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Hot Paperbacks for Teens aka “Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults”. www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/poppaper. What is this all about?. YALSA Committee 4 themes selected each year Nominations accepted from the field Youth Participation. Why use this list?. Annotated
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Hot Paperbacks for Teensaka“Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults” www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/poppaper
What is this all about? • YALSA Committee • 4 themes selected each year • Nominations accepted from the field • Youth Participation
Why use this list? • Annotated • Easy to use- available on Internet • Free • Great for ordering • Quick & Easy Readers’ Advisory • Titles already read and grouped together by LST’s • Variety- reading level, age of characters, interest, format, age of titles
How do I use these lists? • Bookmarks • Book Talks • Displays • Ordering • Programs • Readers’ Advisory
2002 Lists • Flights of Fantasy • Lock it, Lick it, Click it: Diaries, Letters and Email • This Small World: a Glimpse of Many Cultures • I’ve Got a Secret
Flights of Fantasy:Beyond Harry and Frodo is a list born of love, created by fantasy enthusiasts. Readers will find a selection of titles, including classics and some unexpected surprises.
Lost Years of Merlin T.A. Barron On a Pale HorseAnthony Piers
War for the OaksEmma Bull The Wizard's Tale Kurt Busiek
Seventh SonOrson ScottCard Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
So you Want to Be a Wizard Diane Duane Jack of KinrowanCharles de Lint
Pawn of ProphecyDavid Eddings Stardust Neil Gaiman
Howls’ Moving CastleDiana Wynne Jones The Eye of the World Robert Jordan
The OathboundMercedes LAckey A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin
The Squire, His Knight & His Lady Gerald Morris The Blue SwordRobin McKinley
The Hounds of the Morrigan Pat O’Shea SabrielGarth Nix
The DarkangelMeredith Pierce Alanna Tamora Pierce
The Perilous GardElizabeth Marie Pope Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett
The Golden CompassPhilip Pullman The Thief Megan Turner
Lock it, Lick it, Click it: Diaries, Letters and Email are stories told in the epistolary fashion. They cover a wide range of experiences, from historical to contemporary, including both the realistic and fantastic
Mrs. Chippy’s Last Expedition Caroline Alexander Go Ask AliceAnonymous
The Black Book: Diary of a Teenage Stud Jonah Black The Princess DiariesMeg Cabot
P.S. Longer Letter Later Paula Danziger Wurst Case ScenarioCatherine Clark
The Life History of a Star Kelly Easton Breathing UnderwaterAlex Flinn
The Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank Jazmin’s Notebook Nikki Grimes
Don’t You Dare Read This Mrs. DunphreyMargaret Haddix Letters from Rifka Karen Hesse
Letters to Julia Barbara Ware Holmes Trial by “Jury” JournalKate Klise
Last Days of SummerSteve Klueger Wolf Tower Tanith Lee
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn Robin Maxwell Letters from a Slave GirlMary E. Lyons
Feeling Sorry for Celia Jaclyn Moriarty Sloppy Firsts Megan McCafferty
Witch ChildCelia Rees Within ReachMark Pfetzer
Leslie’s Journal Allan Stratton Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison
This Small World: a Glimpse of Many Cultures These are tales of teens from across the globe, giving readers perspective and touching on the similarities we all share, the books take place in countries from Afghanistan to Siberia.
Voices from the Field Beth S. Atkin Go and Come BackJoan Abelove
Marisol and Magdalena Veronica Chambers The Forgotten FireAdam Bagdasarian
Bound Feel and Western Dress Pang-Mei "Natasha" Chang The BreadwinnerDeborah Ellis
Endless Steppe Esther Hautzig The Clay Marble Minfong Ho
Red Scarf GirlJi Li Jiang The Color Of My Words Lynn Joseph
Ties That Bind, Ties That BreakLensey Namioka Walk in My World Mazer, Anne
April and the Dragon Lady Lensey Namioka The Baboon King Anton Quintana
Esperanza RisingPam Munoz Ryan Pacific Crossing Gary Soto
HaveliSuzanne Fisher Staples Shiva’s Fire Suzanne Fisher Staples
First They Killed My Father Loung Ung Motherland Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
The Friends Kazumi Yumoto Name Me Nobody Lois-Ann Yamanaka
I’ve Got a Secret Who isn’t curious about the secrets of others, or doesn’t have a secret or two of their own? Teens will be captivated and inspired by the strength shown in the characters they meet in these books.
Counterfeit Son Elaine Marie Alphin Speak Laurie Halse Anderson
Blackwater Eve Bunting The Folk KeeperFranny Billingsley
ShadowlandJenny Carroll Driver’s Ed Caroline B. Cooney
FadeRobert Cormier The Wanderer Sharon Creech