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Juvenile Call #
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TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
SUBJECT
DEWEY DECIMAL SHELVES
970.01 M281b
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who
Dared to Dream
Before Columbus: The Americas of
1491
576.8 H466c
Charles and Emma: The Darwins’
Leap of Faith
Heiligman,
Deborah
2010
973.7092 S972c
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Swanson, James
L.
2010
323.092 C727h
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward
Justice
Hoose, Phillip M.
2010
133
323.1196 P275m
Marching for Freedom: Walk
Together, Children, and Don't You
Grow Weary
Partridge,
Elizabeth
2010
72
Small, David
2010
329
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -Women astronauts -- United States -- History -20th century -- Sex discrimination against women -United States -- History -- 20th century -- Project
Mercury (U.S.) -- History
Indians -- Origin -- Indians -- History -- Indians -Antiquities -- America -- Antiquities
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Darwin, Emma
Wedgwood, 1808-1896 -- Naturalists -- England -Biography
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Assassins -United States -- Biography --Fugitives from justice - Washington Region -- Lincoln, Abraham, 18091865 -- Assassination
Colvin, Claudette, 1939- -- African Americans -Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- African
American civil rights workers -- Biography -Juvenile literature. African American teenage girls -African Americans -- Segregation -- -- History -Segregation in transportation -- Montgomery (Ala.) - Race relations -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -History -- 20th century -- African American children
-- Political activity -- Selma to Montgomery Rights
March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- Race relations -- History
Small, David, 1945- -- Comic books, strips, etc -Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -Artists -- United States -- Children's stories -Illustrations -- Authorship
Gray, Theodore
2010
240
Chemical elements -- Pictorial works. Periodic law - Tables.
Fleming, Candace
2010
151
629.450092273 S881a
Carrier Stacks
546 G782e
791.3092 B263f
Updated April 2010
Stitches: A Memoir
The Elements: A Visual Exploration
of Every Known Atom in the
Universe.
The Great and Only Barnum: The
Tremendous, Stupendous Life of
Showman P.T. Barnum
Stone, Tanya Lee
2010
133
Mann, Charles
2010
117
268
3-6
194
5-8
8-12
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 -Circus owners -- United States -- Biography
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940.4 M978t
TITLE
364.66092 K96n
398.2 G348s
641.3 M551w
741.5 B281w
741.5 K46s
741.5 T153s
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
What the World Eats
What It Is
Amulet: Book 1: The Stone Keeper
Skim
741.5 W874i
796.357 W469f
Into the Volcano : A Graphic Novel
Far From Home
War is-- : Soldiers, Survivors, and
Storytellers Talk About War
The Surrender Tree : Poems of
Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
331.3 P238b
810.8 W253
811.54 E58s
813.54 S555i
818 F596t
818 T488t
973 N431a
Updated April 2010
Pages
Grades
SUBJECT
2010
116
Walker, Sally M.
Bowman, Robin
2010
2009
144
156
Parker, David L.
2009
164
Child Labor
Kuklin, Susan
George, Jessica
Day
Menzel, Peter
Barry, Lynda
Kibuishi, Kazu
Tamaki, Mariko
2009
212
Capital Punishment, Juvenile delinquents
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
328
160
209
185
141
Wood, Don
Wendel, Tim
2009
2009
159
Fairytales
Food habits
Graphic Novels
Haunted Houses-Graphic Novels
Depression in Adolescence-Comic
Volcanoes -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Adventure
and adventurers
Hispanic American baseball players
2009
200
War
2009
169
Cuban History
2009
246
Authors, American
2009
224
2009
99
Mark Twain
This graphic novel, narrated in Thoreau's own
words, tells the story of his two years in the woods
and of the night he spent in jail for refusing to pay
a poll tax
2009
64
Railroad construction workers-African Americans
Engle, Margarita
I am Scout : The Biography of Harper Lee
Shields, Charles J.
The Trouble Begins at 8 : A Life of
Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
Fleischman, Sid
Thoreau at Walden
Ain't Nothing But a Man : My Quest
to Find the Real John Henry
Award
Year
Christmas Truce, 1914 --World War, 1914-1918 -Campaigns -- Western Front --World War, 19141918 -- Armistices
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Virginia -Jamestown -- -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and
Va.)
Antiquities -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and
Va.)
