Best Books for Young Adults 2004 Final Nominations

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Titles in red were selected by teens for top ten lists.

1. Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Purple Hibiscus #195 TeenComments.
2. Aronson, Marc Witch Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials #109
3. Atkins, Catherine Alt Ed #112. TeenComments.
4. Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia Hawksong #148
5. Ayres, Katherine Macaroni Boy #75
6. Bell, Hilari. The Goblin Wood. #24. TeenComments.
7. Bird, Eugenie. Fairie-Ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand. #34. TeenComments.
8. Block, Francesca Lia Wasteland #110, TeenComments.
9. Boyle, T.  Coraghessan. Drop City. #3
10. Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy #191
11. Brashares, Ann The Second Summer of the Sisterhood #87. TeenComments.
12. Bray, Libba A Great and Terrible Beauty #151
13. Brennan, Herbie. Faerie Wars. #16. TeenComments.
14. Breton, Marcos Home Is Everything #174
15. Brooks, Kevin. Lucas. #10. TeenComments.
16. Brooks, Martha. True Confessions of a Heartless Girl. #12. TeenComments
17. Brown, Dan The Da Vinci Code #178
18. Browne, N. M. Warriors of Alavna #130. TeenComments
19. Buckingham, Dorothea N. Staring Down the Dragon #207
20. Burt, Guy Sophie #154
21. Caletti, Deb. The Queen of Everything. #22. TeenComments.
22. Calhoun, Dia. White Midnight #184
23. Capuzzo, Michael Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 #124
24. Child, Lincoln Utopia #139. TeenComments.
25. Clarke, Judith Starry Nights #205
26. Clinton, Catheryn A Stone in My Hand #89
27. Coburn, Jake Prep #94. TeenComments.
28. Cofer, Judith Ortiz The Meaning of Consuelo #192
29. Corbet, Robert. Fifteen Love. #36
30. Crowe, Chris . Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case. #28. TeenComments.
31. Crutcher, Chris. King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography. #2. TeenComments.
32. Davis, Amanda Wonder When You'll Miss Me #83. TeenComments.
33. Deford, Frank The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and Character of Great American Sports Heroes. #84
34. Destination Unexpected. Gallo, Donald R. ed.#71
35. Dickinson, Peter The Tears of the Salamander #200 TeenComments.
36. Donnelly, Jennifer . A Northern Light. #4. TeenComments.
37. Douglass, Sara Beyond the Hanging Wall #185. TeenComments.
38. Du Prau, Jeanne. The City of Ember. #18. TeenComments
39. Dumas, Firoozeh Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America #135
40. Eisner, Will Fagin the Jew: A Graphic Novel #167
41. Feiler, Bruce Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths #62. TeenComments.
42. Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction. Sharyn November, ed. #131. TeenComments.
43. Flake, Sharon G. Begging for Change #158 TeenComments.
44. Fleischman, Paul Breakout #102
45. Fleming, Candace Ben Franklin's Almanac #104
46. Foon, Dennis Skud #74. TeenComments.
47. Fradin, Dennis Brindell and Judith Bloom Fight On!: Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration #123
48. Frank, E.  R. Friction. #5. TeenComments.
49. Fredericks, Mariah. The True Meaning of Cleavage. #49 TeenComments.
50. Freedman, Russell In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights. #176
51. Freese, Barbara Coal: A Human History #80
52. Freyer, John D. All My Life for Sale #125
53. Freymann-Weyr, Garret The Kings are Already Here #99. TeenComments.
54. Frost, Helen. Keesha's House. #8. TeenComments.
55. Funke, Cornelia Inkheart #121 TeenComments.
56. Gaiman, Neil The Wolves in the Walls #190 #121 TeenComments.
57. Going, K.L. Fat Kid Rules the World. #25. TeenComments.
58. Goodman, Alison. Singing the Dogstar Blues. #35. TeenComments.
59. Graham, Rosemary My Not-So-Terrible Time at the Hippie Hotel #198
60. Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan. Runaway Girl: : The Artist Louise Bourgeois. #69
