Young Adult Book Awards

A collection of Award-winning Young Adult fiction and chapter books listed alphabetically by Award title

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T TU V W X Y Z

Americas Book Award

• 2006: Josias, Hold the Book, by Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren (P Elv)
• 2006: The Poet Slave of Cuba, by Margarita Engle (811.54 Eng)
• 2006: What the Moon Saw, by Laura Resau (F Res)
• 2005: Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside a Cereal Box, by Juan Felipe Herrera (F Her)
• 2004: My Name is Celia/ Me Ilamo Celia, by Monica Brown (782.42164092 Bro)
• 2004: Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, by Benjamin Alire Saenz (F Sae)
• 2003: The Meaning of Consuelo, by Judith Ortiz Cofer (Main Library PS3565 R7737 M43 2003)
• 2003: Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, by Yuyi Morales (398.2097201 Mor)
• 2002: Before We Were Free, by Julia Alvarez (F Alv)
• 2001: A Movie in My Pillow, by Jorge Argueta (861.64 Arg)
• 2001: Breaking Through, by Francisco Jimenez (F Jim)
• 2000: The Color of My Words, by Lynn Joseph (F Jos)
• 2000: The Composition, by Antonio Skarmeta (P Ska)
• 1999: CrashBoomLove, by Juan Felipe Herrera (F Her)
• 1998: Barrio: Jose's Neighborhood, by George Ancona (979.4 Anc)
• 1998: Mama and Papa Have a Store, by Amelia Lau Carling (P Car)
• 1997: The Face at the Window, by Regina Hanson (P Han)
• 1997: The Circuit, by Francisco Jimenez (B Jimenez)
• 1996: Parrot in the Oven, by Victor Martinez (F Mar)
• 1996: In My Family/En mi Familia, by Carmen Lomas Garza (372.6561 Gar)
• 1995: Tonight, by Sea, by Frances Temple (F Tem)
• 1994: The Mermaid's Twin Sister, by Lynn Joseph (398.2 Jos)
• 1993: Vejigantes Masquerade, by Lulu Delacre (P Del)

Bram Stoker-Young Readers

• 2004: Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War, by Clive Barker (F Bar)
• 2004: Oddest Yet, by Steve Burt (F Bur)
• 2003: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling (F Row)
• 2002: Coraline, by Neil Gaiman (F Gai)
• 2001: The Willow Files 2, by Yvonne Navarro (F Nav)
• 2000: The Power of Un, by Nancy Etchemendy (F Etc)
• 1999: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling (F Row)
• 1998: Bigger Than Death, by Nancy Etchemendy (On Order)

Edgar Awards-Young Adult

• 2011: The Interrogation of Gabriel James, by Charlie Price (On Order)
• 2010: Reality Check, by Peter Abrahams (F Abr)
• 2009: PaperTowns, by John Green (F Gre)
• 2008: Rat Life, by Tedd Arnold (On order)
• 2007: Buried , by Robin Marrow MacCready (F Mac)
• 2006: Last Shot, by John Feinstein (F Fei)
• 2005: In Darkness, Death, by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler (F Hoo)
• 2004: Acceleration, by Graham McNamee (F McN)
• 2003: The Wessex Papers, Vols. 1-3, by Daniel Parker (F Par)
• 2002: The Boy in the Burning House, by Tim Wynne-Jones (F Wyn)
• 2001: Counterfeit Son, by Elaine Marie Alphin (F Alp)
• 2000: Never Trust a Dead Man, by Vivian Vande Velde (F Van)
• 1999: The Killer's Cousin, by Nancy Werlin (F Wer)
• 1998: Ghost Canoe, by Will Hobbs (F Hob)
• 1997: Twisted Summer, by Willo Davis Roberts (F Rob)
• 1996: Prophecy Rock, by Rob MacGregor (F Mac)
• 1995: Toughing It, by Nancy Springer (F Spr)
• 1994: The Name of the Game was Murder, by Joan Lowery Nixon (F Low)
• 1993: A Little Bit Dead, by Chap Reaver (F Rea)
• 1992: The Weirdo, by Theodore Taylor (F Tay)
• 1991: Mote, by Chap Reaver (F Rea)
• 1990: Show Me the Evidence, by Alane Ferguson (F Fer)
• 1989: Incident at Loring Groves, by Sonia Levitin (F Lev)

