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Young Adults' Books
The Children's Literature Association of Utah does not necessarily recommend that all young adults read all books. These nominees offer a balance in reading level, interest level, types of fiction, and relevant, contemporary social issues for young adults in grades 7 to 12. We encourage parents to read and discuss these books with their teenagers.
  2011 Young Adults' Nominees
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  • Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
  • Brooklyn Nine: a novel in Nine Innings by Alan Gratz
  • The Chosen One by Carol Lynch
  • Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
  • * The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria McKernan
  • * Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
  • Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
  • Musician's Daughter by Susanne Dunlap
  • My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison
  • Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
  • Project Sweet Life by Justina Chen Headley
  • *mature readers
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  2010 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) *Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • Airman by Eoin Colfer
  • *Beastly by Alex Flinn
  • Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
  • Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
  • Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
  • House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
  • Schooled by Gordon Korman
  • Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
  • Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
  • *Unwind by Neal Shusterman
  • Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
  • *mature readers
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  2009 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
  • The Case of the Left-Handed Lady: an Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer
  • Epic by Conor Kostick
  • Fight Game by Kate Wild
  • Hot Lunch by Alex Bradley
  • It's a Mall World After All by Janette Rallison
  • Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller
  • The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
  • Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  • Pigboy by Vicki Grant
  • Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
  • The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
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  2008 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe
  • Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher
  • Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
  • Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Richard Yancey
  • Gideon the Cutpurse by Linda Buckley-Archer
  • Golden by Cameron Dokey
  • Hit the Road by Caroline Cooney
  • The Lighthouse Land by Adrian McKinty
  • The Light of the Oracle by Victoria Hanley
  • Mimus by Lilli Thal
  • Pieces of Georgia by Jennifer Bryant
  • Rhyming Season by Edward Averett
  • The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
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  2007 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
  • Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
  • Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
  • Missing Abby by Lee Weatherly
  • Montmorancy: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale
  • On the Run by Michael Coleman
  • The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman
  • Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
  • The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
  • Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White
  • Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
  • The Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber
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  2006 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
  • Heir Apparent by Vivian VandeVelde
  • Last Chance Texaco by Brent Hartinger
  • Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
  • Mississippi Trail 1955 by Chris Crowe
  • Overboard by Elizabeth Fama
  • Secret Hour by Scott Westerfield
  • Shadow of a Doubt by S.L. Rottman
  • Taylor Five by Ann Halam
  • Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
  • Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
  • Wishing Moon by Michael Tunnell
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  2005 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Eragon by Christopher Paolini
  • Cheating Lessons by Nan Willard Cappo
  • East by Edith Pattou
  • For Freedom, The Story of a French Spy by Kimberly Bradley
  • Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
  • Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen
  • Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
  • Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Red Midnight by Ben Mikaelsen
  • Search on the Moon King's Dauhter by Linda Holeman
  • Son of the Mob by Gordan Korman
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  2004 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
  • Battle Dress by Amy Efaw
  • Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
  • Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline Cooney
  • House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
  • Lord of the Nutcracker Men by Ian Lawrence
  • Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
  • Stetson by S.L. Rottman
  • Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
  • What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
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  2003 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
  • Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
  • Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
  • Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
  • Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
  • Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
  • Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley
  • Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
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  2002 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Downsiders by Neal Schusterman
  • A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
  • Dance for Three by Louise Plummer
  • Horizontal Man by Michael Dahl
  • In My Enemy's House by Carol Matas
  • Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Myer
  • Night Hoops by Carl Deuker
  • Oy Joy! by Lucy Frank
  • Skellig by David Almond
  • Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
  • Stop Pretending : What Happened Whey My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones
  • What Became of Her by M. E. Kerr
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  2001 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories by Richard Peck
  • Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen
  • Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman
  • For Mike by Shelley Sykes
  • Hidden Talents by David Lubar
  • Maze by Will Hobbs
  • Peeling the Onion by Wendy Orr
  • Rough Waters by S.L. Roftman
  • Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
  • Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
  • Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen
  • Under A Different Sky by Deborah Savage
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  2000 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Little Sister by Kara Dalkey
  • Alias by Mary E. Ryan
  • I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Wilson
  • Iron Ring by Lloyd Alexander
  • My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Holt
  • Necessary Roughness by Marie Lee
  • Prophecy Rock by Rob MacGregor
  • Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
  • Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald
  • Tangerine by Edward Bloor
  • Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen
  • What Child is This? by Caroiline Cooney
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  1999 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) SOS Titanic by Eve Bunting
  • After the War by Carol Matas
  • Crash by Jerry Spinelli
  • Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • Far North by Will Hobbs
  • Letters from the Mountain by Sherry Garland
  • Sabriel by Garth Nix
  • The Snake-Stone by Berlie Doherty
  • Under the Mermaid Angel by Martha Moore
  • The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer
  • With Every Drop of Blood by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier.
