Wednesday, January 20, 2010

2010 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults

The ALA selected 90 titles for the full list of Best Books for Young Adults. Here is their top ten best books for young adults list.

* Brennan, Sarah Rees. Demon's Lexicon.

* Griffin, Paul. The Orange Houses.

* Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea.

* Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group.

* Napoli, Donna Jo. Alligator Bayou.

* Small, David. Stitches: A Memoir.

* Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me.

* Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World.

* Taylor, Laini. Lips Touch: Three Times.

* Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland.

Ooops - no crossover with my list at all!

2 comments:

Lenore Appelhans said...

YAY LIPS TOUCH! The ALA's and my top 10 lists overlap by at least one :)

Debbie's World of Books said...

Wow, I'll have to check these out. I haven't heard of most of them. The only one I have but haven't read yet is The Demon's Lexicon.