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The 2007 Alex Awards:
The Alex Awards were created to recognize that many teens
enjoy and often prefer books written for adults, and to assist
librarians in recommending adult books that appeal to teens.
The award is named in honor of the late Margaret Alexander
Edwards, fondly called “Alex” by her closest friends, a young
adult specialist at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. She
used adult books extensively with young adults to broaden their
experience and enrich their understanding of themselves and
their world.
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Connolly, John. The Book of Lost Things. $23.00. Simon &
Schuster/Atria.(0743298853).
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Doig, Ivan. The Whistling Season. $25.00. Harcourt.
(0151012377).
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D'Orso, Michael. Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and A
High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska. $23.95.
Bloomsbury. (1582346232).
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Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants. $23.95. Algonquin.
(1565124995).
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The 2007 Alex Awards: (continued)
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Joern, Pamela Carter. Floor of the Sky. $16.95. University
of Nebraska.(0803276311).
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Hamamura, John. Color of the Sea. $24.95. Thomas
Dunne. (0312340737).
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Lewis, Michael. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.
$24.95. Norton. (0393061239).
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Mitchell, David. Black Swan Green. $23.95. Random
House.(1400063795).
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Rash, Ron. The World Made Straight. $24.00. Henry Holt.
(0805078665).
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Setterfield, Diane. The Thirteenth Tale. $26.00. Simon &
Schuster/Atria.
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Best Books for Young Adults 2007
Fiction
Almond, David. Clay. 2006. Random House/Delacorte, $15.95.
(ISBN-10, 0-385-73171-X; ISBN-13, 9780385731713).
Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor
to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party. 2006. Candlewick,
$17.99. (ISBN-10, 0-7636-2402-0; ISBN-13, 9780763624026).
Bondoux, Anne-Laure. The Killer's Tears. Tr. by Y. Maudet. 2006.
Random House/Delacorte, $15.95. (ISBN-10, 0-385-73293-7; ISBN13, 9780385732932).
Booth, Coe. Tyrell. 2006. Scholastic/PUSH, $16.99. (ISBN-10, 0439-83879-7; ISBN-13, 9780439838795).
Brooks, Kevin. The Road of the Dead. 2006. Scholastic/Chicken
House, $16.99. (ISBN-10, 0-493-78623-1; ISBN-13, 9780493786232).
Budhos, Marina. Ask Me No Questions. 2006. Simon &
Schuster/Atheneum/Ginee Seo, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-4169-0351-8;
ISBN-13, 9781416903512).
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Fiction (continued)
Cohn, Rachel and Levithan, David. Nick and Norah's Infinite
Playlist. 2006. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, $16.95. (ISBN-10,
0-375-83531-8; ISBN-13, 9780375835315).
Cornish, D.M. Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling. 2006. illus.
Penguin Group USA/Putnam, $19.99. (ISBN-10, 0-399-24638-X;
ISBN-13, 9780399246388).
Dessen, Sarah. Just Listen. 2006. Penguin Group USA/Viking,
$17.99. (ISBN-10, 0-370-06105-0; ISBN-13, 9780670061051).
Eldred, Tim. Grease Monkey: A Tale of Growing Up in Orbit.
2006. illus. Tom Doherty/Tor, $27.95. (ISBN-10, 0-7653-1325-1;
ISBN-13, 9780765313256).
Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and
Fantasy. Ed. Sharyn November. 2006. Penguin Group
USA/Firebird, $19.99. (ISBN-10, 0-14-240549-3; ISBN-13,
9780142405499).
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Fiction (continued)
Fletcher, Susan. Alphabet of Dreams. 2006. Simon &
Schuster/Atheneum/Ginee Seo, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-689-85042-5;
ISBN-13, 9780689850424).
Frost, Helen. The Braid. 2006. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.
(ISBN-10, 0-374-30962-0; ISBN-13, 9780374309626).
Gantos, Jack. The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs. 2006. Farrar,
Straus and Giroux, $17. (ISBN-10, 0-374-33690-3; ISBN-13,
9780374336905).
