Best Books for Young Adults
BBYA 2004
YALSA, American Library Association

(listed alphabetically by author or collection title)

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi – Purple Hibiscus, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
ISBNTrd. 1-56512-387-5, 2003, $23.95

Bell, Hilari – The Goblin Wood, HarperCollins/Eros,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-051371-3,
ISBNlib. 0-06-051372-1, 2003, $16.99/$18.89

Bird, Eugenie – Fairie-Ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand,
Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0-7636-1413-0, 11/2002, $40.00

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker – For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy, Random House, Inc./Delacorte, ISBNTrd. 0-385-72961-8, ISBNlib. 0-385-90087-2, 2003, $15.95/$17.99

Bray, Libba – A Great and Terrible Beauty, Random House, Inc./Delacorte,
ISBNTrd. 0-385-73028-4, ISBNlib. 0-385-90161-5, 2003, $16.95/$18.99

Brennan, Herbie – Faerie Wars, Bloomsbury, ISBNTrd. 1-58234-810-3, 2003, $17.95

Brooks, Kevin – Lucas, Scholastic/Chicken House,
ISBNTrd. 0-439-45698-3, 2003, $16.95

Brooks, Martha – True Confessions of a Heartless Girl,
Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books, ISBNTrd. 0-374-37806-1, 2003, $16.00

Buckingham, Dorothea N. – Staring Down the Dragon,
Sydney Press, ISBNpbk. 0-9724577-3-9, 2003, $10.95

Burt, Guy – Sophie, Random House/Ballantine Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-345-44659-3, 2003, $12.95

Calhoun, Dia – White Midnight, Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
ISBNTrd. 0-374-38389-8, 2003, $18.00

Capuzzo, Michael – Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916,
Random House/Crown Publishers, ISBNTrd. 0-375-82231-3,
ISBNlib. 0-375-92231-8, 2003, $16.95/$18.99

Coburn, Jake – Prep, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-525-47135-9, 2003, $16.99

Cofer, Judith Ortiz – The Meaning of Consuelo, Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
ISBNTrd. 0-374-20509-4, 2003, $20.00

Crowe, Chris – Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, Penguin Putnam/Phyllis Fogelman Books, ISBNTrd. 0-8037-2804-2, 2003, $18.99

Crutcher, Chris – King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography, HarperCollins/ Greenwillow Press, ISBNTrd. 0-06-050249-5,
ISBNlib. 0-06-050250-9, 2003, $16.99/$17.89

Davis, Amanda – Wonder When You’ll Miss Me,
HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co., ISBNTrd. 0-688-16781-0, 2003, $24.95

Donnelly, Jennifer – A Northern Light,
Harcourt, ISBNTrd. 0-15-216705-6, 2003, $17.00

Du Prau, Jeanne – The City of Ember, Random House Children’s Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-375-82273-9, ISBNlib 0-375-92274-1, 2003, $15.95/$17.99

Eisner, Will – Fagin the Jew: A Graphic Novel, Random House, Inc./Doubleday,
ISBNTrd. 0-385-51009-8, 2003, $15.95

Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sharyn November, ed., Penguin Putnam/Firebird Books, ISBNTrd. 0-14-250142-5, 2003, $19.99

Flake, Sharon G. – Begging for Change, Hyperion Books for Children/Jump at the Sun, ISBNTrd. 0-7868-0601-X, 2003, $15.99

Fleming, Candace – Ben Franklin’s Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman’s Life, Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, ISBNTrd. 0-689-83549-3, 2003, $19.95

Fradin, Dennis Brindell and Judith Bloom Fradin – Fight On! Mary Church Terrell’s Battle for Integration, Houghton Mifflin Company/Clarion Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-618-13349-6, 2003, $17.00

Frank, E. R. – Friction,
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book,ISBNTrd. 0-689-85384-X, 2003, $16.95

Fredericks, Mariah – The True Meaning of Cleavage,
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book, ISBNTrd. 0-689-85092-1, 2003, $15.95

Freedman, Russell – In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America’s Bill of Rights,
Holiday House, ISBNTrd. 0-8324-1585-6, 2003, $24.95

Freese, Barbara – Coal: A Human History, Perseus Publishing,
ISBNTrd. 0-7382-0400-5, 12/2002, $25.00