Golden Duck-Hal Clement

• 2011:WWW.Watch by Robert J Sawyer (Not in CMC)
• 2010:Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (F Col)
• 2009:Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (F Doc)
• 2009:Hunter Games by Suzanne Collins (F Col)
• 2008: Sky Horizon, by David Brin (On Order)
• 2007: Rash, by Pete Hautman (On Order)
• 2006: Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld (On Order)
• 2005: Balance of Trade, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (F Lee)
• 2004: Gunpowder Empire, by Harry Turtledove (F Tur)
• 2003: Feed, by M.T. Anderson (F And)
• 2002: This Side of Paradise, by Steven Layne (F Lay)
• 2001: Jumping off the Planet, by David Gerrold (F Ger)
• 2000: The Game of Worlds, by Allen Roger MacBride (F All)
• 1999: Alien Dreams, by Larry Segriff (F Seg)
• 1998: Shade's Children, by Garth Nix (Not in the CMC)
• 1997: Wildside, by Steven Gould (F Gou)
• 1996: The Winds of Mars, by H.M. Hoover (F Hoo)
• 1996: Night Room, by E.M. Goldman (F Gol)
• 1995: The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, by Nancy Farmer (F Far)
• 1994: The Giver, by Lois Lowry (F Low)
• 1993: River Rats, by Caroline Stevermer (F Ste)
• 1992: Invitation to the Game, by Monica Hughes (F Hug)

Michael L. Printz Award

• 2012(Gold): Where Things Come Back , by John Corey Whaley(On order)
• 2012(Silver): Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey(On Order)
• 2012(Silver): The Returning , by Christine Hinwood (F Hin)
• 2012(Silver): The Scorpio Races , by Maggie Stiefvater(F Sti)
• 2012(Silver): Why We Broke Up , by David Handler (F Han))
• 2011(Gold): Ship Breaker , by Paolo Bacigalupi(F Bac)
• 2011(Silver): Stolen by Lucy Christopher (F Chr)
• 2011(Silver): Please Ignore Vera Dietz , by A.S King (F Kin)
• 2011(Silver): Revolver , by Marcus Sedgwick (On order)
• 2011(Silver): Nothing , by Janne Teller (On order)
• 2010(Gold): Going Bovine , by Libba Bray(On order)
• 2010(Silver): Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
  by Deborah Heiligman (Main Library QH31.D2 H42 2009)
• 2010(Silver): The Monstrumologist , by Richard Yancey (F Yan)
• 2010(Silver): Punkzilla , by Adam Rapp (F Rap)
• 2010(Silver): Tales from the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 , by John Barnes (F Bar)
• 2009(Gold): Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta (F Mar)
• 2009(Silver): The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II,
  The Kingdom on the Waves , by M. T Anderson (F And)
• 2009(Silver): The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks , by E Lockhart (F Loc)
• 2009(Silver): Nation , by Terry Pratchett(F Pra)
• 2009(Silver): Tender Morsels , by Margo Lanagan (On order)
• 2008(Gold): The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean (F McC)
• 2008(Silver): Dreamquake:Book 2 of the Dreamhunter Duet , by Elizabeth Knox (On order)
• 2008(Silver): One Whole and Perfect Day, by Judith Clarke (On order)
• 2008(Silver): Repossessed, by A.M. Jenkins (F Jen)
• 2008(Silver): Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath, by Stpehanie Hemphill (On order)
• 2007(Gold): American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (F Yan)
• 2007(Silver): The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson (F And)
• 2007(Silver): An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green (F Gre)
• 2007(Silver): Surrender, by Sonya Hartnett (F Har)
• 2007(Silver): The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (F Zus)
• 2006(Gold): Looking for Alaska, by John Green (F Gre)
• 2006(Silver): Black Juice, by Margo Lanagan (F Lan)
• 2006(Silver): A Wreath for Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson (811.54 Nel)
• 2006(Silver): John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography, by Elizabeth Partridge (782.42166092 Par)
• 2006(Silver): I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak (F Zus)
• 2005(Gold): How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff (F Ros)
• 2005(Silver): Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel (F Opp)
• 2005(Silver): Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, by Gary D. Schmidt (F Sch)
• 2005(Silver): Chanda's Secrets, by Allan Stratton (F Str)
• 2004(Gold): The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson (F Joh)
• 2004(Silver): A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly (F Don)
• 2004(Silver): Keesha's House, by Helen Frost (813 Fro)
• 2004(Silver): Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going (F Goi)
• 2004(Silver): The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler (F Mac)
• 2003(Gold): Postcards from No Man's Land, by Aidan Chambers (F Cha)
• 2003(Silver): The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer (F Far)
• 2003(Silver): My Heartbeat, by Garret Freymann-Weyr (F Wey)
• 2003(Silver): Hole in My Life, by Jack Gantos (B Gantos)
• 2002(Gold): A Step from Heaven, by An Na (F Na)
• 2002(Silver): The Ropemaker, by Peter Dickinson (F Dic)
• 2002(Silver): Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, by Jan Greenberg (811.6080357 Hea)
• 2002(Silver): Freewill, by Chris Lynch (F Lyn)
• 2002(Silver): True Believer, by Virginia Euwer Wolff (F Wol)


