ALA Book Picks 2005--Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

In this article:

• Notable Children's Books
• Best Books for Young Adults
• Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
• Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Read 'Em & Weep  -  Own Your Freak   -  All Kinds of Creepy

Read 'Em & Weep

Bechard, Margaret. Hanging on to Max. Simon/Pulse. 2003. $6.99. ISBN 0-689-86268-7.
Brooks, Bruce. What Hearts. HarperTrophy. 1995. $5.99. ISBN 0-06-447127-6.
Carvell, Marlene. Who Will Tell My Brother? Hyperion. 2004. $5.99. ISBN 0-7868-1657-0.
Dean, Carolee. Comfort. Houghton/Graphia. 2004. $6.99. ISBN 0-618-43912-9.
Frank, E. R. America. Simon/Pulse. 2003. $7.99. ISBN 0-689-85772-1.
Gilbert, Barbara. Stone Water. Front St. 2003. $7.95. ISBN 1-886910-12-X.
Hopkins, Ellen. Crank. Simon/Pulse. 2004. $6.99. ISBN 0-689-86519-8.
Howe, James, ed. The Color of Absence:12 Stories about Loss and Hope. Simon/Pulse. 2003. $6.99. ISBN 0-689-85667-9.
Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Dancing Naked. Orca. 2002. $6.95. ISBN 1-55143-210-2.
Hurwin, Davida. A Time for Dancing. Puffin. 1997. $5.99. ISBN 0-14-038618-1.
Klass, David. You Don't Know Me. HarperTempest. 2002. $6.99. ISBN 0-06-447378-3.
Lee, Marie G. Necessary Roughness. HarperTrophy. 1998. $5.99. ISBN 0-06-447169-1.
McDaniel, Lurlene. Baby Alicia Is Dying. Bantam. 1993. $4.99. ISBN 0-553-29605-1.
Moore, Terry. Strangers in Paradise: High School!illus. Abstract Studio. 1999. $8.95. ISBN 1-892597-07-1.
Porter, Connie. Imani All Mine. Houghton. 2000. $12. ISBN 0-618-05678-5.
Ryan, Sara. Empress of the World. Penguin. 2003. $7.99. ISBN 0-14-250059-3.
Stratton, Allan. Chanda's Secrets. Annick. 2004. $8.95. ISBN 1-55037-834-1.
Swanson, Julie A. Going for the Record. Eerdmans. 2004. $8. ISBN 0-8028-5273-4.
Thompson, Craig. Blankets: An Illustrated Novel. illus. Top Shelf. 2003. $29.95. ISBN 1-891830-43-0.
Voigt, Cynthia. A Solitary Blue. S & S/Aladdin. 2003. $5.99. ISBN 0-689-86360-8.
White, Ruth. Weeping Willow. Farrar. 1994. $5.95. ISBN 0-374-48280-2.
Williams, Lori Aurelia. When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune. S & S. 2001. $10. ISBN 0-689-84593-6.
Yamanaka, Lois-Ann. Name Me Nobody. Hyperion. 2000. $5.99. ISBN 0-7868-1466-7.
Gateway to Faerie
Black, Holly. Tithe: A Modern Fairy Tale. Simon/Pulse. 2004. $6.99. ISBN 0-689-86704-2.
Card, Orson Scott. Enchantment. Ballantine. 2000. $7.99. ISBN 0-345-41688-0.
Dokey, Cameron. Beauty Sleep. ISBN 0-7434-2221-X.
––––. The Storyteller's Daughter. ISBN 0-7434-2220-1. ea vol: Simon/Pulse. 2002. $5.99.
Ferris, Jean. Once upon a Marigold. Harcourt. 2004. $5.95. ISBN 0-15-205084-1.
Greenberg, Martin & Russell Davis, eds. Faerie Tales. DAW. 2004. $6.99. ISBN 0-7564-0182-8.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Just Ella. S & S/Aladdin. 2001. $5.99. ISBN 0-689-83128-5.
Irwin, Jan. Vogelein: Clockwork Faerie. Fiery Studios. 2003. $12.95. ISBN 0-9743110-0-6.
Jones, Diana Wynne. Fire and Hemlock. HarperTrophy. 2002. $7.99. ISBN 0-06-447352-X.
Kindl, Patrice. Goose Chase. Puffin. 2002. $5.99. ISBN 0-14-230208-2.
Lynn, Tracy. Snow. Simon/Pulse. 2003. $5.99. ISBN 0-689-85556-7.
McCaffrey, Anne. An Exchange of Gifts. illus. Wildside. 1995. $7.99. ISBN 1-880448-44-0.
McKinley, Robin. Deerskin. 1994. $6.99. ISBN 0-441-00069-X.
––––. Spindle's End. 2001. $6.50. ISBN 0-441-00865-8. ea vol: Ace.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Beast. Simon/Pulse. 2004. ISBN 0-689-87005-1.
––––. Zel. Puffin. 1998. ISBN 0-14-130116-3. ea vol: $5.99.
Stewart, Sean. Nobody's Son. Harcourt/Magic Carpet. 2000. $6. ISBN 0-15-202259-7.
Vande Velde, Vivian. The Rumpelstiltskin Problem. Scholastic. 2002. $4.99. ISBN 0-439-30529-2.
Viguie, Debbie. Midnight Pearls. Simon/Pulse. 2003. $5.99. ISBN 0-689-85557-5.
Willingham, Bill. Fables: Legends in Exile. illus. DC Comics. 2002. $9.95. ISBN 1-56389-942-6.
Windling,Terri & Delia Sherman, eds. The Essential Bordertown. Tor. 1999. $14.95. ISBN 0-312-86703-4.