Teenagers-United States
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped
Fighting
Murphy , Jim
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of
Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
The American Teenager
Before Their Time : The World of
Child Labor
No Choirboy : Murder, Violence, and
Teenagers on Death Row
614.17 W184w
305.235 B787a
AUTHOR
Henry David
Thoreau, John
Porcellino,
Nelson, Scott
Reynolds
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TITLE
AUTHOR
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Year
Pages
Grades
320.54 H474m
Malcom X: A Graphic Biography
Helfer, Andrew
2008
361.92 F799j
Jane Addams: Champion of
Democracy
Fradin, Judith
2008
216
7-12
591.77 D311
The Deep
2008
252
9-12
741.5 A647r
Romeo and Juliet
Nouvian, Claire
Appignanesi,
Richard
2008
195
7-12
741.5 C275r
Re-Gifters
Carey, Mike
2008
148
7-9
741.5 H662b
741.5 L351t
Beowulf
Town Boy
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks,
Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of
Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New
China
Hinds, Gareth
Lat
2008
2008
191
Polly, Matthew
2008
366
10-12
Reef, Catherine
Crisler, Curtis
Hemphill,
Stephanie
2008
2008
149
86
7-12
9-12
811.6 H491y
E.E. Cummings
Tough Boy Sonatas
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of
Sylvia Plath
2008
261
9-12
943.704092 S622w
Caldecott
The Wall: Growing Up behind the
Iron Curtain
Sís, Peter
2008
956.7044 R125l
The long Road Home: A Story of War
and Family
Raddatz, Martha
796.815 P777a
811.52 R327e
811.6 C932t
Updated April 2010
2008
7-12
7-10
7-10
310
10-12
SUBJECT
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
Black Muslims -- Biography
African Americans -- Biography
Graphic novels
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
Women social workers
Women social reformers -- United States -Biography
Deep-sea animals
Deep-sea ecology
Deep-sea animals -- Pictorial works
Graphic novels
Hapkido
Korean American women
Women martial artists Graphic novels
Beowulf
Comic books, strips, etc
Graphic novels
Muslims-Teenagers-Graphic Novel
Martial arts -- China
Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian, China)
Polly, Matthew
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Children's poetry
Plath, Sylvia
Sís, Peter, 1949- -- Childhood and youth
Illustrators -- United States -- Biography
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography-Czech Americans
United States. Army -- History -- 21st century
United States. Army. Cavalry Division, 1st
Iraq War, 2003
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966.404 B365l
973.91 M359g
741.5 G514n
323 B351f
323.1196 F853f
331.7 H797u
540 M126s
629.45 T443t
793.8 F596e
973.7 R651r
Carrier Lib-Stacks
HV9105.T44 G534 2005
306.362 G884
362.196 L399ℓ
370 J95f
Updated April 2010
TITLE
AUTHOR
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy
Soldier
Beah, Ishmael
The Great Adventure: Theodore
Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern
America
Marrin, Albert
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
Beah, Ishmael, 1980- Sierra Leone -- History -Civil War, 1991- -- Personal narratives --Child
Soldiers
2008
2008
248
7-10
Notes for a War Story
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim
Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil
Rights Movement
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Up before Daybreak: Cotton and
People in America
Gipi
2008
123
Bausum, Ann
2007
79
5-8
Freedman, Russell
Hopkinson,
Deborah
2007
114
5-10
2007
120
5-10
Something Out of Nothing: Marie
Curie and Radium
Team Moon: How 400,000 People
Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
Escape!: The Story of the Great
Houdini
McClafferty, Carla
Killough
Thimmesh,
Catherine
2007
134
5-8
2007
80
5-10
Fleischman, Sid
2007
210
5-10
Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier,
American Citizen
Last Chance in Texas: The
Redemption of Criminal Youth
Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of
Young Slaves as Told By
Themselves
Robertson, James
I
2007
159
6-12
Hubner, John
2007
Taylor, Yuval
2006
230
9-12
2006
160
9-12
2006
150
5-8
Lessons in Taxidermy
Lavender, Bee
The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The
True and Dramatic Story of Prudence
Crandall and Her Students
Jurmain, Suzanne
SUBJECT
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Presidents -- United States -- Biography
... an astonishing urban fable of life in a lawless,
war-torn nation, heightened by the uncanny
artwork of Italy's maestro graphic novel author.-African American civil rights workers -- Biography -Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- -- Zwerg, Jim, 1939- -Civil rights
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 19551956 -- African Americans -- Civil rights
Cotton growing -- Social aspects -- United States -History -- Cotton trade-- Slaves
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934-- Radium -- Chemists -Women chemists -- Poland -- Biography -Physicists -- Women physicists
Project Apollo (U.S.) -- Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) -Space flight to the moon
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Magicians -- United
States -- Biography -- Escape artists
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -Generals -- Confederate States of America Army -Biography -- United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865
Giddings State School-- Juvenile corrections -Texas-- Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation
Slavery -- United States -- Biography --Slaves'
writings, American --Child slaves
Cancer -- Patients -- Northwest, Pacific -Biography -- Genetic disorders -- Poor --Mothers
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890 -- Women
educators -- Connecticut -- Biography -- African
American women -- Education
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Award
Year
Pages
Grades
Farrell, Jeanette
2006
165
6-12
Dendy, Leslie A.,
and Boring, Mel
2006
213
5-8
Delisle, Guy
2006
O'Donnell, Joe
Partridge,
Elizabeth
2006
87
6-12
John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth
Good Brother, Bad Brother: The
Story of Edwin Booth and John
Wilkes Booth
Giblin, James
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX:
The Law That Changed the Future of
Girls in America
Blumenthal, Karen
2006
232
9-12
Self-experimentation in medicine -- Scientists
Graphic novels -- Korea (North) -- Comic books,
strips, etc. -- Social conditions
War photography -- United States -- History -- 20th
century -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese
Americans -- Pictorial works -- Bombing, Aerial -Japan -- Aerial operations, American
Lennon, John, 1940-1980 -- Rock musicians -England -- Biography