Giles, Gail. What Happened to Cass McBride? 2006. Little,
Brown, $16.99. (ISBN-10, 0-316-16638-3; ISBN-13, 9780316166386).
Glass, Linzi Alex. The Year the Gypsies Came. 2006. Henry Holt,
$16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-8050-7999-8; ISBN-13, 9780805079999).
Going, K.L. Saint Iggy. 2006. Harcourt, $17. (ISBN-10, 0-15205795-1; ISBN-13, 9780152059754).
Gratz, Alan. Samurai Shortstop. 2006. Penguin Group USA/Dial,
$17.99. (ISBN-10, 0-8037-3075-6; ISBN-13, 9780803730755).
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Fiction (continued)
Green, John. An Abundance of Katherines. 2006. Penguin
Group USA/Dutton, $16.99. (ISBN-10, 0-525-47688-1; ISBN-13,
9780525476887).
Hartnett, Sonya. Surrender. 2006. Candlewick, $16.99. (ISBN-10,
0-7636-2768-2; ISBN-13, 9780763627683).
Hoffman, Alice. Incantation. 2006. Little, Brown, $16.99. (ISBN-10,
0-316-01019-7; ISBN-13, 9780316010191).
Jansen, Hanna. Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You. Tr. by
Elizabeth D. Crawford. 2006. Lerner/Carolrhoda, $16.95. (ISBN10, 1-57505-927-4; ISBN-13, 9781575059273).
Jaramillo, Ann. La Linea. 2006. Roaring Brook/Deborah Brodie,
$16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-59643-154-7; ISBN-13, 9781596431546).
Johnson, Harriet McBryde. Accidents of Nature. 2006. Henry
Holt, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-8050-7634-4; ISBN-13, 9780805076349).
Johnson, Maureen. Devilish. 2006. Penguin Group USA/Razorbill,
$16.99. (ISBN-10, 1-59514-060-3; ISBN-13, 9781595140609).
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Fiction (continued)
Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamhunter: Book One of the Dreamhunter
Duet. 2006. Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Frances Foster, $19. (ISBN10, 0-374-31853-0; ISBN-13, 9780374318536).
Koss, Amy Goldman. Side Effects. 2006. Roaring Brook/Deborah
Brodie, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-59643-167-9; ISBN-13, 9781596431676).
Krech, Bob. Rebound. 2006. Marshall Cavendish, $16.99. (ISBN10, 0-7614-5319-9; ISBN-13, 9780761453192).
Lanagan, Margo. White Time. 2006. HarperCollins/EOS, $15.99.
(ISBN-10, 0-06-074393-X; ISBN-13, 9780060743932).
Lansens, Lori. The Girls. 2006. Little, Brown, $23.95. (ISBN-10, 0316-06903-5; ISBN-13, 9780316069058).
Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky. 2006. Random House/Delacorte,
$15.95. (ISBN-10, 0-385-73313-5; ISBN-13, 9780385733137).
Lat. Kampung Boy. 2006. illus. Roaring Brook/First Second,
$16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-59643-121-0; ISBN-13, 9781596431218).
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Lisle, Janet Taylor. Black Duck. 2006. Penguin Group
USA/Philomel/Sleuth, $15.99. (ISBN-10, 0-399-23963-4; ISBN-13,
9780399239632).
Fiction (continued)
Lynch, Scott. The Lies of Locke Lamora. 2006. Bantam
Dell/Spectra, $23. (ISBN-10, 0-553-80467-7; ISBN-13,
9780553804676).
McCormick, Patricia. Sold. 2006. Hyperion, $15.99. (ISBN-10, 07868-5171-6; ISBN-13, 9780786851713).
Miller, Kirsten. Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City. 2006.
Bloomsbury, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-58234-960-6; ISBN-13,
9781582349602).
Mitchell, David. Black Swan Green. 2006. Random House,
$23.95. (ISBN-10, 1-4000-6379-5; ISBN-13, 9781400063796).
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy Queen. 2006. Houghton
Mifflin, $16. (ISBN-10, 0-618-68307-0; ISBN-13, 9780618683079).