Own Your Freak

Atkins, Catherine. Alt Ed. Puffin. 2004. $5.99. ISBN 0-14-240235-4.
Cohn, Rachel. Gingerbread. Simon/Pulse. 2003. $6.99. ISBN 0-689-86020-X.
Crutcher, Chris. Whale Talk. Laurel-Leaf. 2002. $5.50. ISBN 0-440-22938-3.
Davis, Amanda. Wonder When You'll Miss Me. HarperPerennial. 2004. $12.95. ISBN 0-06-053426-5.
Gallo, Don R., ed.On the Fringe. Puffin. 2003. $6.99. ISBN 0-14-250026-7.
Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass. 2003. Simon/Pulse. $6.99. ISBN 0-689-85800-0.
Going, K. L. Fat Kid Rules the World. Puffin. 2004. $6.99. ISBN 0-14-240208-7.
Hartinger, Brent. The Geography Club. HarperTempest. 2004. $6.99. ISBN 0-06-001223-4.
Howe, James. The Misfits. S & S/Aladdin. 2003. $5.99. ISBN 0-689-83956-1.
Koertge, Ron. Stoner & Spaz. Candlewick. 2004. $6.99. ISBN 0-7636-2150-1.
Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob. Hyperion. 2004. $5.99. ISBN 0-7868-1593-0.
Lubar, David. Hidden Talents. Tom Doherty/Starscape. 1999. $5.99. ISBN 0-7653-4265-0.
Muharrar, Aisha. More Than a Label: Why What You Wear and Who You're with Doesn't Define Who You Are. Free Spirit. 2002. $13.95. ISBN 1-57542-110-0.
Naifeh, Ted. Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things. illus. Oni. 2003. $11.95. ISBN 1-929998-60-0.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Big Mouth & Ugly Girl. HarperCollins. 2003. $7.99. ISBN 0-06-447347-3.
Peters, Julie Anne. Define "Normal." Little, Brown. 2003. $5.99. ISBN 0-316-73489-6.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. What Happened to Lani Garver? Harcourt. 2002. $6.95. ISBN 0-15-205088-4.
Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown. 1991. $5.99. ISBN 0-316-76948-7.
Shetterly, Will. Elsewhere. Harcourt/Magic Carpet. 2004. $6.95. ISBN 0-15-205209-7.
Smith, Sherri L. Lucy the Giant. Laurel-Leaf. 2003. $5.50. ISBN 0-440-22927-8.
Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl. Random. 2004. $6.99. ISBN 0-440-41677-9.
Tashjian, Janet. The Gospel According to Larry. Laurel-Leaf. 2003. $5.99. ISBN 0-440-23792-0.
Tolan, Stephanie S. Surviving the Applewhites. HarperTrophy. 2004. $5.99. ISBN 0-06-441044-7.
Werlin, Nancy. Black Mirror. Puffin. 2003. $6.99. ISBN 0-14-250028-3.
Wittlinger, Ellen. Razzle. Simon/Pulse. 2003. $7.99. ISBN 0-689-85600-8.