2006
244
7-10
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Family -- Booth,
Edwin, 1833-1893 -- Assassins
2006
152
2006
34
9-12
2006
32
6-9
937 D311b
A Wreath for Emmett Till
Nelson, Marilyn
Fortune's Bones: The Manumission
Requiem
Nelson, Marilyn
Bodies From the Ash: Life and Death
in Ancient Pompeii
Deem, James M
2006
50
5-10
943.086 B292h
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's
Shadow
Bartoletti, Susan
Campbell
2006
176
7-10
Zenatti, Valérie
2006
235
956.9405 F828u
When I Was a Soldier: A Memoir
Understanding the Holy Land:
Answering Questions About the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Frank, Mitch
2006
152
5-10
958.1 A313c
Come Back to Afghanistan: A
California Teenager's Story
Akbar, Said Hyder
2006
339
10-12
TITLE
741.5 D354p
Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape
Our Lives
Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold SelfExperimenters in Science and
Medicine
Pyongyang: A Journey in North
Korea
779 Od26j
Japan 1945: A U.S. Marine's
Photographs from Ground Zero
579 F245i
616 D391g
782.42166 P275j
792.02 G446g
796 B658ℓ
811 N428w
811.6 N428f
956.94 Z54q
Updated April 2010
AUTHOR
9-12
SUBJECT
Microbiology -- Microorganisms
Sex discrimination in sports -- Law and legislation -United States -- Women athletes
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- African American
teenage boys -- Crimes against -- Trials (Murder) -Hate crimes -- Children's poetry
Slavery -- Connecticut -- African Americans -Young adult poetry
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption,
79 -- Excavations (Archaeology)
Hitler-Jugend -- National socialism and youth -Jewish youth -- Germany -- History -- 20th century - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Zenatti, Valérie, 1970- Women soldiers -- Israel -Biography -- Jews, French -- Israel Armed Forces
Arab-Israeli conflict
Afghanistan -- Description and travel -- Politics and
government -- 2001- -- Afghanistan -- History -Akbar, Said Hyder
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973.917 F597o
974.7 B687m
Carrier Lib-Stacks
DS145.P7 E37 2005
Carrier Lib-Stacks
PR6057.A319 A85 2005
323.1 M177d
324.6 B351w
598.7 H789r
782.1 F853v
811.54 M996he
973.3 A431g
342.73 F853i
576.8 S622t
614.5 M978a
811.6 W898ℓ
813 P332h
Updated April 2010
TITLE
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
2006
176
6-12
Bolden, Tonya
2006
47
3-6
Eisner, Will
2006
AUTHOR
Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at
Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life Fleming, Candace
Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century
American Girl
The Plot: The Secret Story of the
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Anansi Boys
Gaiman, Neil
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil
Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 McWhorter, Diane
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the
Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
The Voice that Challenged a Nation:
Marian Anderson and the Struggle
for Equal Rights
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many
Voices
George Washington, Spymaster:
How the Americans Outspied the
British and Won the Revolutionary
War
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of
America’s Bill of Rights
The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting
the Life of Charles Darwin
Naturalist,Geologist & Thinker
An American Plague: The True and
Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever
Epidemic of 1793
Locomotion
How Angel Peterson Got His Name
and Other Outrageous Tales About
Extreme Sports
2006
2005
160
6-10
Bausum, Ann
Hoose, Phillip M.
2005
2005
111
196
6-10
5-10
Freedman, Russell
Myers, Walter
Dean
2005
114
4-8
2005
88
7-12
Allen, Thomas B
2005
184
6-10
Freedman, Russell
2004
196
5-10
Sis, Peter
2004
34
4-8
Murphy, Jim
2004
165
5-10
Woodson,
Jacqueline
2004
100
3-8
Paulsen, Gary
2004
111
6-10
SUBJECT
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Presidents'
spouses -- United States -- Biography
Lyons, Maritcha Rémond, 1848-1929 -- African
American girls -- New York -- Biography -- Free
African Americans -- Social Life and Customs
Protocols of the wise men of Zion -- Antisemitism
Anansi (Legendary character) -- Fathers and sons - Brothers
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th
century -- Civil rights movement
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History
Ivory-billed woodpecker -- Endangered species
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 -- Contraltos -United States -- Biography -- African American
singers --Civil rights
African Americans -- Poetry --Harlem (New York,
N.Y
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Career in
espionage -- United States -- History -- Revolution,
1775-1783 -- Secret service --Presidents
United States. Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments - History -- Civil rights
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Naturalists
Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -History -- 18th century
African American boys -- Brothers and sisters -Foster home care -- Orphans -- Schools -Children's poetry
Paulsen, Gary -- Childhood and youth -- Authors,
American -- 20th century -- Biography
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TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
SUBJECT
Boys -- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw (Poland) -Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- World War,
1939-1945
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Brooklyn
(New York, N.Y.) -- Fathers and daughters -- Loss
(Psychology) -- Mothers -- Death -- Teenage girls -California
Satrapi, Marjane, 1969- -- Comic books, strips, etc
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 --Terrorism -United States -- New York (State)
813 S757m
Milkweed: A Novel
Spinelli, Jerry
2004
208
7-10
813.54 M471u
955.05 S253p
The Usual Rules
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
September 11, 2001: Attack on New
York City
The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Night-Time: A Novel
Maynard, Joyce
Satrapi, Marjane
2004
2004
390
153
8-12
Hampton, Wilborn
2004
145
6-10
Haddon, Mark
Adichie,
Chimamanda
Ngozi
2004
Autism -- Savants (Savant syndrome)
2004
Teenage girls -- Nigeria
The Meaning of Consuelo
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human
Cadavers
Ortiz Cofer, Judith
2004
Roach, Mary
2004
Sisters -- Loss (Psychology) -- Puerto Rico
Human experimentation in medicine-- Dead -Human dissection
Coal: A Human History
Freese, Barbara
2004
Coal -- Environmental aspects
974.7 H222s
Carrier Lib-Stacks
PR6058.A245 C87 2004
Carrier Lib-Stacks
PR9387.9.A34354 P87
2003
Carrier Lib-Stacks