Frost, Helen – Keesha’s House, Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Frances Foster Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-374-34064-1, 2003, $16.00

Funke, Cornelia – Inkheart, Scholastic, Inc./The Chicken House,
ISBNTrd. 0-439-53164-0, 2003, $19.95

Going, K. L. – Fat Kid Rules the World, Penguin Putnam/G.P. Putnam’s Sons,
ISBNTrd. 0-399-23990-1, 2003, $17.99

Goodman, Alison - Singing the Dogstar Blues, Penguin Putnam/Viking,
ISBNTrd. 0-670-03610-2, 4/2003, $16.99

Graham, Rosemary – My Not-So-Terrible Time at the Hippie Hotel,

Penguin Putnam/Viking, ISBNTrd. 0-670-03611-0, 2003, $16.99

Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan – Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois,
Harry N. Abrams/La Martiniere, ISBNTrd. 0-8109-4237-2, 2003, $19.95

Haddon, Mark – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel,
Random House/Doubleday, ISBNTrd. 0-385-50945-6, 2003, $22.95

Halliday, John – Shooting Monarchs, Simon & Schuster/Margaret K.
McElderry Books, ISBNTrd. 0-689-84338-0, 2003, $15.95

Hampton, Wilborn – September 11, 2001: Attack on New York City,
Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0-7636-1949-3, 2003, $17.99

Hanley, Victoria – The Healer’s Keep, Holiday House,
ISBNTrd. 0-8234-1760-3, 10/2002, $17.95

Harrar, George – Not As Crazy As I Seem,
Houghton Mifflin Co., ISBNTrd. 0-618-26365-9, 2003, $15.00

Hautman, Pete – Sweetblood,
Simon & Schuster, ISBNTrd. 0-689-85048-4, 2003, $16.95

Hearn, Lian – Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori, Book One,
Putnam Publishing Group/ Riverhead Books, ISBNTrd. 1-57322-225-9, 9/2002, $24.95

Henkes, Kevin – Olive’s Ocean, HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-053543-1, ISBNlib. 0-06-053544-X, 2003, $15.99/$16.89

Hoffman, Alice – Green Angel, Scholastic, Inc./Scholastic Press,
ISBNTrd. 0-439-44384-9, 2003, $16.95

Hoffman, Mary – Stravaganza: City of Stars,
Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBNTrd. 1-58234-839-1, 2003, $17.95

Hoffman, Nina Kiriki – A Stir of Bones,
Penguin Putnam/Viking,ISBNTrd. 0-670-03551-3, 2003, $15.99

Holt, Kimberly Willis – Keeper of the Night,
Henry Holt & Co., ISBNTrd. 0-8050-6361-7, 2003, $16.95

Horvath, Polly – The Canning Season, Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
ISBNTrd. 0-374-39956-5, 2003, $16.00

Jenkins, A. M. – Out of Order, HarperCollins, ISBNTrd. 0-06-623968-0,
ISBNlib. 0-06-6239699, 2003, $15.99/$16.89

Johnson, Angela – The First Part Last, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
ISBNTrd. 0-689-84922-2, 2003, $15.95

Johnson, Kathleen Jeffrie – Target, Roaring Brook Press,
ISBNTrd. 0-7613-1932-8, ISBNlib. 0-7613-2790-8, 2003, $15.95/$22.90

Juby, Susan – Alice, I Think, HarperCollins/HarperTempest,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-051543-0, ISBNlib. 0-06-051544-9, 2003, $15.99/$16.89

Koertge, Ron – Shakespeare Bats Cleanup,
Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0-7636-2116-1, 2003, $15.99

Koja, Kathe – Buddha Boy, Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Frances Foster Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-374-30998-1, 2003, $16.00

Korman, Gordon – Jake, Reinvented,
Hyperion, ISBNTrd. 0-7868-1957-X, 2003, $15.99

Krisher, Trudy – Uncommon Faith,
Holiday House, ISBNTrd. 0-8234-1791-3, 2003, $17.95

Krull, Kathleen – Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez,
Harcourt, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0-15-201437-3, 2003, $17.00

Levithan, David – Boy Meets Boy, Random House/Alfred A. Knopf,
ISBNTrd. 0-375-82400-6, ISBNlib. 0-375-92400-0, 2003, $15.95/$17.99

