ALA Best Books 2008

Below is the Top Ten List for Young Adult books as selected by the American Library Association (ALA). To find a complete list of books nominated for the Best Books for Young Adults 2008 list, select the image to the right . Or, you can visit the YALSA Awards Website. Here you will also find a list for the Margaret A. Edwards and the Michael L. Printz Awards.

Select these books for a complete list of 2008 ALA Best Books for Young Adults.

ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults 2008

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah

Before I Die
by Jenny Downham

Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
by Stephanie Hemphill

Mister Pip
by Lloyd Jones

Skulduggergy Pleasant
by Derek Landy

Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal
by Mal Peet

American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
by Matthew Polly

The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel
by Brian Selznick

The Arrival
by Shaun Tan

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