ALA Best Books 2009


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 2009 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.



ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults 2009


It's Complicated: The American Teenager
by Robin Bowman

Waiting for Normal
by Leslie Conner

Mexican White Boy
by Matt de la Pena

Bog Child
by Siobhan Dowd

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

Ten Cents a Dance
by Christine Fletcher

Baby
by Joseph Monninger

Nation
by Terry Pratchett

Skim
by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

The Brothers Torres
by Coert Voorhees

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