2001 Top 10 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

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The titles chosen as the top 10 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers in 2001. The list is without annotations. To see the list with annotations visit YALSA's For Members Only section.

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

2001 Top 10

Cabot, Meg. The Princess Diaries. HarperCollins, $15.95 (0-380-97848-2).

Drill, Esther, Heather McDonald and Rebecca Olds. Deal With It: A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain and Life as a Gurl. illus. Pocket, paper, $15 (0-671-04157-6).

Franco, Betsy. You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys. Candlewick, $14.99 (0-7636-1158-1).

Frank, E.R. Life is Funny. DK, $17.95 (0-789-42634-X).

Koss, Amy Goldman. The Girls. Putnam/Dial, $16.99 (0-8037-2494-2)./p>

McCormick, Patricia. Cut. Front Street, $16.95 (1-886910-61-8).

Piven, Joshua and David Borgenicht. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. illus. Chronicle, paper, $14.95 (0-8118-2555-8).

Rennison, Louise. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson. HarperCollins, $15.89 (0-06-028871-X); paper, $6.95 (0-06-447227-2).

Seckel, Al. The Art of Optical Illusions. illus. Carlton Books, paper, $18.95 (1-84222-054-3).

Shakur, Tupac. The Rose That Grew From Concrete. Simon & Schuster, $20 (0-671-02844-8).

Members of the YALSA 2001 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers were: John Sexton, chair, Ashland Branch Library (OR); Linda W. Braun, LEO: Librarians & Educators Online, (ME); Lora Bruggeman, Downers Grove Public Library (IL); Tammy Daubner, Perrysburg (OH); Lynn Evarts, Sauk Prairie High School (WI); Caryl McKellar, Alachua County Library District (FL); Melanie Rapp Weiss, Cuyahoga County Library (OH); Victor Schill, Fairbanks Branch Library (TX); Kimberley Sharpe, Brooklyn Public Library (NY); Henrietta M. Smith, University of South Florida (Delray Beach, FL); Cheryl Karp Ward, Penney Alumni Library East Hartford High School (CT); Mary Long, adm. asst., Wilson Middle School, (TX), Gillian Engberg, Booklist consultant.