Tuesday, April 05, 2005

2006 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Shooting from the Lip. Firefly, 2005. 1-55297-914-8.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Prom. Viking, 2005. 0-670-05974-9
Baltin, Steve. From the Inside: Linkin Park’s Meteora. Bradson Press, 2004. 0-9603574-1-6.
Bauer, Joan. Best Foot Forward. Penguin Putnam, 2005. 0-399-23474-8.
Benton, Jim. It’s Happy Bunny: Life’s Little Attitude Book. Scholastic, 2005. 0-439-69346-2.
Benton, Jim. It’s Happy Bunny: Love Bites. Scholastic, 2005. 0-439-69345-4.
Boyer, David. Kings & Queens: Queers at the Prom. Soft Skull Press, 2004. 1-932360-24-7.
Bradley, Alex. 24 Girls in 7 Days. Dutton, 2005. 0-525-47369-6.
Brashares, Ann. Girls in Pants: the Third Summer of the Sisterhood. Delacorte, 2005. 0-385-72935-9.
Canales, Viola. The Tequila Worm. Delacorte, 2005. 0-385-90905-5.
Castellucci, Cecil. Boy Proof. Candlewick, 2005. 0-7636-2333-4.
Cohn, Rachel. Shrimp. Simon & Schuster, 2005. 0-689-86612-7.
Corbet, Robert. Shelf Life. Walker & Company, 2005. 0-8027-8959-5.
Crutcher, Chris. Sledding Hill. Harper Collins, 2005. 0-06-050243-6.
DeLint, Charles. The Blue Girl. Viking, 2004. 0-670-05924-2.
Edgar, Jim. Bad Cat. Workman, 2004. 0-7611-3619-3.
Finkel, Jon. Greatest Stars of the NBA: Jason Kidd. Tokyopop, 2005. 1-59532-183-7.
Finkel, Jon. Greatest Stars of the NBA: Tim Duncan. Tokyopop, 2004. 1-59532-182-9.
Flinn, Alex. Fade to Black. Harper Tempest, 2005. 0-06-056839-9.
Friedman, Aimee. South Beach. Scholastic, 2005. 0-439-70678-5.
Ganz, Nicholas. Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents. Harry N. Abrams, 2004. 0-8109-4972-2.
Grandberry, Omari. O. MTV Books, 2005. 1-4165-0328-5.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska. Dutton, 2005. 0-525-47506-0.
Horowitz, Anthony. Scorpia. Philomel, 2005. 0-399-24151-5.
Keys, Alicia. Tears for Water: Songbook of poems and lyrics. Penguin Putnam, 2004. 0-399-15257-1.
Lane, Billy. Chop Fiction: It’s Not a Motorcycle, Baby, It’s a Chopper. Motorbooks, International, 2004. 0-7603-2011-X.
Lester, Julius. Day of Tears. Hyperion, 2005. 0-7868-0490-4.
Limb, Sue. Girl, 15, Charming but insane. Delacorte, 2004. 0-385-73214-7.
Lockhart, E. The Boyfriend List. Random House, 2005. 0-385-73206-6.
Maxwell, Katie. Got Fangs? Dorchester Smooch, 2005. 0-8439-5399-3.
McCormick, Patricia. My Brother’s Keeper. Hyperion, 2005. 0-7868-5173-2.
McDonald, Janet. Brother Hood. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. 0-374-30995-7.
Meyer, Adam. The Last Domino. Penguin Putnam, 2005. 0-399-24332-1.
Miller, Steve and Baugh, Bryan Scared! How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comic Characters. Watson-Guptill, 2004. 0-8230-1664-1.

Newman, Leslea. Jailbait. Delacorte, 2005. 0-385-90230-1.
Nye, Naomi Shahib. Going Going. Greenwillow, 2005. 0-688-16185-5.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Sexy. Harper Tempest, 2005. 0-06-054150-4.
Palmer, Chris. Streetball: All the Ballers, Moves, Slams and Shine. Harperresource, 2004. 0-06-072444-7.
Paulsen, Gary. The Time Hackers. Wendy Lamb Books, 2005. 0-385-74659-8.
Pearson, Mary E. A Room on Lorelei Street. Henry Holt, 2005. 0-8050-7667-0.
Peters, Julie Ann. Far from Xanadu. Little, Brown, 2-005. 0-316-15881-X.
Polhemus, Ted. Hot bodies, Cool Styles. Thames and Hudson, 2004. 0-500-28500-4.
Rose, Malcolm Framed! Kingfisher, 2005. 0-7534-5829-2.
The RZA. The Wu Tang Manual. Riverhead, 2005. 1-59448-018-4.
Schindler, Nina. An Order of Amelie, Hold the Fries. Annick Press, 2004. 1-55037-861-9.
Schusterman, Neal. Dread Locks: Dark Fusion, Book One. Dutton, 2005. 0-525-47554-0.
Scott, Kieran. I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader. Penguin Putnam, 2005. 0-399-24279-1.
Simmons, Michael Dahlie. Finding Lubchenko. Penguin Razorbill, 2005. 1-59514-021-2.
Sleator, William. The Last Universe. Abrams, 2005. 0-8109-5858-9.
Sloan, Brian. A Really Nice Prom Mess. Simon & Schuster, 2005. 0-689-87438-3.
Spiegelman, Art. In the Shadow of No Towers. Pantheon, 2004.
Standiford, Natalie. The Dating Game. Little Brown, 2005. 0-316-11040-X.
Stone, Jeff. Tiger. Random House, 2005. 0-375-83071-5.
Volponi, Paul. Black and White. Penguin Viking, 2005. 0-670-06006-2.
Whyman, Matt. Boy Kills Man. Harper Tempest, 2005. 0-06-074664-5.
Williams, Lori Aurelia. Broken China. Simon & Schuster, 2005. 0-689-86878-2.