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[CCBC-Net] BBYA August Nominations

From: Cindy Dobrez <dobrez>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 19:17:08 -0400

As of September 1, 2005, 137 books have been nominated for Best Books for Young Adults. The new nominations for the month of August are posted below. 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

Auseon, Andrew. Funny Little Monkey. Harcourt Inc., 2005. $17.
(0-15-205334-4).
         Blumenthal, Karen. Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2005. $17.95.
(0-689-85957-0).
         Boring, Mel. Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine. Henry Holt, 2005. $19.95. (0-8050-7316-7).
         Couloumbis, Audrey. Summer's End. Penguin Group USA/Putnam, 2005. $16.99.
(0-399-23555-8).
         Dunkle, Clare B. By These Ten Bones. Henry Holt, 2005. $16.95.
(0-8050-7496-1).
         Flake, Sharon G. Bang!. Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, 2005. $16.99.
(0-7868-1844-1).
         Flight Volume 2. Ed. by Kazu Kibuishi. Image, 2005. $24.95. (1-58240-477-1).
         Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel. Houghton Mifflin, 2005. $24.95. (0-618-32970-6).
         Griffin, Adele. Where I Want to Be. Penguin Group USA/Putnam, 2005. $15.99.
(0-399-23783-6).
         Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves as Told By Themselves. Ed. by Yuval Taylor. Chicago Review Press/Lawrence Hill Books, 2005. $22.95.
(1-55652-548-6).
         Hanley, Victoria. The Light of the Oracle. Random House/David Fickling, 2005. $15.95. (0-385-75086-2).
         Hartnett, Sonya. Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf. Candlewick, 2005. $16.99.
(0-7636-2644-9).
         Kennedy, Mike. Superman: Infinite City. DC Comics, 2005. $24.99.
(1-4012-0067-2).
         Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2005. $16.95.
(0-689-84789-0).
         Moran, Lindsay. Blowing My Cover: My Life As a CIA Spy. Penguin Group USA/Putnam Adult, December 2004. $22.95. (0-399-15239-3).
         Newman, Leslea. Jailbait. Random House/Delacorte, 2005. $22.95.
(0-385-90230-1).
         Newquist, Harvey P. The Great Brain Book: An Inside Look at the Inside of Your Head. Scholastic, 2005. $18.95. (0-439-45895-1).
         Oppel, Kenneth. Skybreaker. HarperCollins/EOS, 2005. $16. (0-06-053227-0).
         Rawles, Nancy. My Jim: A Novel. Crown Publishers, 2005. $19.95.
(1-4000-5400-1).
         Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, 2005. $29.95. (0-439-78454-9).
         Salisbury, Graham. Eyes of the Emperor. Random House/Wendy Lamb Books, 2005.
$15.95. (0-385-72971-5).
         Scheeres, Julia. Jesus Land: A Memoir. Perseus Books Group/Counterpoint, 2005. $23. (1-58243-338-0).
         Shusterman, Neal. Dread Locks. Penguin Group USA/Dutton, 2005. $15.99.
(0-525-47554-0).
         Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Under the Persimmon Tree. Farrar, Straus & Giroux/ Frances Foster Books, 2005. $17. (0-374-38025-2).
         Tiffany, Grace. Ariel. HarperCollins/Laura Geringer, 2005. $16.99.
(0-06-075327-7).
         Twelve Hawks, John. The Traveler: The First Novel of the Fourth Realm Trilogy. Doubleday, 2005. $24.95. (0-385-51428-X).
         Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways: Volume 1 HC. Marvel, 2005. $34.99.
(0-7851-1876-4).
         Volponi, Paul. Black and White. Penguin Group USA/Viking, 2005. $15.99.
(0-670-06006-2).
         Weaver, Will. Full Service. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005. $17.
(0-374-32485-9).
         Whitcomb, Laura. A Certain Slant of Light. Houghton Mifflin/Graphia, 2005.
$8.99. (0-618-58532-X).
         Yang, Gene. Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order. Slave Labor Graphics/Amaze Ink, December 2004. $9.95. (1-59362-005-5).
         Young Warriors: Stories of Strength. Ed. by Tamora Pierce and Josepha Sherman. Random House, 2005. $17.95. (0-375-82962-8).
         Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005. $16.
(0-374-32091-8).
        
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