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Best Books for Young Adults - 2010

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These books were chosen as the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults published last year.
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  Brennan, Sarah Rees
Demon's Lexicon

Sixteen-year-old Nick and his family have battled magicians and demons for most of his life, but when his brother, Alan, is marked for death while helping new friends Jamie and Mae, Nick's determination to save Alan leads him to uncover a devastating secret.
(YA Fic SF  Brennan)
  Griffin, Paul
THE ORANGE HOUSES     

Despite poverty, gang violence, and lack of appropriate supports, three inner-city teens come together and try to beat the odds and succeed in life.
  Herlong, M.H.
THE GREAT WIDE SEA     

His mother is dead and his father is missing at sea. With a horrific storm brewing, can sixteen-year-old Ben and his younger brothers survive?
  Jinks, Catherine
The Reformed Vampire Support Group

15-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them--until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime.
(YA Fic M  Jinks)
  Napoli, Donna Jo
Alligator Bayou

14-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.
(YA Fic  Napoli)
  Small, David
Stitches: A Memoir

In stunning graphic memoir format, Caldecott-winning artist David Small tells the story of his difficult childhood and his journey into adolescence and adulthood.
(741.5999 Sm18s)
  Stead, Rebecca
When You Reach Me

As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a 12-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
(Juv Fic SF  Stead)
  Stork, Francisco X.
Marcelo in the Real World

Marcelo Sandoval, a 17-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
(YA Fic  Stork)
  Taylor, Laini
LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES

Three novellas explore the power of a kiss, and its possible hazards or thrills, especially if the kiss pulls humans and demons together in a lusty embrace.
  Walker, Sally M.
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland.

An incredible look at how ancient bones can reveal the details about the daily lives of colonial Americans.


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