PS3565.R7737 M43
2004
Carrier Lib-Stacks
R853.H8 R635 2003
Carrier Lib-Stacks
TN805.A5 F857 2003
Purple Hibiscus: A Novel
FICTION SHELVES
A5465w
Wintergirls
Anderson, Laure
Halse
2010
278
B261t
Tales of the Madman Underground
Barnes, John
2010
532
B724u
Boorhaem, Ellen
2010
317
B811s
The Unnameables
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the
Pie
Bradley, Alan
2010
373
B827g
Going Bovine
2010
480
9-12
B838d
Demon's Lexicon
Bray, Libba
Brennan, Sarah
Rees
Anorexia nervosa -- Death -- Best Friends -- Young
Women -- Guilt -- Stepfamilies
Emotional problems of children -- Friendship -Alcoholism -- Mothers and sons -- High school -Schools -- Ohio History
Utopias -- Satyrs (Greek mythology) -- Friendship -Change
Detectives -- Motherless families -- Sisters -England
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Bovine spongiform
encephalopathy -- Dwarfs -- People with
disabilities -- Automobile travel
2010
322
9-12
Demonology -- Magic -- Brothers
Updated April 2010
5-9
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AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
B878h
B954a
Hate List
All the Broken Pieces
Brown, Jennifer
Burg, Anne E
2010
2010
408
218
C338f
Fire
Cashore, Kristin
2010
461
C436b
Because I Am Furniture
2010
352
C6253h
Highway to Hell
Chaltas, Talia
Clement-Moore,
Rosemary
2010
357
C713c
Catching Fire
Collins, Suzanne
2010
391
C7775b
A Brief History of Montmaray
Cooper, Michelle
2010
296
C953s
The Stolen One
Crowley, Suzanne
Carlisle
2010
406
D256l
Lost
Davies, Jacqueline
2010
242
D2637m
Mare's War
Davis, Tanita
2010
341
D475a
Along For the Ride
Dessen, Sarah
2010
383
D745so
Solace of the Road
Dowd, Siobhan
2010
260
E27a
After
Efaw, Amy
2010
350
F724i
If I Stay
Frman, Gayle
2010
201
Updated April 2010
Grades
5-8
12 and
Up
SUBJECT
School shootings -- High schools -- Schools -Emotional problems of teenagers -- Dysfunctional
families Forgiveness
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Psychological aspects
Magic -- Extrasensory perception -- Imaginary
wars and battles
Child abuse -- Child sexual abuse -- Guilt -Dysfunctional families -- High schools
Chupacabras -- Monsters --Psychic ability -Witchcraft -- Demonology -- Journalism -- Texas
Insurgency -- Survival skills -- Television programs - Interpersonal relations -- Contests
Families -- Europe -- Princesses -- Islands -Europe -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Diaries
Orphans -- Identity (Psychology)
Country life -- England -- City and town life -England
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -London (England) -- History -- 16th century -Grief -- Loss (Psychology) -- Sisters -- Immigrants - Arnold, Dorothy Harriet Camille, b. 1884? -.Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Jews - United States -- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 18981951
Automobile travel -- Grandmothers -- African
Americans -- United States. Army. Women's Army
Corps --World War, 1939-1945 --Sisters -- Families
-- Alabama -- .Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950
Stepfamilies -- Infants --Interpersonal relations -Dating (Social customs) -- Divorce -- Change
Missing persons -- Foster home care -- Hitchhiking
-- Voyages and travels --Self-actualization
(Psychology) --Great Britain
Pregnancy --Infanticide -- Denial (Psychology) -High schools -- Schools
Coma -- Death -- Medical care -- Violoncellists -Families -- Oregon
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TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
SUBJECT
12 and
Up
F939c
Crossing Stones
Frost, Helen
2010
184
G243s
Say the Word
2010
360
G34787p
G653e
Princess of the Midnight Ball
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
Garsee, Jeannine
George, Jessica
Day
Goodman, Alison
2010
2010
280
531
G852o
The Orange Houses
Griffin, Paul
2010
147
H195i
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder
Halpern, Julie
2010
247
H233s
H264l
The Summer I Turned Pretty
The Lost Conspiracy
Han, Jenny
Hardinge, Frances
2010
2010
267
568
H549g
The Great Wide Sea
Herlong, M.H.
2010
283
H557n
Hernandez, David
2010
281
J616r
No More Us for You
The Reformed Vampire Support
Group
Jinks, Catherine
2010
362
K195a
Almost Perfect
Katcher, Brian
2010
360
K294e
The Evolution of Calpurnia
Kelly, Jacqueline
2010
340
K52d
The Dust of 100 Dogs
King, A.S.
2010
330
K73j
Jumping Off Swings
Knowles, Jo
2010
230
L151h
Hold Still
2010
229
L318l
Liar
LaCour, Nina
Larbalestier,
Justine
World War, 1914-1918 -- Michigan -- History -20th century
Family problems -- Lesbians -- Homosexuality -Grief -- High schools -- Schools -- Only child -Ohio
Princesses -- Dance -- Soldiers -- Magic -Blessing and cursing
Dragons -- Sex role -- Apprentices -- Magic
Interpersonal relations --Hearing impaired -People with disabilities -- Veterans -- Mental illness
-- Illegal aliens -- Africans -- United States -- Bronx
(New York, N.Y.)
Best friends -- Friendship -- Popularity --High
schools -- Schools -- Brothers and sisters -Dungeons and dragons (Game)
Interpersonal relations -- Beaches -- Summer -Vacation homes -- Friendship
Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Sailing -- Brothers -- Fathers and sons -- Grief -Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Friendship -- Conduct of life -- Death -- Grief -High schools -- Schools -- California
Self-help groups -- Mystery and detective stories -Humorous stories -- Vampires
Dating (Social customs) -- High schools -- Schools - Friendship -- Identity (Philosophical concept) -Transgender people -- Single-parent families -Missouri
Nature -- Families -- Texas -- Grandfathers -Naturalists -- Texas -- History -- 19th century
Pirates -- Reincarnation -- Dogs -- Blessing and
cursing
Sexual intercourse -- Pregnancy -- Interpersonal
relations -- Emotional problems of teenagers
Bereavement -- Suicide -- Friendship -Psychological fiction
2010
376
Honesty -- Werewolves
Updated April 2010
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BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
L66554b
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
2010
266
L816t
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
Lvine, Kristine
The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel,
Jackson, Finn, Hutch--And Me, Ruby
Oliver
Lockhart, E
2010
244
M182f
Flash Burnout
Madigan, L.K.
2010
322
M211r
The Rock and the River
2010
290
M131p
Purple Heart
Magoon, Kekla
McCormick,
Patricia
2010
198
M157d
The Devil’s Paintbox
McKernan,
Victoria
2010
359
M158f
Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits
McKinley, Robin
2010
297
N216a
Alligator Bayou
Napoli, Donna Jo
2010
280
N877g
Gentlemen
Northrop, Michael
2010
234
O11w
Why I Fight
Oaks, J. Adams
2010
288
P362m
The Miles Between
Pearson, Mary E.
