hyperion. 2007. 978-1-4231-0402-5 $15.99

Stein, Garth. The Art of Racing in the Rain. Harper. 2008. 978-0-06-153793-6 $23.95

Tamaki, Mariko. Skim. House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books. 2008. 978-0-88899-753-1 $18.95

Townsend, Wendy. Lizard Love. Boyds Mills Press. 2008. 978-1-932425-34-5 $16.95

Valentine, Jenny. Me, the Missing, and the Dead. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. 2008. 978-0-06-085068-5 $16.99

Venkatraman, Padma. Climbing the Stairs. Penguin. 2008. 978-0-399-24746-0 $16.99

Whittenberg, Allison. Life is Fine. Random House/Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73480-6 $15.99

Woodson, Jacqueline. After Tupac and D Foster. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 2008.
978-0-399-24654-8 $15.99

Yoo, Paula. Good Enough. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-079085-1 $16.99

Zarr, Sara. Sweethearts. Little, Brown. 2008. 978-0-316-01455-7 $16.99

Ziegler, Jennifer Lynn. How Not to be Popular. Delacorte. 978-0-385-73465-3 $15.99

Nonfiction

Abadzis, Nick. Laika. Roaring Brook Press. 2007. 978-1-59643-101-0 $17.95

Barry, Lynda. What It Is. Drawn and Quarterly. 2008. 978-1-897299-35-7 $24.95

Bowman, Robin. It's Complicated: The American Teenager. Umbrage Editions. 2007. 978-1-884167-69-0 $40.00

Engle, Margarita. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom. Henry Holt. 2008. 978-0-8050-8674-4 $16.95
Hillstrand, Jonathan, et al. Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs. Ballantine Books. 2008. 978-0-345-50372-5 $25.00

Lewis, J. Patrick. The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse. National Geographic. 2007. 978-1-4263-0036-3 $17.95

Murphy, Jim. The Real Benedict Arnold. Clarion. 2007. 978-0-395-77609-4 $20.00
Nelson, Scott Reynolds. Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry. National Geographic Society. 2207. 978-1-4263-0000-4 $18.95

Porcellino, John. Thoreau at Walden. Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0038-6 $16.99

Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. Three Little Words: A Memoir. Atheneum. 2008. 978-1-4169-4806-1 $17.99

Shields, Charles J. I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee. Henry Holt. 2008. 978-0-8050-8334-7 $18.95