2007 Best Books for Young Adults
(Listed in alphabetical order)
FICTION

ACCIDENTS OF NATURE by Harriet McBryde Johnson
ALPHABET OF DREAMS by Susan Fletcher
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE by Gene Luen Yang
AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES by John Green
ANAHITA'S WOVEN RIDDLE by Meghan Nuttall Sayres
ASK ME NO QUESTIONS by Marina Budhos
THE ASTONISHING LIFE OF OCTAVIAN NOTHING, TRAITOR TO THE NATION, VOL. 1: THE POX PARTY by M. T. Anderson

BLACK DUCK by Janet Taylor Lisle
BLACK SWAN GREEN by David Mitchell
BLIND FAITH by Ellen Wittlinger
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak
THE BRAID by Helen Frost
A BRIEF CHAPTER IN MY IMPOSSIBLE LIFE by Dana Reinhardt

CLAY by David Almond

DAIRY QUEEN by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
DEAD CONNECTION by Charlie Price
DEOGRATIAS, A TALE OF RWANDA by Jean-Philippe Stassen
DEVILISH by Maureen Johnson
DOPPELGANGER by David Stahler, Jr.
DREAMHUNTER: BOOK ONE OF THE DREAMHUNTER DUET by Elizabeth Knox

FIREBIRDS RISING: AN ANTHOLOGY OF ORIGINAL SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY edited by Sharyn November
THE FORESHADOWING by Marcus Sedgwick

THE GIRLS by Lori Lansens
GREASE MONKEY: A TALE OF GROWING UP IN ORBIT by Tim Eldred

HATTIE BIG SKY by Kirby Larson

INCANTATION by Alice Hoffman
IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY by Ned Vizzini

JUST IN CASE by Meg Rosoff
JUST LISTEN by Sarah Dessen

KAMPUNG BOY by Lat
KIKI STRIKE: INSIDE THE SHADOW CITY by Kirsten Miller
THE KILLER'S TEARS by Anne-Laure Bondoux
KING DORK by Frank Portman
THE KING OF ATTOLIA by Megan Whalen Turner
KNIGHTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY by Tim Tharp

LA LINEA by Ann Jaramillo
THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA by Scott Lynch
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by Susan Beth Pfeffer
THE LOVE CURSE OF THE RUMBAUGHS by Jack Gantos

MONSTER BLOOD TATTOO: FOUNDLING by D.M. Cornish

NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

OFF ROAD by Sean Murphy
OVER A THOUSAND HILLS I WALK WITH YOU by Hanna Jensen

REBOUND by Bob Krech
THE ROAD OF THE DEAD by Kevin Brooks
ROOFTOP by Paul Volponi
THE RULES OF SURVIVAL by Nancy Werlin

SAINT IGGY by K.L. Going
SAMURAI SHORTSTOP by Alan Gratz
SIDE EFFECTS by Amy Goldman Koss
SKIN by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
SOLD by Patricia McCormick
STORM THIEF by Chris Wooding
STREET LOVE by Walter Dean Myers
SURRENDER by Sonya Hartnett
SWIMMING IN THE MONSOON SEA by Shyam Selvadurai

TERRIER: BEKKA COOPER by Tamora Pierce
THE TRAP by John Smelcer
TRIGGER by Susan Vaught
A TRUE AND FAITHFUL NARRATIVE by Katherine Sturtevant
TWICE TOLD: ORIGINAL STORIES INSPIRED BY ORIGINAL ARTWORK illustrated by Scott Hunt
TYRELL by Coe Booth

WAIT FOR ME by An Na
WHAT HAPPENED TO CASS MCBRIDE? by Gail Giles
WHITE TIME by Margo Lanagan
WINTER'S BONE by Daniel Woodrell
WINTERSMITH by Terry Pratchett

THE YEAR THE GYPSIES CAME by Linzi Glass



NON-FICTION

THE 9/11 REPORT: A GRAPHIC ADAPTATION by Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colon
5,000 MILES TO FREEDOM: ELLEN AND WILLIAM CRAFT'S FLIGHT FROM SLAVERY
by Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Brindell Fradin

ESCAPE!: THE STORY OF THE GREAT HOUDINI by Sid Fleischman

FREEDOM RIDERS: JOHN LEWIS AND JIM ZWERG ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
by Ann Bausum
FREEDOM WALKERS: THE STORY OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT by Russell Freedman

LAST CHANCE IN TEXAS: THE REDEMPTION OF CRIMINAL YOUTH by John Hubner
LETTERS  TO A YOUNG BROTHER: MANIFEST YOUR DESTINY by Hill Harper

MEN OF SALT: CROSSING THE SAHARA ON THE CARAVAN OF WHITE GOLD by Michael Benanav

ONE KINGDOM: OUR LIVES WITH ANIMALS by Deborah Noyes

THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA: A BIOGRAPHY OF JUAN FRANCISCO MANZANO
by Margarita Engle & Sean Qualls

ROBERT E. LEE: VIRGINIAN SOLDIER, AMERICAN CITIZEN by James I. Robertson, Jr.

SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING: MARIE CURIE AND RADIUM by Carla Killough McClafferty

TEAM MOON: HOW 400,000 PEOPLE LANDED APOLLO 11 ON THE MOON by Catherine Thimmesh

UP BEFORE DAYBREAK: COTTON AND PEOPLE IN AMERICA by Deborah Hopkinson