2010
266
P397w
We Were Here
Pena, Matt de la
2010
357
R2195p
Punkzilla
Rapp, Adam
2010
244
Updated April 2010
Grades
4-8
6-12
14 and
up
SUBJECT
Race relations -- Prejudices -- Friendship -Country life -- Alabama -- Alabama -- History -1819-1950
Interpersonal relations -- Dating (Social customs) -High schools -- Schools -- Friendship -- Seattle
(Wash.)
Photographers -- High school students -Friendship -- Self-actualization (Psychology) in
adolescence -- Dating (Social customs)
Civil rights movements -- Illinois -- Chicago -Black Panther Party -- Racism -- Brothers -African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago --United
States -- History -- 20th century -- Chicago (Ill.) -History
Iraq War, 2003- -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Orphans -- Frontier and
pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Seattle (Wash.) -History -- 19th century -- West (U.S.) -- History -1860-1890
Fire -- Animals, Mythical -- Short stories, American.
Short stories, English.
Prejudices -- Italian Americans -- Uncles -- Race
relations -- Country life -- Louisiana -- Louisiana -History -- 19th century
Guilt -- Missing persons -- Teachers -- Crime -Friendship -- High schools
Uncles -- Hand-to-hand fighting -- Emotional
problems of teenagers --Criminals
Children's secrets -- Emotional problems of
children -- Friendship -- Boarding schools -Schools
Juvenile delinquents -- Runaway teenagers -- Guilt
-- Brothers -- Group homes -- Hispanic Americans - California -- Friendship
Runaway teenagers -- Methamphetamine abuse -Brothers
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ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
R943s
Surface Tension: A Novel in Four
Summers
Runyon, Brent
2010
197
S425l
Love You, Hate You, Miss You
Scott, Elizabeth
2010
276
S6428i
In the Path of Falling Objects
Smith, Andrew
2010
326
S659f
Flygirl
Sith, Sherri L.
2010
275
S785h
How to Say Goodbye in Robot
Standiford, Natalie
2010
267
S799w
Stead, Rebecca
2010
199
S8543l
When You Reach Me
Lament: The Faerie Queen’s
Deception
Stiefvater, Maggie
2010
325
S8543s
Shiver
2010
392
S885m
S925h
Marcelo in the Real World
Heroes of the Valley
Stiefvater, Maggie
Stork, Francisco
X.
Stroud, Jonathan
2010
2010
312
483
T161t
Tales from Outer Suburbia
Tan, Shaun
2010
92
T243l
Lips Touch: Three Times
Taylr, Laini
2010
265
T4736c
V158b
Creature of the Night
Broken Soup
Thompson, Kate
Valentine, Jenny
2010
2010
250
216
V858s
Same Difference
Vivian, Siobhan
2010
287
W277b
Breathless
Warman, Jessica
2010
311
W526l
Leviathan
2010
440
W722c
The Chosen One
Westerfeld, Scott
Williams, Carol
Lynch
2010
213
Updated April 2010
Grades
SUBJECT
Vacations -- Families -- New York (State) -Change -- New York (State)
Guilt -- Death -- Self-perception -- Alcoholism -Schools -- Best friends -- Friendship -- Young adult
fiction.
Brothers -- Survival -- Psychopaths -- Vietnam
War, 1961-1975
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- World War,
1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
Friendship -- Dysfunctional families -- Death -Baltimore (Md.)
Space and time- New York (N.Y.) --History --1951- -Nineteen seventies --Fatherless families -Preteens -- Friendship
Supernatural -- Fairies
Wolves -- Human-animal relationships -Metamorphosis -- Supernatural
Autism -- Asperger's syndrome -- Interpersonal
relations
Vikings
Children's stories, Australian -- Suburban life -Australia -- Australia
Three short stories about kissing, featuring
elements of the supernatural.
Juvenile delinquents -- Ireland -- Dublin --Country
life -- Ireland -- Murder
Families -- Grief -- England -- London (England)
Artists -- Self-confidence -- Schools -- Best friends Age 14- - Friendship -- Families -- New Jersey -17
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- New Jersey
Schizophrenia -- Mental illness -- Brothers and
13 and sisters -- Boarding schools -- Peer pressure -up
Swimming
12 and Animals -- Princes -- Genetic engineering -- War
up
stories
Cults -- Polygamy -- Families -- Coming of age
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ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
2010
169
Grades
W726j
Jumped
Williams-Garcia,
Rita
W976f
W989u
Funny How Things Change
The Uninvited
Wyatt, Melissa
Wynne-Jones, Tim
2010
2010
196
351
Y21m
The Monstrumologist
Yancey, Rick
2010
434
14 and
up
Carrier Stacks
The Eternal Smile
Yang, Gene Luen
2010
Z38o
Once Was Lost
Zarr, Sara
2010
217
12 and
up
Z944o
An Off Year
Zulkey, Claire
2010
213
C274d
Dragon's Keep
Carey, Janet
2008
7-12
C345l
Looking for JJ
Cassidy, Anne
2008
10-12
C348b
Beige
Castellucci, Cecil
2008
307
9-12
C598o
One Whole and Perfect Day
Clarke, Judith
2008
250
9-12
C737r
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party: A
Novel
Compestine, Ying
2008
248
7-10
C9516d
Derby Girl
Cross, Shauna
2008
234
9-12
C967i
I Am Rembrandt's Daughter
Cullen, Lynn
2008
307
6-12
Updated April 2010
SUBJECT
Conduct of life -- Bullying in schools -- High
schools -- Schools
Interpersonal relations in adolescence --Mountains
-- Country life -- West Virginia -- Teenage artists -West Virginia
Mystery and detective stories -- Canada
New England -- History -- 19th century
Fantasy comic books, strips, etc
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States
Comic books, strips, etc
Graphic novels
Faith -- Self-perception -- Parent and child -Missing children
Maturation (Psychology) -- Families -- Illinois -College stories.