• 2001(Gold): Kit's Wilderness, by David Almond (F Alm)
• 2001(Silver): Many Stones, by Carolyn Coman (F Com)
• 2001(Silver): The Body of Christopher Creed, by Carol Plum-Ucci (F Plu)
• 2001(Silver): Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, by Louise Rennison (F Ren)
• 2001(Silver): Stuck in Neutral, by Terry Trueman (F Tru)


• 2000(Gold): Monster, by Walter Dean Myers (F Mye)
• 2000(Silver): Skellig, by David Almond (F Alm)
• 2000(Silver): Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson (F And)
• 2000(Silver): Hard Love, by Ellen Wittlinger (F Wit)

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award

• 2010: Obi, Gerbil on the Loose, by M. C Delaney (F Del)
• 2010: I.Q: Independence Hall, by Roland Smith (On order)
• 2009: Found, by Margaret Peterson Haddix (F Had)
• 2009: Runaway, by Wendelin Van Draanen (On order)
• 2008: The Ghost's Grave, by Peg Kehret (F Keh)
• 2008: The Kingdom Keepers, by Ridley Pearson (On order)
• 2007: Cryptid Hunters, by Roland Smith (F Smi)
• 2007: Peter and the Starcatchers, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (F Bar)
• 2006: Escaping the Giant Wave, by Peg Kehret (F Keh)
• 2006: Heir Apparent, by Vivian Vande Velde (F Van)
• 2005: The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau (F DuP)
• 2004: Me Tarzan, by Betsy Byars (F Bya)
• 2004: Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelson (F Mik)
• 2003: Holes, by Louis Sachar (F Sac)
• 2002: Among the Hidden, by Margaret Peterson Haddix (F Had)
• 2002: Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo (F DiC)
• 2001: The Ghost of Fossil Glen, by Cynthia DeFelice (F DeF)
• 2001: The Ghost in Room 11, by Betty Ren Wright (F Wri)
• 2000: Jaguar, by Roland Smith (F Smi)
• 2000: The Volcano Disaster, by Peg Kehret (F Keh)
• 1999: 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents, by Lee Wardlaw (F War)
• 1998: Ghosts Don't Get Goosebumps, by Elvira Woodruff (F Woo)
• 1998: Tornado!, by Betsy Byars (F Bya)
• 1997: Nasty, Stinky Sneakers, by Eve Bunting (F Bun)
• 1996: Seventh-Grade Weirdo!, by Lee Wardlaw (F War)
• 1996: Blackwater Swamp!, by Bill Wallace (F Wal)
• 1995: Knights of the Kitchen Table!, by Jon Scieszka (F Sci)
• 1995: Devil's Bridge, by Cynthia DeFelice (F DeF)
• 1994: The Summer I Shrank My Grandmother!, by Elvira Woodruff (F Woo)
• 1994: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi (F Avi)
• 1993: Nightmare!, by Willo Davis Roberts (F Rob)
• 1993: Fudge-a-Mania!, by Judy Blume (F Blu)
• 1992: Fudge!, by Charlotte Towner Graeber (F Gra)
• 1992: Something Upstairs, by Avi (F Avi)
• 1991: There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom!, by Louis Sachar (F Sac)
• 1990: Teacher's Pet!, by Johanna Hurwitz (F Hur)
• 1989: Sixth Grade Sleepover!, by Eve Bunting (F Bun)
• 1988: Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You, by Barthe DeClements (F DeC)
• 1987: Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub!, by Jamie Gilson (F Gil)
• 1986: Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!, by Stephen Manes (F Man)
• 1985: Superfudge, by Judy Blume (F Blu)
• 1984: Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery, by Deborah and James Howe (F How)

Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults

• 2010: Demon's Lexicon , by Sarah Rees Brennan (F Bre)
• 2010: The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin(F Gri)
• 2010: The Great Wide Sea, by M. H. Herlong (F Her)
• 2010: The Reformed Vampire Support Group, by Catherine Jinks(On order)
• 2010: Alligator Bayou, by Donna J Napoli(F Nap)
• 2010: Stitches: A Memoir , by David Small (On order)
• 2010: When You Reach Me , by Rebecca Steadman(F Ste)
• 2010: Marcelo in the Real World, by Francisco Stork (F Sto)
• 2010: Lips Touch: Three Times, by Laini Taylor(F Tay)
• 2010: Written in Bone : Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland, by Sally M Walker (On order)
• 2009: It's Complicated: The American Teenager , by Robin Bowman (On order)
• 2009: Waiting for Normal by Leslie Conner(F Con)
• 2009: Mexican Whiteboy, by Matt de la Pena (On order)
• 2009: Bog Child , by Siobhan Dowd(F Dow)
• 2009: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (F Col)
• 2009: Ten Cents a Dance , by Christine Fletcher (On Order)
• 2009: Baby , by Jospeh Monninger (On order)
• 2009: Nation , by Terry Pratchett (F Pra)
• 2009: Skim, by Mariko & Jillian Tamaki (F Tam)
• 2009: The Brother Torres, by Coert Voorhees (On order)
• 2008: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (F Ale)
• 2008: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Soldier boy by Ishmael Beah (966.404 Bea)
• 2008: Before I Die, by Jenny Downham  (F Dow)
• 2008: Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath, by Stephanie Hemphill(On order)
• 2008: Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones (PR9639.3.J644 M57 2007)
• 2008: Skulduggery Pleasant , by Derek Landy (F Lan)
• 2008: Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion and Betrayal, by Mal Peet (F Pee)
• 2008: American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks,and Legend of Iron Crutch, by Polly Matthew (On Order)
• 2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel, by Brian Selznick (F Sel)
• 2008: The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (P Tan)
• 2007: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson (F And)
• 2007: Samurai Shortstop, by Alan Gratz (F Gra)
• 2007: Surrender, by Sonya Hartnett (F Har)
• 2007: Sold, by Patricia McCormick (F McC)
• 2007: Anahita's Woven Riddle, by Meghan Nuttall Sayres (F Say)
• 2007: The Trap, by John Smelcer (F Sme)
• 2007: The King of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner (F Tur)
• 2007: The Rules of Survival, by Nancy Werlin (F Wer)
• 2007: American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (F Yan)
• 2007: The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (F Zus)


