Handout for YALSA's Best of the Best Fiction for Young Adults presentation by Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist, NJ State Library and Liz Burns, Head of Youth Services, NJ State Library Talking Book and Braille Center for NJLA 2013 Conference

1. "Best of the Best"-YALSA's 2013 Best Fiction for Young Adults
Presented by Elizabeth Burns, Head of Youth Services, NJ State Library
Talking Book and Braille Center, eburns@njstatelib.org
Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist, NJ State Library,
srawlins@njstatelib.org
Andrews, Jesse. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Abrams/Amulet Books, 2012; ISBN 13:
9781419701764; $16.95.
Bacigalupi, Paolo. The Drowned Cities. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012;
ISBN 13: 9780316056243; $17.99.
Bardugo, Leigh. Shadow and Bone. Henry Holt and Company, 2012: ISBN 13:
9780805094596; $18.00.
Barnaby, Hannah. Wonder Show. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Children’s Books, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780547599809; $16.99.
Barraclough, Lindsey. Long Lankin. Candlewick Press, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780763658083;
$16.99.
Bray, Libba. The Diviners. Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780316126113; $19.99.
Brennan, Sarah Rees. Unspoken: The Lynburn Legacy. Random House Books/Random
House Books for Young Readers, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780375870415; $18.99.

2. Calame, Don. Call the Shots. Candlewick, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780763655563; $16.99.
Cashore, Kristin. Bitterblue. Penguin/Dial, 2012; ISBN 13: 978-08373-4739; $19.99.
Coats, Jillian Anderson. The Wicked and the Just. Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin, 2012; ISBN
13: 9780547688374; $16.99.
Crowley, Cath. Graffiti Moon. Random House/Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2012;
ISBN 13: 9780375869532; $16.99.
Damico, Gina. Croak. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Book Group, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780547608327; $8.99.
Danforth, Emily M. The Miseducation of Cameron Post. HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray, 2012;
ISBN 13: 9780062020567; $17.99.
Ellison, Kate. Butterfly Clues. Egmont, 2012; ISBN 13: 9781606842638; $17.99.
Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars. Penguin/Dutton Juvenile, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780525478812; $17.99.
Hand, Elizabeth. Radiant Days. Penguin/Viking, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780670011353; $17.99.

3. Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina. Random House, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780375866562; $17.99.
Kindl, Patrice. Keeping the Castle. Penguin/Viking, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780670014385;
$16.99.
King, A.S. Ask the Passengers. Little, Brown and Company, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780316194686; $17.99.
Knowles, Jo. See You At Harry’s. Candlewick Press, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780763654078;
$16.99.
Kokie, E.M. Personal Effects. Candlewick, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780763655273; $16.99.
LaFevers, Robin. Grave Mercy. Houghton Mifflin, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780547628349;
$16.99.
Lake, Nick. In Darkness. Bloomsbury, 2012; ISBN 13: 9781599907437; $17.99.
Lanagan, Margo. The Brides of Rollrock Island. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2012;
ISBN 13: 9780375869198; $17.99.
Larbalestier, Justine and Sarah Rees Brennan. Team Human.
HarperCollins/HarperTeen, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780062089649; $17.99.

4. Levithan, David. Every Day. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780307931187; $16.99.
Lyga, Barry. I Hunt Killers. Little, Brown and Company, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780316125840;
$17.99.
Marchetta, Melina. Froi of the Exiles: The Lumatere Chronicles. Candlewick Press, 2011;
ISBN 13: 9780763647599; $18.99.
McCormick, Patricia. Never Fall Down. Harper Collins/Balzar + Bray, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780061730931; $17.99.
Meyer, Marissa. Cinder. Macmillian/Feiwel & Friends, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780312641894;
$17.99.
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. No Crystal Stair: A Novel in Documents, Based on the Life
and Work, of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller. Lerner/Carolrhoda Lab, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780761361695; $17.95.
Nielsen, Jennifer. The False Prince. Scholastic, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780545284134; $17.99.
Nix, Garth. A Confusion of Princes. Harper Collins, 2012: ISBN 13: 9780060096946;
$17.99.

5. Oppel, Kenneth. Such Wicked Intent: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein Book
Two. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012; ISBN 13: 9781442403185; $16.99.
Pratchett, Terry. Dodger. HarperCollins, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780062009494; $17.99.
Quick, Matthew. Boy 21. Little, Brown and Company, 2012: ISBN 13: 9780316186193;
$17.99.
Saenz, Benjamin Alire. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Simon
& Schuster/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012; ISBN 13: 9781442408920;
$16.99.
Schrefer, Eliot. Endangered. Scholastic, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780545165761; $17.99.
Sherman, Delia. The Freedom Maze. Big Mouth House, 2011; ISBN 13: 9781931520300;
$16.95.
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Raven Boys. Scholastic, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780545424929;
$18.99.
Summers, Courtney. This is Not a Test. St. Martin’s Griffith, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780312656744; $9.99.

6. Vivian, Siobhan. The List. Scholastic/Push, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780545169172; $17.99.
Wasserman, Robin. The Book of Blood and Shadow. Alfred A. Knopf, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780375868764; $17.99.
Wein, Elizabeth. Code Name Verity. Disney/Hyperion, 2012; ISBN 13: 9781423152194;
$16.99.

7. Vivian, Siobhan. The List. Scholastic/Push, 2012; ISBN 13: 9780545169172; $17.99.
Wasserman, Robin. The Book of Blood and Shadow. Alfred A. Knopf, 2012; ISBN 13:
9780375868764; $17.99.
Wein, Elizabeth. Code Name Verity. Disney/Hyperion, 2012; ISBN 13: 9781423152194;
$16.99.