2007 Nominations
Young Adult Fiction
You'll find no dragons or magic, fairies or robots here. Just real people, in the real world, in real situations. In a good YA novel teens will find themselves and discover their world. A great YA novel will do both of those while respecting and appealing to its audience. We are looking for a handful of the greatest teen novels of 2007. Historical, humorous, or contemporary, they must have literary merit AND a lasting affect on their readers; something teens will press into their friends hands with fervor in their eyes and say, "You HAVE to read this book."
--Jackie Parker, organizer
Update: Read an alphabetized list of this year's nominees.
Tips on Having a Gay (ex)Boyfriend by Carrie Jones, from Flux
Posted by: Kelly Fineman | October 01, 2007 at 07:59 AM
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Posted by: Marcie Atkins | October 01, 2007 at 08:06 AM
Bad Girls Club by Judy Gregerson
Posted by: Kim Baccellia | October 01, 2007 at 08:27 AM
Boy Toy by Barry Lyga
Posted by: Teen Troves | October 01, 2007 at 08:43 AM
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Posted by: Megan | October 01, 2007 at 08:45 AM
Blood Brothers by S.A. Harazin
Posted by: ColoradoWriter | October 01, 2007 at 08:49 AM
Lessons From A Dead Girl by Jo Knowles
Posted by: Debbi Michiko Florence | October 01, 2007 at 09:14 AM
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Posted by: Brenda Ferber | October 01, 2007 at 09:40 AM
Big Slick by Eric Luper
Posted by: Loree Burns | October 01, 2007 at 09:49 AM
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Posted by: | October 01, 2007 at 09:51 AM
Before, After and Somebody in Between by Jeanine Garsee
Posted by: Pamela Reese | October 01, 2007 at 09:54 AM
Before, After, and Somebody In Between by Jeannine Garsee
Posted by: | October 01, 2007 at 09:56 AM
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Posted by: steve | October 01, 2007 at 10:10 AM
Deb Caletti The Nature of Jade
Posted by: Mary Ann | October 01, 2007 at 10:26 AM
Dramarama by E. Lockhart
Posted by: Megan | October 01, 2007 at 10:32 AM
Hunter's Heart by Julia Green
Posted by: Elizabeth | October 01, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
Posted by: Jennifer R | October 01, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Posted by: Amanda | October 01, 2007 at 12:35 PM
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
Posted by: Tasha | October 01, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Bloom by Elizabeth Scott
Posted by: Jen Barnes | October 01, 2007 at 01:21 PM
Grl2Grl by Julie Anne Peters
Posted by: | October 01, 2007 at 02:25 PM
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ACCENT by Caridad Ferrer.
Posted by: Selah March | October 01, 2007 at 02:52 PM
I'm in a quandary. Does Stephanie Hemphill's _Your Own, Sylvia_ belong here, in Poetry, or in Non-Fiction?
If it doesn't belong here, then I'd like to nominate _In Search of Mockingbird_ by Loretta Ellsworth.
Any help?
Posted by: Brooke | October 01, 2007 at 02:58 PM
Slam by Nick Hornby
Posted by: Jessica | October 01, 2007 at 03:42 PM
In the Name of God by Paula Jolin
Posted by: robin | October 01, 2007 at 03:45 PM