• 2006: Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (943.086 Bar)
• 2006: Upstate, by Kalisha Buckhanon (F Buc)
• 2006: Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story, by Said Hyder Akbar and Susan Burton (958.1047 Akb)
• 2006: Looking for Alaska, by John Green (F Gre)
• 2006: Inexcusable, by Chris Lynch (F Lyn)
• 2006: Twilight: A Novel, by Stephenie Meyer (F Mey)
• 2006: Runaways: Volume 1, by Brian K. Vaughan (F Vau)
• 2006: Peeps, by Scott Westerfield (F Wes)
• 2006: Poison, by Chris Wooding (F Woo)
• 2006: I Am the Messenger, by Marcus Zusak (F Zus)


• 2005: The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, by Joshua Braff (F Bra)
• 2005: Bucking the Sarge, by Christopher Paul Curtis (F Cur)
• 2005: The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, by Phillip M. Hoose (598.72 Hoo)
• 2005: The Realm of Possibility, by David Levithan (F Lev)
• 2005: Saving Francesca, by Melina Marchetta (F Mar)
• 2005: Private Peaceful, by Michael Morpurgo (F Mor)
• 2005: Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel (F Opp)
• 2005: Under the Wolf, Under the Dog, by Adam Rapp (F Rap)
• 2005: Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, by Benjamin Alire Saenz (F Sae)
• 2005: So B. It: A Novel, by Sarah Weeks (F Wee)


• 2004: True Confessions of a Heartless Girl, by Martha Brooks (F Bro)
• 2004: A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly (F Don)
• 2004: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel, by Mark Haddon (F Had)
• 2004: The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson (F Joh)
• 2004: Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan (F Lev)
• 2004: The Usual Rules, by Joyce Maynard (Main Library PS3563 A9638 U7 2003))
• 2004: East, by Edith Pattou (F Pat)
• 2004: A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly (F Don)
• 2004: 33 Snowfish, by Adam Rapp (F Rap)
• 2004: The Amulet of Samarkand: Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One, by Jonathan Stroud (F Str)
• 2004: Blankets: An Illustrated Novel, by Craig Thompson (F Tho)


• 2003: Catalyst, by Laurie Halse Anderson (On Order)
• 2003: Feed, by M.T. Anderson (F And)
• 2003: The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer (F Far)
• 2003: America, by E.R Frank (F Fra)
• 2003: Son of the Mob, by Gordon Korman (F Kor)
• 2003: The Lightkeeper's Daughter, by Iain Lawrence (F Law)
• 2003: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore (813.64 Moo)
• 2003: Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis, by Peter Nelson (940.545973 Nel)
• 2003: 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, by Laurie Halse Anderson (811.54 Nye)
• 2003: This Land was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie, by Laurie Halse Anderson (B Guthrie)


• 2002: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares (F Bra)
• 2002: The Rag and Bone Shop, by Robert Cormier (F Cor)
• 2002: Whale Talk, by Chris Crutcher (F Cru)
• 2002: Breathing Underwater, by Alexandra  Flinn (F Fli)
• 2002: Every Time a Rainbow Dies, by Rita Williams-Garcia (F Wil)
• 2002: Damage, by A.M. Jenkins (F Jen)
• 2002: Zazoo, by Richard Moser (F Mos)
• 2002: Lirael, by Garth Nix (F Nix)
• 2002: The Land, by Mildred Taylor (F Tay)
• 2002: True Believer, by Virginia Euwer Wolff (F Wol)


• 2001: Forgotten Fire, by Adam Bagdasarian (F Bag)
• 2001: Hope was Here, by Joan Bauer (F Bau)
• 2001: Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier (Main Library PS3553 H4367 G57 1999)
• 2001: Geeks: How Two Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho, by Jon Katz (Main Library TK7885.54 K38 2001)
• 2001: Silent to the Bone, by E.L. Konigsburg (F Con)
• 2001: The Beet Fields, by Gary Paulsen (F Pau)
• 2001: Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan (F Rya)
• 2001: Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli (F Spi)
• 2001: Homeless Bird, by Gloria Whelan (F Whe)
• 2001: Memories of Summer, by Ruth White (F Whi)


