ALA's Book Picks 2002

-- School Library Journal, 3/1/2002

In this article:

Notable Children's Books (Younger, Middle, Older Readers and All Ages)
Best Books for Young Adults (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (Graphic Novels, Relationships, Tales of the City, War)

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Young Adult Library Services Association

FICTION

ATWATER-RHODES, Amelia. Shattered Mirror. Delacorte. Tr $9.95. ISBN 0-385-32793-5.

BIRD, Isobel. Blue Moon. ISBN 0-06-447297-3.
----. In the Dreaming. ISBN 0-06-447295-7.
----. Merry Meet. ISBN 0-06-447292-2.
----. Ring of Light. ISBN 0-06-447296-5.
----. Second Sight. ISBN 0-06-447293-0.
----. So Mote It Be. Bk. #1. ISBN 0-06-447291-4.
----. What the Cards Said. ISBN 0-06-447294-9.
ea vol: (Circle of Three Series). HarperCollins/Avon. pap. $4.99.
BLACK, Jonah. The Black Book (Diary of a Teenage Stud): Girls, Girls, Girls. ISBN 0-06-440798-5.
----. The Black Book (Diary of a Teenage Stud): STOP, Don't Stop. ISBN 0-06-440799-3.
ea vol: HarperCollins/Avon. pap. $4.99.
CABOT, Meg. Princess in the Spotlight. (Princess Diaries Series). vol. II. HarperCollins. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-029465-5.

CARROLL, Jenny. Shadowland. ISBN 0-671-78791-8.
----. Ninth Key. ISBN 0-671-78798-5
ea vol: (The Mediator Series). Pocket Bks. pap. $4.99.
CART, Michael, ed. Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth. S & S. RTE $18. ISBN 0-689-83203-6.

CHANDLER, Elizabeth. Don't Tell. (Dark Secrets Series). Pocket Bks. pap. $4.99. ISBN 0-7434-0029-1.

DAVID, Peter. Spyboy: The Deadly Gourmet Affair. illus. Dark Horse. pap. $8.95. ISBN 1-56971-463-0.

DRAPER, Sharon M. Darkness before Dawn. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-83080-7.

EBERHARDT, Thom. Rat Boys: A Dating Experiment. Hyperion. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0696-6.

FLINN, Alex. Breathing Underwater. HarperCollins. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-029198-2.

GRIFFIN, Adele. Amandine. Hyperion. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0618-4.

GROENING, Matt. Simpsons Comics Royale. illus. HarperPerennial. pap. $14.95. ISBN 0-06-093378-X.

HADDIX, Margaret Peterson. Among the Impostors. S & S. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-83904-9.

HOROWITZ, Anthony. Stormbreaker. Philomel. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23620-1.

JEMAS, Bill & Brian Michael Bendis. Ultimate Spider-Man: Power and Responsibility. Marvel Comics. pap. $14.95. ISBN 0-7851-0786-X.

LESTER, Julius. When Dad Killed Mom. Harcourt. Tr $17. ISBN 0-15-216305-0.

MACDOUGAL, Scarlett. Play. ISBN 0-14-131021-9.
----. Popover. ISBN 0-14-131090-1.
----. Score. ISBN 0-14-131228-9.
----. Start Here. Bk. #1. ISBN 0-14-131020-0.
ea vol: (Have a Nice Life Series). Penguin/AlloyBooks. pap. $4.99.
METZ, Melinda. Gifted Touch. Bk. #1. ISBN 0-06-447265-5.
----. Haunted. ISBN 0-06-447266-3.
----. Secrets. ISBN 0-06-447281-7.
----. Trust Me. ISBN 0-06-447267-1.
ea vol: (Fingerprints Series). HarperCollins/Avon. pap. $4.99.
MILLAR, Mark. Ultimate X-Men: The Tomorrow People. illus. Marvel Comics. pap. $14.95. ISBN 0-7851-0788-6.

RENNISON, Louise. On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God. HarperCollins. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-028813-2.

SCOTT, Jerry & Jim Borgman. Are We an 'Us'? (A Zits Collection Sketchbook Series, #4). illus. Andrews McMeel. pap. $10.95. ISBN 0-7407-1397-3.

SMITH, Roland. Zach's Lie. Hyperion. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0617-6.

SONES, Sonya. What My Mother Doesn't Know. S & S. RTE $17. ISBN 0-689-84114-0.

SPEARS, Britney & Lynne Spears. A Mother's Gift. Delacorte. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-385-72953-7.

TIERNAN, Cate. Awakening. ISBN 0-14-230045-4.
----. Blood Witch. ISBN 0-14-131111-8.
----. Book of Shadows. Bk. #1. ISBN 0-14-131046-4.
----. The Coven. ISBN 0-14-131047-2.
----. Dark Magick. ISBN 0-14-131112-6.
ea vol: (Sweep Series). Puffin. pap. $4.99.
ZINDEL, Paul. Night of the Bat. Hyperion. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0340-1.

NONFICTION

BEATTY, Scott. Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight. illus. DK. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-7894-7865-X.

BLINK-182 & Anne Hoppus. blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom. illus. Pocket Bks. pap. $14.95. ISBN 0-7434-2207-4.

CANFIELD, Jack, Mark Victor Hansen, & Kimberly Kirberger, eds. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Letters: Letters of Life, Love, and Learning. Health Communications. PLB $24. ISBN 1-55874-805-9.