College choice -- Chicago (Ill.)
Princesses; Dragons; Mothers and daughters
Kings and rulers; Abnormalities, Human
British Isles -- History -- 12th century
Murder; Emotional problems of teenagers
Child abuse; Identity (Psychology)
England
Fathers and daughters; Punk rock music
Musicians; Self-perception
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Grandparents; Brothers and sisters
Problem families; Australia
China -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
Persecution; Family -- China
Physicians; Communism
Roller derbies; Identity (Psychology)
Interpersonal relations; High schools
Schools; Texas
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 -Father and daughters
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ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
D745s
A Swift Pure Cry
Dowd, Siobhan
2008
309
10-12
D749b
D7545i
Before I Die
I Love, You Beth Cooper
Downham, Jenny
Doyle, Larry
2008
2008
326
255
7-12
9-12
E464t
This is What I Did
Ellis, Ann
2008
157
7-10
F315t
Touching Snow
Felin, M.
2008
234
7-10
F912f
Friesen, Gayle
2008
247
9-12
G842l
H164b
For Now
Leonardo's Shadow, Or, My
Astonishing Life as Leonardo da
Vinci's Servant
Book of a Thousand Days
Grey, Christopher
Hale, Shannon
2008
2008
394
305
7-12
7-10
H814s
H829t
Slam
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hornby, Nick
Hosseini, Khaled
2008
2008
309
10-12
J515r
Repossessed
Jenkins, A.M.
2008
218
7-12
J63h
How It Happened in Peach Hill
Jocelyn, Marthe
2008
232
4-6
J735b
Bone by Bone by Bone
Johnston, Tony
2008
184
5-10
J77m
Mister Pip
Jones, Lloyd
2008
256
Updated April 2010
SUBJECT
Problem families
Fathers
Ireland
Terminally ill
England
High school students
Bullying
Interpersonal relations
Schools
Child abuse; Problem families
Haitian Americans; Stepfathers
New York (State)
Family; Teenage girls
Remarriage; Best friends
Stepsisters
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Teenage fathers; Teenage parents
Hawk, Tony
Infants; Skateboarding; England
Families -- Afghanistan
Spirit possession; Conduct of life
Interpersonal relations; High schools
Schools; Devil
Mothers and daughters
Swindlers and swindling
Self-realization
Clairvoyance
New York (State)
Racism; Race relations
Best friends, Friendship
Fathers and sons
Tennessee -- History -- 20th century
Books and reading -- Storytelling -- Bougainville
Island (Papua New Guinea)
13
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ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
K44a
Alabama Moon
Key, Watt
2008
294
7-10
K63f
Klass, David
2008
289
7-12
K74d
Firestorm
Dreamquake: Book Two of the
Dreamhunter Duet
Knox, Elizabeth
2008
449
9-12
K78s
Strays
Koertge, Ronald
2008
167
7-12
L243r
Red Spikes
Lanagan, Margo
2008
167
10-12
L264s
Skulduggery Pleasant
Landy, Derek
2008
392
4-8
L816d
Dramarama
Lockhart, E
2008
311
9-12
L984a
The Astonishing Adventures of
Fanboy & Goth Girl
Lyga, Barry
2008
311
9-12
L984b
Boy Toy
Lyga, Barry
2008
410
10-12
M1235w
The White Darkness: A Novel
McCaughrean,
Geraldine
2008
373
7-12
M132b
M336w
Buried
Wildwood Dancing
MacCready, Robin
Marillier, Juliet
2008
2008
198
407
9-12
7-10
M632u
Un Lun Dun
Miéville, China
2008
432
7-12
M651m
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller
Miller, Sarah
2008
Updated April 2010
7-10
SUBJECT
Orphans; Wilderness survival
Bullies; Alabama
Space and time
Ecology
Dogs
Dreams
Family
Grief; Orphans
Foster home care; Traffic accidents
Supernatural
Interpersonal relations
Australia
Magic
Fantasy fiction
Actors and actresses; High schools
Best friends; Friendship
Self-perception
Cartoons and comics
Geeks (Computer enthusiasts)
Interpersonal relations
High schools
Schools
Sexual abuse victims
Emotional problems of teenagers
Baseball; Psychotherapy
Memory; High schools
Deception
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks,
Antarctica
Alcoholism; Mothers and daughters
Mental illness; Schools
Supernatural; Magic; Sisters
Betrayal
England
Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
Blind; Deaf; People with disabilities
Teachers; Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950
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ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
M8237h
Hero
Moore, Perry
2008
M974o
The Off Season
Murdock,
Catherine
2008
277
7-10
M996w
What They Found: Love on 145th
Street
Myers, Walter
Dean
2008
243
9-12
Ol46c
Coal Black Horse
Olmstead, Robert
2008
218
9-12
P375t
Tamar
Peet, Mal
2008
424
9-12
R429r
Red Glass
Resau, Laura
2008
275
7-10
R429w
What the Moon Saw: A Novel
Resau, Laura
2008
258
5-10
R436
The Restless Dead: Ten Original
Stories of the Supernatural
Noyes, Deborah
2008
253
8-12
R884hd
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J.K.
