From: Cindy Dobrez <dobrez>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:28:46 -0400

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 Message----From: owner?YA at ala.org [mailto:owner?YA at ala.org]On Behalf Of Sharon L Rawlins Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:36 AM To: Best Books for Young Adults Subject: [BBYA:665] BBYA 2004 Nominations


As of July 1, 2003, 107 books have been nominated for Best Books for Young Adults. Books were discussed at the ALA Annual Meeting in Toronto in June. New nominations are posted on the first of each month throughout the year. Nominations from the field are encouraged. Please visit the YALSA Best Books website for details, including the policies and procedures. Books must be published between Sept. 1, 2002 and Dec. 31, 2003 to be eligible for this year?s BBYA, although field nominations may only come from titles published in 2003. If you or your teens would like to comment about any of the nominated titles, please send your comments to one of us and they will be shared with the BBYA committee.

Thanks! Kimberly Paone 2004 BBYA Chair Teen Services Librarian 11 South Broad Street Elizabeth, NJ 07202
(908) 354`60, ext. 7237 fax: (908) 354X45 KPaone at elizpl.org Sharon Rawlins 2004 BBYA Administrative Assistant Adult/YA Librarian Piscataway Public Library 500 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ 08854
(732) 46333, ext. 2 fax: (732) 463?22 slrawlins at juno.com

June BBYA Nominations
(listed alphabetically by author or collection title) Ayres, Katherine ? Macaroni Boy, Random House/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd. 085s016-0, ISBNlib. 085?085-6, 2003, $15.95/$17.99 Bell, Hilari ? The Goblin Wood, HarperCollins/Eros, ISBNTrd. 01371-3, ISBNlib. 01372-1, 2003, $16.99/$18.89 Bird, Eugenie ? Fairie-Ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0v3613-0, 11/2002, $40.00 Boyle, T. Coraghessan ? Drop City, Penguin Putnam/Viking, ISBNTrd. 0g0172-0, 2003, $25.00 Brashares, Ann ? The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Random House Children?s Books/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd. 085r934-0, ISBNlib. 085?852-0, 2003, $15.95/$17.99 Brennan, Herbie ? Faerie Wars, Bloomsbury, ISBN 1X234?0-3, 2003,
$17.95 Brooks, Kevin ? Lucas, Scholastic/Chicken House, ISBNTrd. 0C9E698-3, 2003, $16.95 Brooks, Martha ? True Confessions of a Heartless Girl, Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books, ISBNTrd. 0747806-1, 2003, $16.00 Caletti, Deb ? The Queen of Everything, S&S/Simon Pulse, ISBNTrd. 0t34684-9, 11/2002, $6.99 Clinton, Cathryn ? A Stone in My Hand, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0v3688-6, 10/2002, $15.99 Coburn, Jake ? Prep, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Books, ISBNTrd. 0R5G135-9, 2003, $16.99 Corbet, Robert ? Fifteen Love, Walker & Co., ISBNTrd. 0?27?51-3, 2003, $16.95 Crowe, Chris ? Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, Penguin Putnam/Phyllis Fogelman Books, ISBNTrd. 0?37(04-2, 2003, $18.99 Crutcher, Chris ? King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill?vised Autobiography, HarperCollins/ Greenwillow Press, ISBNTrd. 00249-5, ISBNlib. 00250-9, $16.99/$17.89 Davis, Amanda ? Wonder When You?ll Miss Me, HarperCollins/William Morrow