61. Gregory, Julie. Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood #153
62. Grisham, John Bleachers #183
63. Grunwell, Jeanne Marie Mind Games #206 TeenComments.
64. Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time: A Novel #114
65. Halliday, John. Shooting Monarchs. #1.TeenComments.
66. Hampton, Wilborn. September 11, 2001: Attack on New York City. #107. TeenComments.
67. Hanley, Victoria The Healer's Keep #140 TeenComments.
68. Harrar, George Not as Crazy as I Seem #161. TeenComments.
69. Hartinger, Brent. Geography Club. #7. TeenComments.
70. Hartnett, Sonya What the Birds See #160. TeenComments.
71. Hautman, Pete Sweet-Blood #103. TeenComments.
72. Hearn, Lian. Across the Nightingale Floor. #20. TeenComments.
73. Henkes, Kevin Olive's Ocean #115. TeenComments.
74. Hesse, Karen Aleutian Sparrow #173
75. Hobbs, Valerie Sonny���s War #128
76. Hobbs, Will. Jackie's Wild Seattle. #42
77. Hoffman, Alice. Green Angel #44. TeenComments.
78. Hoffman,Mary Stravaganza: City of Stars #197
79. Hoffman, Nina Kiriki A Fistful of Sky #56. TeenComments.
80. Hoffman, Nina Kiriki A Stir of Bones #170
81. Holland, Barbara Hail to the Chiefs: Presidential Mischief, Morals & Malarkey from George W. to George W. #77. TeenComments.
82. Holt, Kimberly Willis. Keeper of the Light. #15
83. Hopkins, Cathy Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras #193 TeenComments.
84. Horvath, Polly The Canning Season #122
85. Ihimaera, Witi The Whale Rider #177
86. Jenkins, A. M. Out of Order #119
87. Johnson, Angela The First Part Last #52. TeenComments.
88. Johnson, Kathleen Jeffrie Target #147
89. Jones, Diana Wynne. The Merlin Conspiracy. #22. TeenComments.
90. Juby, Susan. Alice, I Think. #39. TeenComments.
91. Koertge, Ron. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup.#53. TeenComments.
92. Koja, Kathe. Buddha Boy. #6. TeenComments.
93. Korman, Gordon Jake, Reinvented #146
94. Kowalski, William .The Adventures of Flash Jackson #45. TeenComments.
95. Krisher, Trudy Uncommon Faith #93. TeenComments.
96. Krull, Kathleen Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez #187
97. Lee, Jeffrey True Blue #181
98. Le, Thi Diem Thuy. The Gangster We Are All Looking For #92. TeenComments.
99. Lekich, John. The Loser's Club #78
100. Lekuton, Joseph Lemasolai  (with Herman J. Viola) Facing the Lion #182. TeenComments.
101. Levithan, David Boy Meets Boy #152. TeenComments.
102. Little, Jason. Shutterbug Follies. #19. TeenComments.
103. Lisle, Janet Taylor The Crying Rocks #150. TeenComments
104. Lowachee, Karin Burndive #188
105. Lubar, David Flip #76. TeenComments.
106. Lubar, David. Wizards of the Game. #13. TeenComments.
107. Mack, Tracy. Birdland #168
108. Mackler, Carolyn The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things #137
109. Mahy, Margaret. Alchemy. #70. TeenComments.
110. Martinez, Manuel Luis Drift #143
111. Mason, Bobbie Ann. Elvis Presley #43
112. Mass, Wendy A Mango-Shaped Space #51 TeenComments.
113. Matthews, Andrew The Flip Side #73. TeenComments.
114. Maynard, Joyce. The Usual Rules. #33. TeenComments.
115. McCafferty, Megan Second Helpings #88. TeenComments
116. McKissack, Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States #65
117. McMullan, Margaret In My Mother's House #196
118. McNamee, Graham Acceleration #66. TeenComments.
119. McNeal, Laura and Tom. Zipped. #68 TeenComments.
120. Meyer, L. A. Bloody Jack: Being an Account of Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy #72. TeenComments.
