"Best of the Best" YALSA'S 2013 Best

Fiction for Young AdultsPresented by

Elizabeth Burns, Head of Youth Services,NJ State Library Talking Book and Braille Center,

eburns@njstatelib.orgSharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, NJ

State Library, srawlins@njstatelib.org

Dark Companion by Marta Acosta

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough

Jefferson's Sons: a Founding Father's Secret Children by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Unspoken: the Lynburn Legacy by Sarah Rees Brennan

Kiss Me Softly by Sarah Cross

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Radiant Days by Elizabeth Hand

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellison

Small Damages by Beth Kephart

Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl

See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles

Personal Effects by E.M. Kokie

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

In Darkness by Nick Lake

Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan

Team Human by Justine Larbalestier & Sarah Rees Brennan

Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine

Every Day by David Levithan

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix

Dodger by Terry Pratchett

Starters by Lissa Price

Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

The Girls of No Return by Erin Saldin

The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julie Schumacher

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers

The List by Siobhan Vivian

The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Catch & Release by Blythe Woolston

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Thank You!