Little, Jason – Shutterbug Follies, Bantam Doubleday Dell/Doubleday,
ISBNTrd. 0-385-50346-6, 10/2002, $24.95

Lowachee, Karin – Burndive, Warner Books, Inc./Aspect,
ISBNpbk. 0-446-61318-5, 2003, $6.99

Lubar, David – Wizards of the Game,
Penguin Putnam/Philomel, ISBNTrd. 0-399-23706-2, 2003, $16.99

Mack, Tracy – Birdland, Scholastic, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0-439-53590-5, 2003, $16.95

Mackler, Carolyn – The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things,
Candlewick Press, ISBN 0-7636-1958-2, 2003, $15.99

Martinez, Manuel Luis – Drift,
St. Martin’s Press/Picador, ISBNpbk. 0-312-30995-3, 2003, $14.00

Maynard, Joyce – The Usual Rules,
St. Martin’s Press, ISBNTrd. 0-312-24261-1, 2003, $24.95

McCafferty, Megan – Second Helpings: A Novel, Crown Publishing Group/Three Rivers Press, ISBNTrd.pbk. 0-609-80791-9, 2003, $10.95

McNamee, Graham – Acceleration, Random House Children’s Books/Wendy Lamb Books, ISBNTrd. 0-385-73119-1, ISBNlib. 0-385-90144-5, 2003, $15.95/$17.99

Meyer, L. A. – Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy, Harcourt, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0-15-216731-5, 9/2002, $17.00

Morgan, Robert – Brave Enemies: A Novel of the American Revolution,
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill/Shannon Ravenel Books, ISBNTrd. 1-56512-356-5, 2003, $24.95

Murphy, Jim – An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of1793, Houghton Mifflin Co./Clarion, ISBNTrd. 0-395-77608-2, 2003, $16.00

Murphy, Jim – Inside the Alamo, Random House, Inc./Delacorte Press,
ISBNTrd. 0-385-32574-6, ISBNlib. 0-385-90092-9, 2003, $16.95/$18.99

Murray, Jaye – Bottled Up: A Novel,
Penguin Putnam/Dial Books, ISBNTrd. 0-8037-2897-2, 2003, $16.99

Myracle, Lauren – Kissing Kate,
Penguin Putnam/Dutton Books, ISBNTrd. 0-525-46917-6, 2003, $16.99

Naidoo, Beverly – Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope,
HarperCollins, ISBNTrd. 0-06-050799-3, ISBNlib. 0-06-050800-0, 2003, $16.99/$17.89

Napoli, Donna Jo – Breath,
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, ISBNTrd. 0-689-86174-5, 2003, $16.95

Niles, Steve – 30 Days of Night,
IDW Publishing, ISBNTrd. 0-971- 97755-0, 2003, $17.99

Osa, Nancy – Cuba 15, Random House/Delacorte Press,
ISBNTrd. 0-385-73021-7, ISBNlib. 0-385-90086-4, 2003, $15.95/$17.99

Paolini, Christopher – Eragon: Inheritance Trilogy: Book One, Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, ISBNTrd. 0-375-82668-8, ISBNlib. 0-375-92668-2, 2003, $18.95/$20.99

Parker, Jeff – The Interman,
Octopus, ISBNTrd. 0-9725553-0-7, 2003, $19.95

Pattou, Edith – East,
Harcourt Children’s Books, ISBNTrd. 0-15-204563-5, 2003, $18.00

Paulsen, Gary – How Angel Peterson Got His Name and Other Outrageous Tales About Extreme Sports, Random House Children’s Books/Wendy Lamb Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-385-72949-9, ISBNlib. 0-385-90090-2, 2003, $12.95/$14.99

Peck, Richard – The River Between Us,
Penguin Putnam/Dial, ISBNTrd. 0-8037-2735-6, 2003, $16.99

Pierce, Tamora – Trickster’s Choice, Random House,
ISBNTrd. 0-375-81466-3, ISBNlib. 0-375-91466-8, 2003, $17.95/$19.99

Pratchett, Terry – The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld, HarperCollins,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-001236-6, ISBNlib. 0-06-001237-4, 2003, $16.99/$17.89

