From: Cindy Dobrez <dobrez>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 06:07:45 -0500

As of March 1, 2005, 26 books have been nominated for Best Books for Young Adults. New nominations are posted on the first of each month throughout the year.

For information about Best Books for Young Adults including policies and procedures and the complete list of nominations, please visit the YALSA BBYA website at: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/


Nominations from the field are encouraged. Books must be published between Sept. 1, 2004 and Dec. 31, 2005 to be eligible for BBYA.

Thank you.

Lynn Rutan Chair, BBYA 2006 Macatawa Bay School Holland, MI

lynnrutan at charter.net

 

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Prom. Penguin Group USA/Viking, 2005. $16.99.
(0g0974-9).

            

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow. Scholastic/Scholastic Nonfiction, 2005. $19.95. (0C95379-3).

            

Block, Francesca Lia. Necklace of Kisses. HarperCollins, 2005. $21.95.
(07751-6).

            

Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two. Penguin Group USA/Dial, 2005. $16.99. (0?37)21-9).

            

Castellucci, Cecil. Boy Proof. Candlewick Press, 2005. $15.99.
(0v36#33-4).

            

Corbet, Robert. Shelf Life. Walker & Company, 2005. $16.95. (0?27?59-5).

            

Cummings, Priscilla. Red Kayak. Penguin Group USA/Dutton Books, September 2004. $15.99. (0R5G317-3).

            

Green, John. Looking for Alaska. Penguin Group USA/Dutton Books, 2005.
$15.99. (0R5G506-0).

            

Koontz, Trixie. Life is Good!: Lessons in Joyful Living. Yorkville Press, November 2004. $17.95. (0?29427-7-7).

            

Lane, Dakota. The Orpheus Obsession. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books, 2005. $16.99. (04173-2).

            

Lester, Julius. Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue. Hyperion Books for Children/Jump at the Sun, 2005. $15.99. (0x6890-4).

            

Levithan, David. Are We There Yet? Random House Children's Books/Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. $15.95. (075?846-X).

            

MacCullough, Carolyn. Stealing Henry. Roaring Brook Press, 2005. $16.95.
(1Y6435-1).

            

Martino, Alfred C.. Pinned. Harcourt Inc., 2005. $17. (0 5355-7).

            

McNaughton, Janet. The Secret Under My Skin. HarperCollins/EOS, 2005.
$15.99. (0

            

Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight: A Novel. Little, Brown and Company/Megan Tingley Books, 2005. $17.99. (016017-2).

            

Nelson, Marilyn. Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem. Front Street, November 2004. $16.95. (1?2425-8).

            

Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. Little, Brown and Company, 2005. $16.99. (016556-x).

            

Pearson, Mary E.. A Room on Lorelei Street. Henry Holt, 2005. $16.95.
(0?50v67-0).

            

Peters, Julie Anne. Far from Xanadu. Little, Brown and Company/Megan Tingley Books, 2005. $16.99. (016881-X).

            

Sittenfeld, Curtis. Prep: A Novel. Random House, 2005. $21.95.
(1 at 00b31-4).

            

Spillebeen, Geert. Kipling's Choice. Houghton Mifflin Company Books for Children, 2005. $16. (0a8C124-1).

            

Stein, Tammar. Light Years: A Novel. Random House Children's Books/Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. $15.95. (075?023-5).

            

Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency on the Rocks: Doctor, Aristocrat, Murderer? Scholastic/Orchard Books, 2005. $16.95. (0C9`676-4).

            

Yolen, Jane and Adam Stemple. Pay the Piper: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale. Tom Doherty Associates/Starscape, 2005. $16.95. (0v51158-5).

            

Zusak, Markus. I am the Messenger. Random House Children's Books/Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. $16.95. (075?099-5).
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