121. Miklowitz, Gloria D. The Enemy Has a Face #91. TeenComments.
122. Moore, Christopher Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings #82. TeenComments.
123. Moriarty, Laura The Center of Everything #165
124. Morgan, Robert The Brave Enemies: A Novel of the American Revolution #189
125. Murphy, Jim. Inside the Alamo #162
126. Murphy, Jim. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. #29. TeenComments.
127. Murphy, Mark. House of Java: Volume 2. #30
128. Murray, Jaye Bottled Up #54. TeenComments.
129. Myers, Walter Dean. The Beast #149
130. Myers, Walter Dean Blues Journey #201. TeenComments.
131. Myers, Walter Dean. A Time To Love: Stories from the Old Testament. #67. TeenComments.
132. Myracle, Lauren. Kissing Kate. #9. TeenComments.
133. Naidoo, Beverley Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope #63
134. Napoli, Donna Jo Breath #179
135. Napoli, Donna Jo The Great God Pan #116. TeenComments.
136. Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Blizzard's Wake #199
137. Nelson, Blake. The New Rules of High School. #31 TeenComments.
138. New Skies Hayden, Patrick Nielsen, ed. #144
139. Niles, Steve. 30 Days of Night. #40
140. Nix, Garth Abhorsen #156 TeenComments.
141. Oates, Joyce Carol Freaky Green Eyes #118 TeenComments.
142. Orenstein, Denise Gosliner Unseen Companion #120
143. Osa, Nancy. Cuba 15. #37. TeenComments
144. Paint Me Like I Am # 57. TeenComments.
145. Parker, Jeff The Interman #58. TeenComments.
146. Paolini, Christopher Eragon #127 TeenComments.
147. Pattou, Edith East #126 TeenComments.
148. Paulsen, Gary The Glass Cafe: Or the Stripper and the State; How My Mother Started a War with the System That Made Us Kind of Rich and a Little Bit Famous #194
149. Paulsen, Gary. How Angel Peterson Got his Name and Other Outrageous Tales About Extreme Sports. #14. TeenComments.
150. Peck, Richard The River Between Us #106
151. Pedersen, Laura Beginner's Luck #100. TeenComments.
152. Pennac, Daniel Eye of the Wolf #61 TeenComments.
153. Peters, Julie Anne Keeping You a Secret #98
154. Pierce, Tamora Trickster's Choice #129. TeenComments
155. Plum-Ucci, Carol The She #117
156. Pratchett, Terry The Wee Free Men:A Story of Discworld. #64. TeenComments.
157. Pressler, Mirjam Malka #164 TeenComments.
158. Prose, Francine After #59. TeenComments.
159. Randle, Kristen D. Slumming. #41. TeenComments.
160. Rapp, Adam. 33 Snowfish. #21. TeenComments.
161. Reef, Catherine. This Our Dark Country: The American Settlers of Liberia. #27.
162. Rees, Celia Pirates! #95. TeenComments.
163. Rees, Douglas Vampire High #169. TeenComments.
164. Reeve, Philip Mortal Engines: A Novel #145. TeenComments.
165. Reiko, Momochi Confidential Confessions #171
166. Ridley, John Those Who Walk in Darkness #141
167. Ripslinger, Jon How I Fell in Love & Learned to Shoot Free Throws #136. TeenComments.
168. Roach, Mary Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers #142
169. Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix #105. TeenComments.
170. Rubin, Susan Goldman Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa #180
171. Rylant. Cynthia. God Went to Beauty School. #38. TeenComments.
172. Saldana, Ren Finding our Way #163. TeenComments.
173. Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. #90
174. Shaw, Tucker Flavor of the Week #138 TeenComments.
175. Shusterman, Neil Full Tilt #202 TeenComments.
176. Sidman, Joyce. The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices #85
177. Simmons, Michael. Pool Boy. #32. Teen Comments.
178. Sis, Peter The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker#186. TeenComments.
179. Slade, Arthur Dust #79
180. Snyder, Midori. Hannah's Garden # 47. TeenComments.
181. Soryo, Fuyumi Mars, Vol. 5 #55. TeenComments.
182. Soto, Gary The Afterlife #159
183. Spinelli, Jerry Milkweed #166. TeenComments.
184. Stone, Miriam. At the End of Words: A Daughter's Memoir. #50. TeenComments.
185. Stroud, Jonathan The Amulet of Samarkand #101 TeenComments.
186. Sweeney, Joyce Waiting for June #204
187. Tashjian, Janet Fault Line #96. TeenComments.
188. Thompson, Craig Blankets #175
189. Tomecek,: Stephen M.What a Great Idea!: Inventions that Changed the World #86
190. Tower, S. D. The Assassins of Tamurin #134. TeenComments.
191. Townley, Roderick Into the Labyrinth #203
192. Trope, Zoe Please Don't Kill the Freshman #172
193. Trueman, Terry Inside Out #97. TeenComments.
194. Tryszynska-Frederick, Luba Luba #157. TeenComments.
195. Tucker, Lisa The Song Reader #108. TeenComments.
196. Vance, Susanna. Deep. #26. TeenComments.
197. Vande Velde, Vivian Heir Apparent #111 TeenComments.
198. Venables, Stephen To the Top: The Story of Everest #133
199. Wallace, Rich Restless #155. TeenComments.
200. Weaver, Will. Claws. #17. TeenComments.
201. Willingham,Bill. Fables: Legends in Exile #46
202. Wittlinger, Ellen Zigzag #132
203. Woodson, Jacqueline. Locomotion. #11. Teen Comments pg 6.
204. Wrede, Patricia C. & Caroline Stevermer Sorcery & Cecilia, or, the Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the correspondence of two Young Ladies of Quality regarding various Magical Scandals in London and the Country #81. TeenComments.
205. Yolen, Jane Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur #113. TeenComments.
206. Zahn, Timothy Dragon and Thief #60 TeenComments.
207. Zusak, Markus. Getting the Girl. #48. TeenComments.

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