YALSA 2012 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults

•Carson, Rae. The Girl of Fire and Thorns. HarperCollins Publishers/Greenwillow Books, 2011.

•Cohen, Joshua C.Leverage. Penguin Group USA/Dutton Juvenile, 2011.

•King, A.S.Everybody Sees the Ants. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011.

•McCall, Guadalupe Garcia. Under the Mesquite. Lee & Low Books, 2011.

•Myracle, Lauren. Shine. Abrams/Amulet Books, 2011.

•Ness, Patrick. A Monster Calls. Illus by Jim Kay. Candlewick Press, 2011.

•Sepetys, Ruta.Between Shades of Gray. Penguin Group/Philomel Books, 2011.

•Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races. Scholastic Incorporated/Scholastic Press, 2011.

•Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011.

•Zarr, Sara.How to Save a Life. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers,

•2011

2012 Abe Awards

After -- Amy Efaw Speak 2010

Beastly -- Alex Flinn HarperTeen 2008

Before I Die -- Jenny Downham * David Fickling 2009

Carter Finally Gets It -- Brent Crawford Hyperion 2010

Columbine -- Dave Cullen Twelve 2010

The Compound -- S.A. Bodeen Square Fish 2009

Flash Burnout -- L.K. Madigan Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010

Ghosts of War -- Ryan Smithson Harpercollins 2010

Going Bovine -- Libba Bray * Random House 2010

How to Build a House -- Dana Reinhardt Wendy Lamb 2009

If I Stay -- Gayle Forman Speak 2010

The Looking Glass Wars -- Frank Beddor * Speak 2007

Love is the Higher Law -- David Levithan * Knopf 2010

The Maze Runner -- James Dashner Delacorte 2010

Mexican White Boy -- Matt de la Pena Delacorte 2010

Reality Check -- Peter Abrahams HarperTeen 2010

Shiver -- Maggie Stiefvater Scholastic 2010

Story of a Girl -- Sara Zarr Little, Brown 2008

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines -- Nic Sheff Atheneum 2008

Why I Fight -- J. Adams Oaks Atheneum 2010

Wish You Were Dead -- Todd Strasser EgmontUSA 2010

World War Z -- Max Brooks Three Rivers 2007

(Starred titles chosen by Student Readers)

2013 ABE AWARD MASTER LIST
Anna & the French Kiss / Stephanie Perkins / Speak / 2010
Bruiser / Neal Shusterman / HarperCollins / 2010
The Chosen One / Carol Lynch Williams / St. Martin / 2009
Clockwork Angel / Cassandra Clare / Margaret K. McElderry / 2010
Dark Song / Gail Giles / Little, Brown / 2010
Finnikin of the Rock / Melina Marchetta / Candlewick / 2010
The Help / Kathryn Stockett / Berkley / 2009
Impossible / Nancy Werlin / Speak / 2008
Impulse / Ellen Hopkins / Simon Pulse / 2007
Leviathan / Scott Westerfeld / Simon Pulse / 2009
Little Brother / Cory Doctorow / Tor / 2008
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace / Alexander G. Smith / Farrar Straus Giroux / 2009
Matched / lly Condie A / Speak / 2010
The Monstrumologist / Rick Yancey / Simon & Schuster / 2009
North of Beautiful / Justina Chen Headley / Little, Brown / 2009
Paranormalcy / Kiersten White / Harper / 2010
Rikers High / Paul Volponi / Speak / 2010
Ship Breaker / Paolo Bacigalupi / Little, Brown / 2010
The Sky is Everywhere / Jandy Nelson / Speak / 2010
Thirteen Reasons Why / Jay Asher / Razorbill / 2007
War / Sebastian Junger / Twelve / 2010
Will Grayson, Will Grayson / John Green & David Levithan / Speak / 2010
Red titles = chosen by the Student Reader Panel