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  1998 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Merlin Effect by T.A. Barron
  • Beyond the Burning Time by Kathryn Lasky
  • How I Changed My Life by Todd Strasser
  • Indio by Sherry Garland
  • Missing Pieces by Norma Fox Missing Pieces Mazer
  • Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen D. Randle
  • Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse
  • Rio Grande Stories by Carolyn Meyer
  • Sarah On Her Own by Karen Coombs
  • Thwonk by Joan Bauer
  • Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
  • Winners and Losers by Stephen Hoffius
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  1997 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) In My Father's House by Ann Rinaldi
  • Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
  • Cattail Moon by Jean Thesman
  • Drummers of Jericho by Carolyn Meyer
  • Harper & Moon by Ramon Royal Ross
  • Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples
  • Liars by P.J. Peterson
  • The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood
  • Primrose Way by Jackie French Koller
  • The Shark Callers by Eric Campbell
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  1996 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Nothing to Fear by Jackie French Koller
  • Angie by Pat Bezzant
  • April and the Dragon Lady by Lensey Namioka
  • Big Wander by Will Hobbs
  • Death Walk by Walt Morey
  • Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi
  • Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker
  • Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird
  • Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
  • Song of the Buffalo Boy by Sherry Garland
  • Song of the Gargoyle by Zilpha K. Snyder
  • Squashed by Joan Bauer
  • Walker of Time by Helen Hughes Vick
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  1995 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Amazing Gracie by A. E. Cannon
  • Across the Grain by Jean Ferris
  • The Brave by Robert Lipsyte
  • Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
  • Flight #116 is Down by Carolyn Cooney
  • Land of Hope by Joan Lowery Nixon
  • Nothing But the Truth by Avi
  • Steal Away by Jennifer Armstrong
  • Trouble with Lemons by Daniel Hayes
  • When the Road Ends by Jean Thesman
  • White Lilacs by Carolyn Meyer
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  1994 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
  • Anything to Win by Gloria Miklowitz
  • Dawn Rider by Jan Hudson
  • How Could You Do It, Diane? by Stella Pevsner
  • Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
  • Monkey Island by Paula Fox
  • Nightmare by Willo D. Roberts
  • Riders of the Silver Rim by Brock & Bodie Thoene
  • Shadow Brothers by A.E. Cannon
  • Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliffe
  • Twenty Pageants Later by Caroline B. Cooney
  • Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi
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  1993 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Sniper by Theodore Taylor
  • Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle
  • Canyons by Gary Paulsen
  • Children of the River by Linda Crew
  • Downriver by Will Hobbs
  • Face on the Milk Carton by Carolyn Cooney
  • Family Pose (Hardback: Family Picture) by Dean Hughes
  • On Fortune's Wheel by Cynthia Voigt
  • Show Me the Evidence by Alane Ferguson
  • Strange Attractors by William Sleator
  • Voices After Midnight by Richard Peck
  • White Jenna by Jane Yolen
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  1992 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Don't Look Behind You by Lois Duncan
  • A Killing Freeze by Lynn Hall
  • A Sudden Silence by Eve Bunting
  • December Stillness by Mary Downing Hahn
  • The Fantastic Freshman by Bill Brittain
  • The Island of Dangerous Dreams by Joan Lowery Nixon
  • Mossflower by Brian Jacques
  • No Way Home by Marilyn Levy
  • Pocket Change by Kathryn Jensen
  • Tell Us Your Secret by Barbara Cohen
  • Wise Child by Monica Furlong
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  1991 Young Adults' Nominees
  • (Winner) Other Side of Dark by Joan Nixon
  • After the Dancing Days by Margaret Rostkowski
  • After the Rain by Norma Mazer
  • Beheaded, Survived by Barbara Williams
  • Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
  • Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel by Thelma Hatch Wyss
  • Izzy, Willy Nilly by Cynthia Voigt
  • No Way Out by Ivy Ruckman
  • Probably Still Nick Swanson by Virginia Wolff
  • Romantic Obsessions and Humiliations by Louise Plummer
  • Village by the Sea by Paula Fox
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