2007 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
(Listed in alphabetical order by Category)
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ALTERNACRAFTS: 20+ HI-STYLE LO-BUDGET PROJECTS TO MAKE by Jessica Vitkus
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER by Walter Dean Myers

BETTER THAN RUNNING AT NIGHT by Hilary Frank
BRONX MASQUERADE by Nikki Grimes

CHICKS WITH STICKS: IT'S A PURL THING by Elizabeth Lenhard
CRAFTY CHICA'S ART DE LA SOUL: GLITTERY IDEAS TO LIVEN UP YOUR LIFE by Kathy Cano Murillo

DANCING IN RED SHOES WILL KILL YOU by Dorian Cirrone
THE DC COMICS GUIDE TO WRITING COMICS by Dennis O'Neil
DIGITAL PHOTO MADNESS!: 50 WEIRD AND WACKY THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA by Thom Gaines
DRUMS, GIRLS, & DANGEROUS PIE by Jordan Sonnenblick

FILMMAKING FOR TEENS: PULLING OFF YOUR SHORTS by Troy Lanier & Clay Nichols

GENERATION T: 108 WAYS TO TRANSFORM A T-SHIRT by Megan Nikolay

KNITGRRL: LEARN TO KNIT WITH 15 FUN AND FUNKY PROJECTS by Shannon Okey

MANGA MANIA: HOW TO DRAW JAPANESE COMICS by Christopher Hart
MONSTER GARAGE: HOW TO CUSTOMIZE DAMN NEAR ANYTHING edited by Lee Klancher

ONE HUNDRED DEMONS by Lynda Barry

PARADISE KISS, VOL. 1 by Ai Yazawa
PICTURE THIS: HOW PICTURES WORK by Molly Bang

RESTLESS SPIRIT: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DOROTHEA LANGE by Elizabeth Partridge

STRAYDOG by Kathe Koja

THE TALE OF ONE BAD RAT by Bryan Talbot
TEENS COOK: HOW TO COOK WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT by Megan & Jill Carle
TRUE NOTEBOOKS: A WRITER'S YEAR AT JUVENILE HALL by Mark Salzman

VINCENT VAN GOGH: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan

WHATCHA MEAN, WHAT'S A ZINE? by Mark Todd & Esther Pearl Watson



I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP

THE BURN JOURNALS by Brent Runyon

CLOSE TO SHORE: THE TERRIFYING SHARK ATTACKS OF 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

THE DARWIN AWARDS: EVOLUTION IN ACTION by Wendy Northcutt

FOUND: THE BEST LOST, TOSSED, AND FORGOTTEN ITEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD by Davy Rothbart

GROSS UNIVERSE: YOUR GUIDE TO ALL DISGUSTING THINGS UNDER THE SUN by Jeff Szpirglas

HIDDEN EVIDENCE: FORTY TRUE CRIMES AND HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE HELPED SOLVE THEM by David Owen
HIPPO EATS DWARF: A FIELD GUIDE TO HOAXES AND OTHER B.S. by Alex Boese
THE HYPOCHONDRIAC'S POCKET GUIDE TO HORRIBLE DISEASES YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE by Dennis DiClaudio

IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote

LEFT FOR DEAD: A YOUNG MAN'S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE FOR THE USS INDIANAPOLIS by Peter Nelson
LOWRIDERS by Robert Genat
LUCKY by Alice Sebold

MARIA SHAW'S STAR GAZER: YOUR SOUL SEARCHING, DREAM SEEKING,
MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN GUIDE TO THE FUTURE by Maria Shaw
MYTHBUSTERS: THE EXPLOSIVE TRUTH BEHIND 30 OF THE MOST PERPLEXING URBAN LEGENDS OF ALL TIME
by Keith & Kent Zimmerman

THE NOTEBOOK GIRLS by Julia Baskin, Linsay Newman, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen, & Courtney Toombs

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY by Farah Ahmedi with Tamim Ansary