& Co., ISBNTrd. 0h8781-0, 2003, $24.95 Deford, Frank ? The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and Character of Great American Sports Heroes, Creative Publishing International/NorthWord Press, ISBNTrd. 1U971?7-4, Oct. 2002, $29.95 Destination Unexpected: Short Stories, Donald R. Gallo, ed., Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0v3664-4, 2003, $16.99 Donnelly, Jennifer ? A Northern Light, Harcourt, ISBNTrd. 0!6705-6, 2003, $17.00 Du Prau, Jeanne ? The City of Ember, Random House Children?s Books, ISBNTrd. 075?273-9, ISBNlib 075?274-1, 2003, $15.95/$17.99 Feiler, Bruce ? Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths, HarperCollins/Wm. Morrow & Co., ISBNTrd. 080?776-1, Sept. 2002, $23.95 Fleischman, Paul ? Breakout, Cricket Books/A Marcato Book, ISBNTrd. 0?26&96-6, 2003, $15.95 Fleming, Candace ? Ben Franklin?s Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman?s Life, Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, ISBNTrd. 0h9?549-3, 2003, $19.95 Foon, Dennis ? Skud, Groundwood Books, ISBNTrd. 0?899S6-9, ISBNpbk 0?888T9-0 (June 2003), 2003, $15.95 Frank, E.R. ? Friction, S&S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book, ISBNTrd. 0h9?384-X, 2003, $16.95 Fredericks, Mariah ? The True Meaning of Cleavage, S&S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book, ISBNTrd. 0h9?092-1, 2003, $15.95 Freese, Barbara ? Coal: A Human History, Perseus Publishing, ISBNTrd. 0s8200-5, Dec. 2002, $25.00 Freymann-Weyr, Garrett ? The Kings Are Already Here, Houghton Mifflin Co., ISBNTrd. 0a8&363-2, 2003, $15.00 Frost, Helen ? Keesha?s House, Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Frances Foster Books, ISBNTrd. 0744064-1, 2003, $16.00 Going, K.L. ? Fat Kid Rules the World, Penguin Putnam/G.P. Putnam?s Sons, ISBNTrd. 099#990-1, 2003, $17.99 Goodman, Alison - Singing the Dogstar Blues, Penguin Putnam/Viking, ISBNTrd. 0g0610-2, 4/2003, $16.99 Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan ? Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois, Harry N. Abrams/La Martiniere, ISBNTrd. 0?09B37-2, 2003,
$19.95 Halliday, John ? Shooting Monarchs, S&S/Margaret K. McElderry Books, ISBNTrd. 0h9?338-0, 2003, $15.95 Hampton, Wilborn ? September 11, 2001: Attack on New York City, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0v3649-3, 2003, $17.99 Hartinger, Brent ? Geography Club, HarperCollins/Harper Tempest, ISBNTrd. 0 Hautman, Pete ? Sweetblood, Simon & Schuster, ISBNTrd. 0h9?048-4, 2003, $16.95 Hearn, Lian ? Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori, Book One, Putnam Publishing Group/ Riverhead Books, ISBNTrd. 1W322"5-9, 9/2002,
$24.95 Hobbs, Will ? Jackie?s Wild Seattle, HarperCollins, ISBNTrd. 0h8474-4, ISBNlib. 01631-3, 2003, $15.99/$16.89 Hoffman, Alice ? Green Angel, Scholastic, Inc./Scholastic Press, ISBNTrd. 0C9D384-9, 2003, $16.95 Hoffman, Nina Kiriki ? A Fistful of Sky, Penguin Putnam/Ace Books, ISBNTrd. 0D1 Holland, Barbara ? Hail to the Chiefs: Presidential Mischief, Morals & Malarkey from George W. to George W., The Permanent Press, ISBNTrd. 1W9621-7, 2003, $28.00 Holt, Kimberly Willis ? Keeper of the Night, Henry Holt & Co., ISBNTrd. 0?50c61-7, 2003, $16.95 Johnson, Angela ? The First Part Last, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ISBNTrd. 0h9?922-2, 2003, $15.95 Jones, Diana Wynne ? The Merlin Conspiracy, HarperCollins/Greenwillow, ISBNTrd. 02318-2, ISBNlib. 02319-0, 2003, $16.99/$17.89 Juby, Susan ? Alice, I Think, HarperCollins/HarperTempest, ISBNTrd. 01543-0, ISBNlib. 01544-9, 2003, $15.99/$16.89 Koertge, Ron ? Shakespeare Bats Cleanup, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0v36!16-1, 2003, $15.99 Koja, Kathe ? Buddha Boy, Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Frances Foster Books, ISBNTrd. 0740998-1, 2003, $16.00 Kowalski, William ? The Adventures of Flash Jackson: A Novel, HarperCollins, ISBNTrd. 0b1136-0, 2003, $24.95 Krisher, Trudy ? Uncommon Faith, Holiday House, ISBNTrd. 0?3491-3, 2003, $17.95 Le, Thi Diem Thuy ? The Gangster We Are All Looking For: A Novel, Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., ISBNTrd. 