DEVITO, Basil V., Jr. & Joe Layden. WWF Wrestlemania. illus. HarperCollins/Regan Bks. Tr $49.95. ISBN 0-06-039387-4.

EMINEM. Angry Blonde. illus. HarperCollins/Regan Bks. Tr $26. ISBN 0-06-620922-6.

FISHBEIN, Amy. The Truth about Girlfriends. HarperCollins/Parachute. pap. $5.95. ISBN 0-06-447243-4.

FRANCO, Betsy, ed. Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writings by Teenage Girls. illus. Candlewick. RTE $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-0905-6.

FRIEDMAN, Linda & Dana White, eds. Teen People: Real Life Diaries: Inspiring True Stories from Celebrities and Real Teens. HarperCollins/Avon. pap. $12.95. ISBN 0-06-447329-5.

GENAT, Robert. Funny Cars. illus. MBI. pap. $14.95. ISBN 0-7603-0795-4.

GENAT, Robert. Lowriders. illus. MBI. pap. $14.95. ISBN 0-7603-0962-0.

GOTTESMAN, Jane. Game Face: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like? illus. Random. Tr $35. ISBN 0-375-50602-0.

GRAVELLE, Karen. 5 Ways to Know about You. illus. Walker. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-8027-8749-5.

HART, Christopher. Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics. illus. Watson-Guptill. pap. $19.95. ISBN 0-8230-3035-0.

HIP HOP DIVAS. Crown/Three Rivers. pap. $17.95. ISBN 0-609-80836-2.

HOYE, Jacob, ed. MTV Uncensored. Pocket Bks. Tr $40. ISBN 0-7434-2682-7.

JACKMAN, Ian. TRL: The Ultimate Fan Guide. Pocket Bks. pap. $12.95. ISBN 0-7434-1850-6.

JETER, Derek & Kristen Kiser. Game Day: My Life On and Off the Field. Crown/Three Rivers. pap. $22.95. ISBN 0-609-80794-3.

KOERTGE, Ron. The Brimstone Journals. Candlewick. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-1302-9.

LAURER, Joanie. Chyna: If They Only Knew. HarperCollins/Regan Bks. Tr $26. ISBN 0-06-039329-7.

LOCKER, Sari. Sari Says: The Real Dirt on Everything from Sex to School. HarperCollins. pap. $11.95. ISBN 0-06-447306-6.

MCFARLANE, Evelyn & James Saywell. If... Questions for Teens. Villard. Tr $9.95. ISBN 0-375-50555-5.

MASOFF, Joy. Oh, Yuck!: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty. illus. Workman. pap. $14.95. ISBN 0-7611-0771-1.

MEGLIN, Nick & John Ficarra, eds. The Mad Gross Book. illus. Time Warner/Mad Books. pap. $9.95. ISBN 1-56389-758-X.

MYERS, Walter Dean. The Greatest: Muhammed Ali. Scholastic. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-590-54342-3.

O'DONNELL, Kerri. Inhalants and Your Nasal Passages: The Incredibly Disgusting Story. Rosen. PLB $25.25. ISBN 0-8239-3392-X.

PIVEN, Joshua & David Borgenicht. The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel. Chronicle. pap. $14.95. ISBN 0-8118-3131-0.

SHAW, Tucker. Who Do You Think You Are: 12 Methods for Analyzing the True You. Penguin/AlloyBooks. pap. $6.99. ISBN 0-14-131091-X.

SHAW, Tucker & Fiona Gibb. This Book Is about Sex. Penguin/AlloyBooks. pap. $5.99. ISBN 0-14-131019-7.

SMITH, Charles R., Jr. Short Takes. Dutton. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-525-46454-9.

STINE, Megan. Seventeen Trauma-Rama: Life's Most Embarrassing Moments... and How to Deal. HarperCollins/Parachute. pap. $5.95. ISBN 0-06-440873-6.

TEEN PEOPLE: SEX FILES. HarperCollins/Avon. pap. $6.95. ISBN 0-06-447319-8.

THRASHER: INSANE TERRAIN. Rizzoli/Universe. pap. $27.50. ISBN 0-7893-0536-4.

TOM, Karen & Kiki, eds. Angst! Teen Verses from the Edge. illus. Workman. pap. $8.95. ISBN 0-7611-2383-0.

URREA, Luis Alberto. Vatos. photos. by Jos� Galvez. Cinco Puntos. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-93817-52-0.

The members of YALSA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Committee are:

Lora Bruggeman, chair, Downers Grove (IL) Public Library; Sallie H. Barringer, Walnut Hills (OH) High School; Linda W. Braun, LEO: Librarians & Educators Online, NY; Michelle D. Carnes, Atlanta-Fulton (GA) Public Library; Tamara Daubner, Perrysburg, OH; Kimberley Hrivnak, F.O.R. STO-ROX Library, PA; Caryl McKellar, Alachua County (FL) Library District; Melanie Rapp-Weiss, Cuyahoga County (OH) Public Library; Victor Schill, Fairbanks Branch (TX) Library; Henrietta M. Smith, University of South Florida; Cheryl K. Ward, Penney Alumni Library, East Hartford (CT) High School; John Sexton, administrative assistant, Ashland Branch (OR) Library; Gillian Engberg, consultant, Booklist, Chicago.