Murphy, Sean. Off Road. November 2005. illus. Oni Press, $11.95.
(ISBN-10, 1-932644-30-0; ISBN-13, 9781932644300).
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Myers, Walter Dean. Street Love. 2006.
HarperCollins/Amistad/HarperTempest, $15. (ISBN-10, 0-06028079-4; ISBN-13, 9780060280796).
Fiction (continued)
Na, An. Wait for Me. 2006. Penguin Group USA/Putnam, $15.99.
(ISBN-10, 0-399-24275-9; ISBN-13, 9780399242755).
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life as We Knew It. 2006. Harcourt, $17.
(ISBN-10, 0-15-205826-5; ISBN-13, 9780152058265).
Pierce, Tamora. Terrier. 2006. Random House, $18.95. (ISBN-10,
0-375-81468-X; ISBN-13, 9780375814686).
Portman, Frank. King Dork. 2006. Random House/Delacorte,
$16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-385-73291-0; ISBN-13, 97803857324918).
Pratchett, Terry. Wintersmith. 2006.
HarperCollins/HarperTempest, $16.99. (ISBN-10, 0-06-089031-2;
ISBN-13, 9780060890315).
Price, Charlie. Dead Connection. 2006. Roaring Brook, $16.95.
(ISBN-10, 1-59643-114-8; ISBN-13, 9781596431140).
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Reinhardt, Dana. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. 2006.
Random House/Wendy Lamb, $15.95. (ISBN-10, 0-385-74698-9;
ISBN-13, 9780385909404).
Fiction (continued)
Rosoff, Meg. Just in Case. 2006. Random House/Wendy Lamb,
$16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-385-74678-4; ISBN-13, 9780385746786).
Sayres, Meghan Nuttall. Anahita's Woven Riddle. 2006.
Abrams/Amulet, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-8109-5481-8; ISBN-13,
9780810954816).
Sedgwick, Marcus. The Foreshadowing. 2006. Random
House/Wendy Lamb, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-385-74646-6; ISBN-13,
9780385746465).
Selvadurai, Shyam. Swimming in the Monsoon Sea. September
2005. Tundra, $18.95. (ISBN-10, 0-88776-735-4; ISBN-13,
9780887767357).
Smelcer, John. The Trap. 2006. Henry Holt, $15.95. (ISBN-10, 08050-7939-4; ISBN-13, 9780805079395).
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Stahler, David, Jr. Doppelganger. 2006. HarperCollins/Eos,
$16.99. (ISBN-10, 0-06-087232-2; ISBN-13, 9780060872328).
Stassen, Jean-Philippe. Deogratias, a Tale of Rwanda. 2006. illus.
Roaring Brook/First Second, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-59643-103-2;
ISBN-13, 9781596431034).
Fiction (continued)
Sturtevant, Katherine. A True and Faithful Narrative. 2006. Farrar,
Straus and Giroux, $17. (ISBN-10, 0-374-37809-6; ISBN-13,
9780374378097).
Tharp, Tim. Knights of the Hill Country. 2006. Random
House/Knopf, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-375-83653-5; ISBN-13,
9780375836534).
Turner, Megan Whalen. The King of Attolia. 2006.
HarperCollins/Greenwillow, $16.99. (ISBN-10, 0-06-083577-X;
ISBN-13, 9780060835774).
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork.
Illustrated by Scott Hunt. 2006. Penguin Group USA/Dutton,
$19.99. (ISBN-10, 0-525-46818-8; ISBN-13, 9780525468189).
Vaught, Susan. Trigger. 2006. Bloomsbury, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 158234-920-7; ISBN-13, 9781582349206).
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Vizzini, Ned. It's Kind of a Funny Story. 2006. Hyperion/Miramax,
$16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-7868-5196-1; ISBN-13, 9780786851966).
Fiction (continued)
Volponi, Paul. Rooftop. 2006. Penguin Group USA/Viking, $15.99.
(ISBN-10, 0-670-06069-0; ISBN-13, 9780670060696).