075 at 018-4, 2003, $18.00 Lekich, John ? The Losers? Club, Annick Press Ltd., ISBNTrd. 1U037u3-1, ISBNpbk. 1U037u2-3, 9/02, $18.95/$7.95 Little, Jason ? Shutterbug Follies, Bantam Doubleday Dell/Doubleday, ISBNTrd. 085P346-6, 10/2002, $24.95 Lubar, David ? Flip, TOR/Tom Doherty Associates, ISBNTrd. 0v50149-0, 2003, $17.95 Lubar, David ? Wizards of the Game, Penguin Putnam/Philomel, ISBNTrd. 099#706-2, 2003, $16.99 Mahy, Margaret ? Alchemy, Simon & Schuster/Margaret McElderry Books, ISBNTrd. 0h9?053-0, 2003, $16.95 Mason, Bobbie Ann ? Elvis Presley: A Penguin Life, Penguin Putnam/A Lipper/Viking Book, ISBNTrd. 0g0174-7, 12/2002, $19.95 Mass, Wendy ? A Mango-Shaped Space, Little, Brown & Co., ISBNTrd. 016R388-7, ISBNpbk. 016a407-6, 2003, $16.95/$5.99 Matthews, Andrew ? The Flip Side, Random House/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd. 085s096-9, ISBNlib. 085?126-7, 2003, $15.95/$17.99 Maynard, Joyce ? The Usual Rules, St. Martin?s Press, ISBNTrd. 012$261-1, 2003, $24.95 McCafferty, Megan ? Second Helpings: A Novel, Crown Publishing Group/Three Rivers Press, ISBNTrd.pbk. 0`9?791-9, 2003, $10.95 McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L. ? Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States, Scholastic, Inc./Scholastic Press, ISBNTrd. 0Y0764-X, 2003, $18.95 McNamee, Graham ? Acceleration, Random House Children?s Books/Wendy Lamb Books, ISBNTrd. 085s119-1, ISBNlib. 085?144-5, 2003,
$15.95/$17.99 McNeal, Laura and Tom ? Zipped, Random House/Knopf Books for Young Readers, ISBNTrd. 075?491-4, ISBNlib. 075?491-9, 2003,
$15.95/$17.99 Meyer, L.A. ? Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship?s Boy, Harcourt, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0!6731-5, Sept. 2002, $17.00 Miklowitz, Gloria D. ? The Enemy Has a Face, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co./Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, ISBNTrd. 0?28R43-2, 2003, $16.00 Moore, Christopher ? Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings, HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co., ISBNTrd. 080?841-4, 2003, $23.95 Murphy, Jim ? An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, Houghton Mifflin Co./Clarion, ISBNTrd. 095w608-2, 2003, $16.00 Murphy, Mark ? House of Java, Volume 2, NBM Publishing Co./Comics Lit, ISBNTrd. 1V16328-3, 11/2002, $15.95 Murray, Jaye ? Bottled Up: A Novel, Penguin Putnam/Dial Books, ISBNTrd. 0?37(97-2, 2003, $16.99 Myers, Walter Dean ? A Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament, Scholastic, Inc./Scholastic Press, ISBNlib. 0C9"000-9, 2003, $19.95 Myracle, Lauren ? Kissing Kate, Penguin Putnam/Dutton Books, ISBNTrd. 0R5F917-6, 2003, $16.99 Naidoo, Beverly ? Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope, HarperCollins, ISBNTrd. 00799-3, ISBNlib. 00800-0, 2003,
$16.99/$17.89 Nelson, Blake ? The New Rules of High School, Penguin Putnam/Viking, ISBNTrd. 0g06447, 2003, $16.99 Niles, Steve ? 30 Days of Night, IDW Publishing, ISBNTrd. 0?1- 97755-0, 2003, $17.99 Osa, Nancy ? Cuba 15, Random House/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd. 085s021-7, ISBNlib. 085?086-4, 2003, $15.95/$17.99 Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from WritersCorps, HarperCollins/HarperTempest, ISBNlib. 09288-1, ISBNpbk. 0D7264-7, 2003, $16.89/$6.99 Parker, Jeff ? The Interman, Octopus, ISBNTrd. 0?25553-0-7, 2003,
$19.95 Paulsen, Gary ? How Angel Peterson Got His Name and Other Outrageous Tales About Extreme Sports, Random House Children?s Books/Wendy Lamb Books, ISBNTrd. 085r949-9, ISBNlib. 085?090-2, 2003,