Rapp, Adam – 33 Snowfish,
Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0-7636-1874-8, 2003, $15.99

Rees, Celia – Pirates!,
Bloomsbury Publishing/Bloomsbury Children, ISBNTrd. 1-58234-816-2, 2003, $17.95

Reeve, Philip – Mortal Engines: A Novel, HarperCollins/Eos,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-008207-0, ISBNlib. 0-06-0082089, 2003, $16.99/$17.89

Roach, Mary – Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers,
W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., ISBNTrd. 0-393-05093-9, 2003, $23.95

Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Scholastic, Inc.,
ISBNTrd. 0-439-35806-X, ISBNlib. 0-439-56761-0, 2003, $29.99/$34.99

Rylant, Cynthia – God Went to Beauty School, HarperCollins/HarperTempest,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-009433-8, ISBNlib. 0-06-009434-6, 2003, $15.99/$16.89

Satrapi, Marjane – Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood,
Random House, Inc./Pantheon, ISBNTrd. 0-375-42230-7, 2003, $17.95

Simmons, Michael – Pool Boy, Roaring Brook Press/A Neal Porter Book,
ISBNTrd. 0-7613-1885-2, ISBNlib. 0-7613-2924-2, 2003, $15.95/$22.90

Sis, Peter – The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker, Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Frances Foster, ISBNTrd. 0-374-45628-3, 2003, $18.00

Slade, Arthur – Dust, Random House/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd. 0-385-73004-7, ISBNlib. 0-385-90093-7, ISBNpbk. 0-006-48593-6 (8/2001), 2003, $15.95/$17.99

Spinelli, Jerry – Milkweed, Random House, Inc./Alfred A. Knopf,
ISBNTrd. 0-375-81374-8, ISBNlib. 0-375-91374-2, 2003, $15.95/$17.99

Stroud, Jonathan – The Amulet of Samarkand: Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One, Hyperion Books for Children/Miramax, ISBNTrd. 0-7868-1859-X, ISBNpbk. 0-7868-5143-0, 2003, $17.95/$14.00

Tashjian, Janet – Fault Line, Henry Holt & Co., ISBNTrd. 0-8050-7200-4, 2003, $16.95

Thompson, Craig – Blankets: An Illustrated Novel,
Top Shelf Productions, ISBNTrd. 1-891830-43-0, 2003, $29.95

Trueman, Terry – Inside Out, HarperCollins/HarperTempest,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-623962-1, ISBNlib. 0-06-623963-X, 2003, $15.99/$16.89

Vance, Susanna – Deep, Random House/Delacorte,
ISBNTrd. 0-385-730-57-8, ISBNlib. 0-385-90080-5, 2003, $15.95/$17.99

Vande Velde, Vivian – Heir Apparent,
Harcourt, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0-15-204560-0, 10/2002, $17.00

Weaver, Will – Claws, HarperCollins/Harper Tempest,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-009473-7, ISBNlib. 0-06-009474-5, 2003, $15.99/$16.89

Willingham, Bill – Fables: Legends in Exile,
DC Comics, ISBNTrd. 1-56389-942-6, 12/2002, $9.95

Woodson, Jacqueline – Locomotion,
Penguin Putnam/G.P. Putnam’s Sons, ISBNTrd. 0-399-23115-3, 2003, $15.99

Wittlinger, Ellen - Zigzag, Simon & Schuster/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ISBNTrd. 0-689-84996-6, 2003, $16.95

Wrede, Patricia C. and Caroline Stevermer – Sorcery & Cecelia, Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondance of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country,
Harcourt, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0-15-204615-1, 2003, $17.00

Yolen, Jane – Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur,
Harcourt, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0-15-202527-8, 2003, $17.00

Zahn, Timothy – Dragon and Thief: A Dragonback Adventure, Tom Doherty Associates/TOR, ISBNTrd. 0-765-30124-5, ISBNpbk. 0-765-34272-3, 2003, pbk. 6/2003, $24.95/$5.99

Zusak, Markus – Getting the Girl,
Scholastic, Inc./Arthur A. Levine Books, ISBNTrd. 0-439-38949-6, 2003, $16.95

Teen Zone / BBYA Reviewers' Circle / 2005 Nominated Titles