2008
759
7-12
S143f
Freak Show
2008
297
9-12
Updated April 2010
St. James, James
10-12
SUBJECT
Heroes
Gay teenagers
Football
Interpersonal relations
Farm life
Love
Family
Beauty shops
African Americans
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Fathers and sons
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Grandfathers; Guilt
Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 19401945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
-- Netherlands
England
Self-confidence; Automobile travel
Orphans; Family; Illegal aliens
Mexico; Guatemala
Self-perception; Grandparents
Healers; Country life -- Mexico
Racially mixed people
Supernatural
Short stories, American
Short stories, English
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
Wizards; Magic; Schools; England
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
(Imaginary place)
Female impersonators
Homosexuality
Prejudices
High schools
Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)
15
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ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
S143f
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the
Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic
Savant: A Memoir
Tammet, Daniel
2008
226
S349w
The Wednesday Wars
Schmidt, Gary
2008
264
5-8
S448m
My Swordhand is Singing
Sedgwick, Marcus
2008
205
7-12
S469i Caldecott
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A
Novel in Words and Pictures
Selznick, Brian
2008
533
5-8
S5294m
My Mother the Cheerleader: A Novel Sharenow, Robert
2008
288
9-12
S5625u
Unwind
Shusterman, Neal
2008
335
9-12
S657p
Peak
Smith, Roland
2008
246
7-10
S699n
Notes from the Midnight Driver
Sonnenblick,
Jordan
2008
265
7-12
T161a
The Arrival
Tan, Shaun
2008
Updated April 2010
6-12
SUBJECT
Tammet, Daniel, 1979- -- Mental health
Autism -- Patients -- England -- Biography
Savants (Savant syndrome) -- England -Biography
Coming of age
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays
Junior high schools
Family -- New York (State) -- Long Island
Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
Supernatural, Murder, Fathers and sons
Vampires, Romanies, Villages, Superstition
Europe, Eastern -- History -- 17th century
Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938
Robots, Orphans, Railroad stations
Paris (France) -- History -- 1870-1940
France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940
School integration
Racism
Race relations
Mothers and daughters
New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 20th century
Fugitives from justice
Survival skills
Revolutionaries
Mountaineering
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Self-perception
Friendship
Nursing homes
Guitar
Musicians
Family problems
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Stories without words
Comic books, strips, etc
Graphic novels
16
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BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
T4736n
The New Policeman
Thompson, Kate
2008
442
7-10
W193o
One Good Punch
Wallace, Rich
2008
114
10-12
W423c
Converting Kate
Weinheimer,
Beckie
2008
312
9-12
W652s
Such a Pretty Girl
Wiess, Laura
2008
212
10-12
W835s
Spanking Shakespeare
Wizner, Jake
2008
287
9-12
Z38s
Story of a Girl
Zarr, Sara
2008
192
9-12
Z63m
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Zevin, Gabrielle
2008
271
7-10
B7115ℓ
The Killer's Tears
2007
162
9-12
B9275a
Ask Me No Questions
Bondoux, AnneLaure
Budhos, Marina
Tamar
2007
162
7-10
G796a
An Abundance of Katherines
Green, John
2007
227
9-12
H333s
Y22a
Surrender
American Born Chinese
Hartnett, Sonya
Yang, Gene Luen
2007
2007
248
233
9-12
7-12
Updated April 2010
SUBJECT
Space and time, Fairies
Music
Ireland
Conduct of life; Integrity; Track and field
Journalism; High schools; Scranton (Pa.)
Self-perception
Problem families
Religion
Interpersonal relations
High schools
Schools
Moving, Household
Maine
Fathers and daughters
Sex crimes
Coming of age
Authorship
High schools
Schools
Self-esteem
Forgiveness
Family
Interpersonal relations
Sex
California
Amnesia
Friendship
High schools
Fathers and sons -- Metamorphosis -Interpersonal relations -- Robbers and outlaws -Chile
Illegal aliens -- Bangladeshi Americans -- Family -New York (State) -- High schools
Interpersonal relations -- Self-perception -Mathematics
Family problems -- Brothers -- Dogs -- City and
town life
Chinese Americans -- Schools -- Graphic novels
17
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BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
Z96b
The Book Thief
Zusak, Markus
2007
552
9-12
F8273w
Wrecked
Frank, E. R
2006
247
7-12
G796ℓ
Looking for Alaska: A Novel
Green, John
2006
221
8-12
G862d
Dark Sons
Grimes, Nikki
2006
216
7-12
H436m
The Minister's Daughter
Hearn, Julie
2006
263
7-12
H7587i .Eh
L243b
L642d
L987i
An Innocent Soldier
Black Juice
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
Inexcusable
2006
2006
2006
2006
231
261
177
165
7-12
9-12
6-10
9-12
M996a
Autobiography of My Dead Brother
2006
212
8-12
P449c
Criss Cross
Holub, Josef
Lanagan, Margo
Lester, Julius
Lynch, Chris
Myers, Walter
Dean
Perkins, Lynne
Rae
2006
337
6-9
R884hh
S167e
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
Eyes of the Emperor
Rowling, J. K
Salisbury, Graham
2006
2006
652
229
7-12
7-10
W526u
Z96m
Uglies
I Am the Messenger
Westerfeld, Scott
Zusak, Markus
2006
2006
425
3257
7-12
9-12
A452f
Fire-Eaters
Almond, David
2005
218
6-10
C547a
Choldenko,
Gennifer
2005
228
5-8
C551d
Al Capone Does My Shirts: a Novel
Daniel Half Human and the Good
Nazi
Chotjewitz, David
2005
298
7-12
C978bu
Bucking the Sarge
Curtis, Christopher
Paul
2005
259
5-9
Updated April 2010
SUBJECT
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Books and
reading -- Storytelling -- Death
Traffic accidents -- Death -- Grief -- Brothers and
sisters -- Self-acceptance -- Family problems
Interpersonal relations -- Boarding schools -Schools -- Death
