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2009 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults

In addition to the 86 titles selected for the full list of Best Books for Young Adults, the 2009 committee has selected the following as the ten best books for young adults.

Bowman, Robin.  It's Complicated:  The American Teenager.  Umbrage Editions. 2007.  978-1-884167-69-0  $40.00

Conner, Leslie.  Waiting for Normal.  HarperTeen/HarperCollins.  2008.  978-0-06-089088-9   $16.99

de la Pena, Matt.  Mexican WhiteBoy.   Delacorte.  2008.  978-0-385-73310-6  $15.00

Dowd, Siobhan.  Bog Child.  Random House/David Fickling Books.  2008.  978-0-385-75169-8
$16.99

Collins, Suzanne.  The Hunger Games.   Scholastic.  2008.   978-0-439-02348-1   $17.99

Fletcher, Christine.  Ten Cents a Dance.  Bloomsbury.  2008.  978-1-59990-164-0   $16.95

Monninger, Joseph.  Baby.  Front Street/Boyd Mills Press.  2007.  978-1-59078-502-7  $16.95

Pratchett, Terry.  Nation.  HarperCollins.  2008.  978-0-06-143302-3   $17.89

Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki.  Skim.  House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books.  2008.  978-0-88899-753-1  $18.95

Voorhees, Coert.  The Brothers Torres.  Disney/Hyperion.  2008.  978-1-4231-0304-2   $16.99