All Kinds of Creepy

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Shattered Mirror. Laurel-Leaf. 2003. $5.50. ISBN 0-440-22940-5.
Barker, Clive. Abarat. HarperCollins. 2004. $6.99. ISBN 0-06-059637-6.
Brunvand, Jan Harold. Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Book of Scary Urban Legends. W.W. Norton. 2004. $13.95. ISBN 0-393-32613-6.
Cormier, Robert. Tenderness. Delacorte. 2004. $7.95. ISBN 0-385-73133-7.
Duncan, Lois. I Know What You Did Last Summer. Dell. 1999. $5.50. ISBN 0-440-22844-1.
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline. illus. by Dave McKean. HarperTrophy. 2004. $5.99. ISBN 0-06-057591-3.
Halam, Ann. Dr. Franklin's Island. Dell. 2002. $5.50. ISBN 0-440-23781-5.
Harris, Thomas. The Silence of the Lambs. St. Martin's. 1991. $7.99. ISBN 0-312-92458-5.
Huntington, Geoffrey. Sorcerers of the Nightwing. (Ravencliff Series, Bk. #1). Regan. 2003. $7.99. ISBN 0-06-001426-1.
King, Stephen. It. Signet. 1987. $7.99. ISBN 0-451-16951-4.
Koontz, Dean. Watchers. Berkley. 1986. $7.99. ISBN 0-425-18880-9.
Niles, Steve. 30 Days of Night. illus. IDW. 2003. $17.99. ISBN 0-9719775-5-0.
Pines, T., ed. Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror. Scholastic. 1991. $5.99. ISBN 0-590-45256-8.
Rees, Celia. Soul Taker. Hodder. 2003. $7.95. ISBN 0-340-87817-7.
Reiss, Kathryn. Dreadful Sorry. Harcourt. 2004. $6.95. ISBN 0-15-205087-6.
Sebold, Alice. Lovely Bones. Back Bay. 2004. $13.95. ISBN 0-316-16881-5.
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. (The Saga of Darren Shan Series, Bk. #1). Little, Brown. 2001. $5.99. ISBN 0-316-90571-2.
Shusterman, Neal. Full Tilt. Simon/Pulse. 2004. $4.99. ISBN 0-689-87325-5.
Stine, R. L. Dangerous Girls. HarperCollins/Avon. 2003. $5.99. ISBN 0-06-053082-0.
Vande Velde, Vivian. Being Dead. Harcourt. 2003. $6.95. ISBN 0-15-204912-6.

The members of YALSA's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Committee are Sally Leahey, chair, McArthur Library, Biddeford, ME; Robin Doughty, administrative assistant and committee member, Roseville Public Library, CA; Eunice Anderson, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore; Kristin Brand, Pasco County Library System, Zephyrhills, FL; Paula Brehm-Heeger, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton (OH) County; Robin Brenner, Cary Memorial Library, Lexington, MA; Janet Buttenwieser, King County Library System, Burien, WA; Allan Cuseo, Bishop Kearney High School Library, Rochester, NY; Diane Emge, Alachua County Library District, Gainesville, FL; Michele Gorman, Austin Public Library, TX; Alison Hendon, Brooklyn Public Library, NY; Walter Mayes, Girls' Middle School, Mountain View, CA; Kevin Scanlon, Canton Public Library, MI; Caryn Sipos, Three Creeks Community Library, Vancouver, WA; and Sarajo Wentling, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, MN.