Fathers and sons -- Ishamel (Biblical figure) -African Americans -- Self-perception -- Bible -History of Biblical events -- New York
Hopkins, Matthew, d. 1647 -- Trials (Witchcraft) -Fairies -- Supernatural -- Pregnancy -- Sisters
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -Russia -- War
Interpersonal relations -- Conduct of life
Slavery -- African Americans
Rape -- High schools -- Schools -- Football
Gangs -- Friendship -- Drive-by shootings -African Americans
Identity -- Nineteen sixties
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary
place) -- Wizards -- Magic -- Schools -- England
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Beauty, Personal -- Teenage girls -- Friendship -Science fiction
Self-esteem -- Heroes -- Taxicab drivers
Conduct of life -- Hope -- Cuban Missile Crisis,
1962
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island,
California -- Autism -- Problem families -- Brothers
and sisters
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Nazis -Friendship --Prejudices
Business enterprises -- Fraud -- Group homes -Mothers -- People with mental disabilities -- African
Americans
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F2335s
F5327o
TITLE
The Sea of Trolls
The Oracle Betrayed
Who Am I Without Him?: Short
Stories about Girls and the Boys in
Their Lives
F576w
F993t
H381g
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
Farmer, Nancy
Fisher, Catherine
2005
2005
459
341
5-10
7-12
Flake, Sharon
Fusco, Kimberly
Newton
Hautman, Pete
2005
168
6-12
2005
2005
167
198
7-10
7-12
Jocelyn, Marthe
2005
279
5-10
J63m
Tending to Grace
Godless
Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of
Humdrum, Peril, and Romance
J654b
K82o
Bird
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Johnson, Angela
Konigsburg, E. L
2005
2005
133
296
5-8
5-8
L439h
Heck, Superhero
Leavitt, Martine
2005
144
7-9
L6656r
Op62a
Levithan, David
Oppel, Kenneth
2005
2005
210
355
9-12
6-10
P3669te
The Realm of Possibility
Airborn
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in
Three Parts
Peck, Richard
2005
190
6-10
P4825ℓ
P912h
Luna: A Novel
A Hat Full Of Sky
Peters, Julie Anne
Pratchett, Terry
2005
2005
248
278
9-12
5-10
R2195u
Under the Wolf, Under the Dog
Rapp, Adam
2005
310
10-12
R822h
Rosoff, Meg
2005
194
7-12
S351ℓ
How I Live Now
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminister
Boy
Schmidt, Gary D
2005
219
5-10
S5625s
The Schwa was here
Shusterman, Neal
2005
228
6-10
S911c
Chanda’s Secrets
The Golem's Eye: The Bartimaeus
Trilogy, Book Two
Stratton, Allan
2005
193
9-12
Stroud, Jonathan
2005
562
7-12
S925g
Updated April 2010
SUBJECT
Mythology, Norse -- Druids and druidism -- Vikings - Bards and bardism -- Brothers and sisters -Trolls
Fantasy
Abused teenagers -- Self-esteem in adolescence -Teenagers -- Sexual behavior
Emotional problems of teenagers --Stuttering -Mothers -- Aunts
Water towers -- Religion
Teachers -- Schools -- Women's rights -- Sisters -Diaries
Runaway children -- Stepfathers -- Interpersonal
relations -- African Americans -- Alabama
Social action -- Individuality -- Uncles
Abandoned children -- Mental illness -- Comic
books, strips, etc. -- Emotional problems of
teenagers
Interpersonal relations --Conduct of life -- High
schools -- Schools
Airships -- Pirates -- Animals, Mythical
Education -- Teachers -- Country life -- Indiana -Humorous stories
Transsexuals -- Brothers and sisters -- Family
problems
Witches -- Fairies -- Monsters
Depression, Mental -- Suicide -- Death -- Cancer -Family problems
War -- Cousins -- Family -- Farm life -- England -Eating disorders
Progress -- Race relations -- Moving, Household -Clergy
Friendship -- Self-perception -- Brooklyn (New
York, N.Y)
AIDS (Disease) -- Africa -- Teenagers and death -Secrecy -- Shame
Magic -- Apprentices -- Golelm -- Prague (Czech
Republic) -- London (England)
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Book Award List:
JMU Libraries PreK-12 Literature Collection
Location: ETMC-- Memorial Hall
BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
ETMC-Memorial
Juvenile Call #
unless otherwise noted
TITLE
AUTHOR
Award
Year
Pages
Grades
W396s
So B. It: A Novel
Weeks, Sarah
2005
245
4-8
B8735ℓ
Lucas
Brooks, Kevin
2004
423
7-12
D6855n
A Northern Light
Donnelly, Jennifer
2004
389
9-12
F9395k
Keesha’s House
Frost, Helen
2004
116
6-10
G615f
H823c
Fat Kid Rules the World
The Canning Season
Going, Kelly
Horvath, Polly
2004
2004
187
195
9-12
6-9
J654f
The First Part Last
Johnson, Angela
2004
131
8-12
M1528b
Mack, Tracy
2004
198
7-10
M1585e
Os795c
Birdland
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big
Round Things
Cuba 15
Mackler, Carolyn
Osa, Nancy
2004
2004
246
277
7-10
P3669ri
The River Between Us
Peck, Richard
2004
164
8-12
Rowling, J. K
2004
870
5-12
Stroud, Jonathan
2004
462
7-12
R884ho
S925a
Updated April 2010
Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix
The Amulet of Samarkand:
Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One
SUBJECT
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Mothers and
daughters -- Mental illness
Loss (Psychology) -- Prejudices -- Islands -England
Education -- Farm life -- New York (State) -Hotels -- Murder -- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Teenagers -- Home -- Family problems -Interpersonal relations -- Poetry
Obesity -- Musicians -- Interpersonal relations -Drug abuse -- Suicide
Great-aunts -- Maine
Teenage fathers -- Teenage parents -- Father and
child -- Infants -- African Americans
Video recordings -- Production and direction
Brothers --Speech disorders -- Jews -- New York
(N.Y.)
Self-perception -- Assertiveness (Psychology) -Weight control -- High schools
Cuban Americans
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -Racially mixed people --Family -- Illinois
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) --Wizards -Magic -- Schools -- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry (Imaginary place) -- England
Magic -- Wizards -- Apprentices -- London
(England)
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