2008 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Alexie, Sherman.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian . Illus. by Ellen Forney. Little, Brown, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-316-01368-0; $16.99.
Beah, Ishmael.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier . Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Sarah Crichton, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-374-10523-5; $22.00.
Downham, Jenny.
Before I Die . Random House/David Fickling, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-385-75155-1; $15.99.
Hemphill, Stephanie.
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath . Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-375-83799-9; $15.99.
Jones, Lloyd.
Mister Pip
. Dell Publishing/Dial Press, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-385-34106-6; $20.00.
Landy, Derek.
Skulduggery Pleasant
. HarperCollins, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-06-123115-5; $17.99.
Peet, Mal.
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal . Candlewick, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-7636-3488-9; $17.99.
Polly, Matthew.
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China . Penguin Group USA/Gotham Books, 2007; ISBN13: 978-1-59240-262-5; $26.00.
Selznick, Brian.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel . Illus. by Brain Selznick. Scholastic, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-439-81378-5; $22.99.
Tan, Shaun.
The Arrival . Illus. by Shaun Tan. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-439-89529-3; $19.99.