• 2000: Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson (F And)
• 2000: Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card (Main Library PS 3553 A655 E58 1999)
• 2000: When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, by Kimberly Willis Holt (F Holt)
• 2000: The Raging Quiet, by Sherryl Jordan (F Jor)
• 2000: Crooked, by Laura and Tom McNeal (F McN)
• 2000: Mary, Bloody Mary, by Carolyn Meyer (F Mey)
• 2000: Monster, by Walter Dean Myers (F Mye)
• 2000: Ties that Bind, Ties that Break, by Lensey Namoika (F Nam)
• 2000: In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer, by Irene Gut Opdyke (940.53 Opd)
• 2000: Imani All Mine, by Connie Porter (F Por)


• 1999: Rules of the Road, by Joan Bauer (F Bau)
• 1999: Corpses, Coffins and Crypts, by Penny Colman (393.09 Col)
• 1999: Love Among the Walnuts, by Jean Ferris (F Fer)
• 1999: Among the Hidden, by Margaret Haddix (F Had)
• 1999: My Lousiana Sky, by Kimberly Willis Holt (F Hol)
• 1999: No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War, by Anita Lobel (B Lobel)
• 1999: Petey, by Ben Mikaelson (F Mik)
• 1999: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling (F Row)
• 1999: Holes, by Louis Sachar (F Sac)
• 1999: If You Come Softly, by Jacqueline Woodson (F Woo)


• 1998: Growing Up In Coal Country, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (331.3 Bar)
• 1998: The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival, by Sara Tuvel Bernstein (Main Library DS135 R73 B47)
• 1998: Tangerine, by Edward Bloor (F Kla)
• 1998: Tenderness, by Robert Cormier (F Cor)
• 1998: Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse (F Hes)
• 1998: Blood and Chocolate, by Annette Curtis Klause (F Kla)
• 1998: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, by Jon Krakauer (796.522092 Kra)
• 1998: Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald (F McD)
• 1998: Harlem: A Poem, by Walter Dean Myers (811.54 Mye)
• 1998: Starlite Drive-In, by Marjorie Reynolds (F Rey)


• 1997: The United States of Poetry, by Josual Blum et al. (811.008 Uni)
• 1997: A Girl Named Disaster, by Nancy Farmer (F Far)
• 1997: Nathan's Run, by John Gilstrap (F Gil)
• 1997: Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? A Mystery in Poems, by Mel Glenn (F Gle)
• 1997: Far North, by Will Hobbs (F Hob)
• 1997: One More River to Cross: An African-American Photograph Album, by Walter Dean Myers (973.0496073 Mye)
• 1997: Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman (F Pul)
• 1997: Rats Saw God, by Rob Thomas (F Tho)
• 1997: Wrestling Sturbridge, by Rich Wallace (F Wal)
• 1997: Fragments, by Binjamin Wilkomirski (F Wil)

Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens

• 2007: True Believers: Runaways (V. 4-6), by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona (F Vau)
• 2007: Demo: The Collection, by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan (F Woo)
• 2007: Sloth, by Gilbert Hernandez and Jared K. Fletcher (F Her)
• 2007: Pride of Baghdad, by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon (F Vau)
• 2007: Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. (V. 1), by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen (F Ell)
• 2007: Castle Waiting, by Linda Medley (F Med)
• 2007: Identity Crisis, by Brad Meltzer and Rags Morales (F Mel)
• 2007: Death, Jr., by Gary Whitta and Ted Naifeh (On Order)
• 2007: Death Note (V. 1-3), by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata (F Ohb)
• 2007: American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang and Lark Pien (F Yan)