PERSEPOLIS: THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD by Marjane Satrapi
PHINEAS GAGE: A GRUESOME BUT TRUE STORY ABOUT BRAIN SCIENCE by John Fleischman

THE RADIOACTIVE BOY SCOUT: THE FRIGHTENING TRUE STORY OF A
WHIZ KID AND HIS HOMEMADE NUCLEAR REACTOR by Ken Silverstein

SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME: 50 YEARS OF STREET CULTURE by James Davis
SMASHED: STORY OF A DRUNKEN GIRLHOOD by Koren Zailckas
STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS by Mary Roach
STREETBALL: ALL THE BALLERS, MOVES, SLAMS, & SHINE by Chris Palmer

THERE'S A GOD ON THE MIC: THE TRUE 50 GREATEST MCS by Kool Moe Dee
TUPAC: RESURRECTION edited by Jacob Hoye & Karolyn Ali



RELIGION: RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DIVINE

BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES by Laurie Faria Stolarz
THE BOOK OF FRED by Abby Bardi
BUDDHA, VOL. 1: KAPILAVASTU by Osamu Tezuka
BUDDHA BOY by Kathe Koja

CONFESSIONS OF A CLOSET CATHOLIC by Sarah Darer Littman

EMILY EVER AFTER by Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt

FINDING ALICE by Melody Carlson

GOD WENT TO BEAUTY SCHOOL by Cynthia Rylant
GODLESS by Pete Hautman

I AM NOT ESTHER by Fleur Beale

THE JGIRL'S GUIDE: THE YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN'S HANDBOOK FOR COMING OF AGE
by Penina Adelman, Ali Feldman, & Shulamit Reinharz

LEAVING FISHERS by Margaret Peterson Haddix

NEVER MIND THE GOLDBERGS by Matthue Roth
NIGHT by Elie Wiesel
NO SHAME, NO FEAR by Ann Turnbull

REAL TIME by Pnina Moed Kass

SAM I AM by Ilene Cooper
THE SECRET WORLD OF KABBALAH by Judith Z. Abrams
THE SHAKERESS by Kimberly Heuston
STAINED by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
THE STAIRCASE by Ann Rinaldi

TEEN WITCH: WICCA FOR A NEW GENERATION by Silver Ravenwolf

WHEN WE WERE SAINTS by Han Nolan



WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

BE MORE CHILL by Ned Vizzini
BLOODSUCKING FIENDS: A LOVE STORY by Christopher Moore
BONE VOLUME 1: OUT FROM BONEVILLE by Jeff Smith
THE BOOK OF BUNNY SUICIDES by Andy Riley

THE CALVIN AND HOBBES TENTH ANNIVERSARY BOOK by Bill Watterson

FRISCO PIGEON MAMBO by C.D. Payne

GIL'S ALL FRIGHT DINER by A. Lee Martinez
GIRL, 15, CHARMING BUT INSANE by Sue Limb
GOOD OMENS: THE NICE AND ACCURATE PROPHECIES OF AGNUS NUTTER, WITCH
by Neil Gaiman & Terry Prachett

HOLLYWOOD HUSTLE: SON OF THE MOB by Gordon Korman
HOW TO SURVIVE A ROBOT UPRISING: TIPS ON DEFENDING YOURSELF AGAINST THE COMING REBELLION
by Daniel H. Wilson

LIFE, LOVE, AND THE PURSUIT OF FREE THROWS by Janette Rallison

NO MORE DEAD DOGS by Gordon Korman

THE SCHWA WAS HERE by Neal Shusterman
THE SECRET BLOG OF RAISIN RODRIGUEZ by Judy Goldschmidt
SIMPSONS COMICS BARN BURNER by Matt Groening
SWORDS FOR HIRE: TWO OF THE MOST UNLIKELY HEROES YOU'LL EVER MEET by Will Allen

THWONK by Joan Bauer
THE TOUGH GUIDE TO FANTASYLAND by Diana Wynne Jones
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD STARLET by Lola Douglas

VAMPIRE HIGH by Douglas Rees

YOTSUBA&! VOLUME 1 by Kiyohiko Azuma