$12.95/$14.99 Peck, Richard ? The River Between Us, Penguin Putnam/Dial, ISBNTrd. 0?37'35-6, 2003, $16.99 Pederson, Laura ? Beginner?s Luck, Random House, Inc./Ballantine Books, ISBNTrd. 045E098-1, ISBNpbk. 045E830-3, 2003, $22.95/$13.95 Pennac, Daniel ? Eye of the Wolf, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0v3696-9, 2003, $15.99 Peters, Julie Anne ? Keeping You a Secret, Little, Brown & Co./Megan Tingley Books, ISBNTrd. 016p275-7, 2003, $16.95 Pratchett, Terry ? The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld, HarperCollins, ISBNTrd. 0 Prose, Francine ? After, HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler Books, ISBNTrd. 0 Randle, Kristen D. - Slumming, HarperCollins/HarperTempest, ISBNTrd. 0 Rapp, Adam ? 33 Snowfish, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0v3674-8, 2003,
$15.99 Reef, Catherine ? This Our Dark Country: The American Settlers of Liberia, Houghton Mifflin/ Clarion Books, ISBNTrd. 0a8785-3, 11/2002, $17.00 Rees, Celia ? Pirates!, Bloomsbury Publishing/Bloomsbury Children, ISBNTrd. 1X234?6-2, 2003, $17.95 Rowling, J.K. ? Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Scholastic, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0C95806-X, ISBNlib. 0C9V761-0, 2003, $29.99/$34.99 Rylant, Cynthia ? God Went to Beauty School, HarperCollins/HarperTempest, ISBNTrd. 0 Satrapi, Marjane ? Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Random House, Inc./Pantheon, ISBNTrd. 075B230-7, 2003, $17.95 Sidman, Joyce ? The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices, Houghton Mifflin Co., ISBNTrd. 0a8497-4, 2003, $15.00 Simmons, Michael ? Pool Boy, Roaring Brook Press/A Neal Porter Book, ISBNTrd. 0v1385-2, ISBNlib. 0v13)24-2, 2003, $15.95/$22.90 Slade, Arthur ? Dust, Random House/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd. 085s004-7, ISBNlib. 085?093-7, ISBNpbk. 0 2003, $15.95/$17.99 Snyder, Midori ? Hannah?s Garden, Penguin Putnam/Viking, ISBNTrd. 0g0577-7, Oct. 2002, $16.99 Soryo, Fuyumi ? Mars, Vol. 5, Tokyopop, ISBNTrd.pbk. 1Y1826-1, Oct. 2002, $9.99 Stone, Miriam ? At the End of Words: A Daughter?s Memoir, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0v3654-3, 2003, $14.00 Stroud, Jonathan ? The Amulet of Samarkand: Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One, Hyperion Books for Children/Miramax, ISBNTrd. 0x6859-X, ISBNpbk. 0x68Q43-0, 2003, $17.95/$14.00 Tashjian, Janet ? Fault Line, Henry Holt & Co., ISBNTrd. 0?50r00-4, 2003, $16.95 Tomecek, Stephen M. ? What a Great Idea!: Inventions that Changed the World, Scholastic, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0Y0h144-3, 2003, $18.95 Trueman, Terry ? Inside Out, HarperCollins/HarperTempest, ISBNTrd. 0b3962-1, ISBNlib. 0b3963-X, 2003, $15.99/$16.89 Vance, Susanna ? Deep, Random House/Delacorte, ISBNTrd. 085s0W-8, ISBNlib. 085?080-5, 2003, $15.95/$17.99 Weaver, Will ? Claws, HarperCollins/Harper Tempest, ISBNTrd. 0 Willingham, Bill ? Fables: Legends in Exile, DC Comics, ISBNTrd. 1V389?2-6, 12/2002, $9.95 Woodson, Jacqueline ? Locomotion, Penguin Putnam/G.P. Putnam?s Sons, ISBNTrd. 099#115-3, 2003, $15.99 Wrede, Patricia C. and Caroline Stevermer ? Sorcery & Cecelia, Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondance of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country, Harcourt, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0 4615-1, 2003, $17.00 Zahn, Timothy ? Dragon and Thief: A Dragonback Adventure, Tom Doherty Associates/TOR, ISBNTrd. 0v50124-5, ISBNpbk. 0v54272-3, 2003, pbk. June/2003, $24.95/$5.99 Zusak, Markus ? Getting the Girl, Scholastic, Inc./Arthur A. Levine Books, ISBNTrd. 0C98949-6, 2003, $16.95
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