Vrettos, Adrienne Maria. Skin. 2006. Simon & Schuster/Margaret
K. McElderry, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-4169-0655-X; ISBN-13,
9781416906551).
Werlin, Nancy. The Rules of Survival. 2006. Penguin Group
USA/Dial, $16.99. (ISBN-10, 0-8037-3001-2; ISBN-13,
9780803730014).
Wittlinger, Ellen. Blind Faith. 2006. Simon & Schuster, $15.95.
(ISBN-10, 1-4169-0273-2; ISBN-13, 9781416902737).
Wooding, Chris. Storm Thief. 2006. Scholastic/Orchard, $16.99.
(ISBN-10, 0-439-86513-1; ISBN-13, 9780439865135).
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Woodrell, Daniel. Winter's Bone: A Novel. 2006. Little, Brown,
$22.99. (ISBN-10, 0-316-05755-X; ISBN-13, 9780316057554).
Fiction (continued)
Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese. 2006. illus. Roaring
Brook/First Second, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-59643-152-0; ISBN-13,
9780596431522).
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. 2006. illus. Random House/Alfred
A. Knopf, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-375-83100-2; ISBN-13,
9780375831003).
Non-Fiction
Bausum, Ann. Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the
Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement. 2006. illus. National
Geographic, $18.95. (ISBN-10, 0-7922-4173-8; ISBN-13,
9780792241737).
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Benanav, Michael. Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the
Caravan of White Gold. 2006. Globe Pequot/Lyons, $23.95.
(ISBN-10, 1-59228-772-7; ISBN-13, 9781592287727).
Engle, Margarita and Qualls, Sean. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A
Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. 2006. illus. Henry Holt,
$16.95. (ISBN-10, 0-8050-7706-5; ISBN-13, 9780805077063).
Non-Fiction (continued)
Fleischman, Sid. Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini. 2006.
illus. HarperCollins/Greenwillow, $18.99. (ISBN-10, 0-06-085094-9;
ISBN-13, 9780060850944).
Fradin, Judith Bloom and Fradin, Dennis Brindell. 5,000 Miles to
Freedom: Ellen and William Craft's Flight From Slavery. 2006. illus.
National Geographic, $19.95. (ISBN-10, 0-7922-7885-2; ISBN-13,
9780792278856).
Freedman, Russell. Freedom Walkers: The Story of the
Montgomery Bus Boycott. 2006. illus. Holiday House, $18.95.
(ISBN-10, 0-8034-2031-0; ISBN-13, 9780823420315).
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Harper, Hill. Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny.
2006. Penguin Group USA/Gotham, $20. (ISBN-10, 1-59240-200-3;
ISBN-13, 9781592402007).
Hopkinson, Deborah. Up before Daybreak: Cotton and People
in America. 2006. illus. Scholastic Nonfiction, $18.99. (ISBN-10, 0439-63901-8; ISBN-13, 9780439639019).
Hubner, John. Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of
Criminal Youth. September 2005. Random House, $25.95. (ISBN10, 0-375-50809-0; ISBN-13, 9780375508090).
Non-Fiction (continued)
Jacobson, Sid and Colon, Ernie. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic
Adaptation. 2006. illus. Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Hill and Wang,
$30. (ISBN-10, 0-8090-5738-7; ISBN-13, 9780809057382).
McClafferty, Carla Killough. Something Out of Nothing: Marie
Curie and Radium. 2006. illus. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.
(ISBN-10, 0-374-38086-8; ISBN-13, 9780374380366).
Noyes, Deborah. One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals. 2006.
illus. Houghton Mifflin, $18. (ISBN-10, 0-618-49914-8; ISBN-13,
9780618499144).
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Robertson, James I., Jr. Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier,
American Citizen. November 2005. illus. Simon &
Schuster/Atheneum, $21.95. (ISBN-10, 0-689-85731-4; ISBN-13,
9780689857617).
Thimmesh, Catherine. Team Moon: How 400,000 People
Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon. 2006. illus. Houghton Mifflin,
$19.95. (ISBN-10, 0-618-50757-4; ISBN-13, 9780618507573).