HarperCollins Children's Book Group/ Eos Press The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Palįarrar, Straus and Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis This Land Was Made For You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie Simon & Schuster/ Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bookġ9 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

Geeks: How Two Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer Josual Blum, Bob Holman and Mark Pellington One More River to Cross: An African American Photograph Album American Library Association's Top Ten Best Booksįragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood Later editions of this work (20) contain additional information. Honorees Ī list of historical recipients is available in Betty Carter, Best Books for Young Adults, 1st Edition (1994). Meanwhile, the marketing category has changed to include more books oriented to older teens. Books marketed for 'young adults' have been considered since then and now constitute a majority of the selections. īefore 1973, only 'adult books' (as marketed) were eligible. It became the 'Best Books for Young Adults Committee' (BBYA) in 1966 and then 'Best Fiction for Young Adults' in 2010. It has undergone several changes of focus and names over the years, including the 'Book Selection Committee' (1954), the 'Committee for the Selection of Significant Adult Books for Young People' (1963). The list has been published since 1930 when it was founded as 'Best Books for Young People'. The purpose of the annual list it to provide librarians and library workers with a resource to use for collection development and readers advisory purposes.' In addition there is a 'Best of the Best' list of the top 10 titles, made available since 1997. It is for 'fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. The American Library Association's Best Fiction for Young Adults, previously known as Best Books for Young Adults (1966–2010), is a recommendation list of books presented yearly by the YALSA division ( Young Adult Library Services Association).

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