Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.  National Book Award Winner * Top 10 BBYA

Alexie, Sherman. Flight 

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted 2008 Quick Picks

Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why. 2008 Quick Picks

Brande, Robin. Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature.   

Brooks, Martha.  Mistik Lake . 

Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You.

Carey, Janet Lee. Dragon's Keep.   

Carey, Mike.   Re-Gifters Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

Cassidy, Anne.  Looking for JJ

Castellucci, Cecil. Beige. 2008 Quick Picks

Clarke, Judith. One Whole and Perfect Day.   2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Book

Cross, Shauna.   Derby Girl .   2008 Quick Picks

Cullen, Lynn.  I Am Rembrandt's Daughter .  

Deuker, Carl. Gym Candy.

Dowd, Siobhan. A Swift Pure Cry. 

Downham, Jenny.  Before I Die. 

Doyle, Larry.  I Love You, Beth Cooper. 

Ellis, Ann Dee. This Is What I Did.

Felin, M. Sindy. Touching Snow. National Book Award Finalist 2007

Friesen, Gayle.   For Now.  

Gipi.   Notes For A War Story   

Grey, Christopher. Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant. 

Hale, Shannon. Book of a Thousand Days. Illustrated by James Noel Smith.

Hinds, Gareth. Beowulf.

Hornby, Nick.  Slam .  

Hosseini, Khaled.  A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Jenkins, A.M. Repossessed.  2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Book

Jinks, Catherine. Evil Genius. 

Jocelyn, Marthe. How It Happened in Peach Hill. 

Johnston, Tony. Bone by Bone by Bone.

Jones, Lloyd.   Mister Pip .   

Key, Watt. Alabama Moon. 

 Klass, David. Firestorm. 
  -  very fast paced, and great global warming stuff. more written for boys, though. 4Q 3P. EL, 14.

Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet.  2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Book

Koertge, Ron. Strays.    2008 Quick Picks

Lanagan, Margo. Red Spikes.  [Australian CBCA winner]

Landy, Derek. Skulduggery Pleasant.

Lat.   Town Boy. 

Lockhart, E. Dramarama. 

Luddy, Karon. Spelldown: The Big-Time Dreams of a Small-Town Word Whiz.

Luper, Eric.  Big Slick. 

Lyga, Barry. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl. 

Lyga, Barry.   Boy Toy .  

MacCready, Robin Merrow.   Buried .

Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood Dancing

Marr, Melissa.   Wicked Lovely .   

McCaughrean, Geraldine. The White Darkness. 2008 Michael L. Printz Award Winner

McDonald, Janet. Off-Color.

McGhee, Alison. Falling Boy. 

McKinley, Robin. Dragonhaven.

McNeal, Laura and Tom. The Decoding of Lana Morris. 

Mieville, China. Un Lun Dun. 

Miller, Sarah. Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller.

Moore, Perry.  Hero.  

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert.   The Off Season .   

Myers, Walter Dean.  What They Found: love on 145th street.  2008 Quick Pick

Olmstead, Robert. Coal Black Horse. 

Peet, Mal. Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal.  Carnegie Medal Winner

Resau, Laura.  Red Glass.  

 Resau, Laura.  What the Moon Saw.  

The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural.  Edited by Deborah Noyes

Rowling, J.K.   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows .

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Schmidt, Gary D.   The Wednesday Wars .   2007 Newbery Honor Book

Sedgwick, Marcus. My Swordhand Is Singing. 

Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel. 2008 Caldecott Award Winner * 2007 National Book Award Finalist

Sharenow, Robert. My Mother the Cheerleader.

Shusterman, Neal. Unwind.

Smith, Roland.   Peak . 2008 Quick Picks

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Notes from the Midnight Driver 

St. James, James.  Freak Show.  2008 Quick Picks

Tan, Shaun.  The Arrival.  Top 10 BBYA * Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

Thompson, Kate. The New Policeman [Guardian Prize * Whitbread Award]

Wallace, Rich. One Good Punch

Weinheimer, Beckie. Converting Kate

Wiess, Laura. Such a Pretty Girl 2008 Quick Picks nominee

Wizner, Jake. Spanking Shakespeare.

Zarr, Sara. Story of a Girl National Book Award Nominee * 2008 Quick Pick Nominee

Zevin, Gabrielle.   Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

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NonFiction

Beah, Ishmael.  Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.  2008 Alex Award Winner * Top 10 BBYA

Compestine, Ying Chang. Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party.

Crisler, Curtis L. Tough Boy Sonatas. Illus. by Floyd Cooper.

The Deep : The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss. Edited by Claire Nouvian. 

Fradin, Judith Bloom and Dennis Brindell. Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy.

Helfer, Andrew.  Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography. .

Hemphill, Stephanie.  Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath.  2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Book * Top 10 BBYA

Marrin, Albert. The Great Adventure: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America.

Polly, Matthew. American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China. 2008 Alex Award Winner * Top 10 BBYA

Raddatz, Martha.  Long Road Home A Story of War and Family. 

Reef, Catherine. e. e. cummings : a poet's life. 

Shakespeare, William. Manga Shakespeare  Romeo and Juliet. Adapted by Richard Appignanesi. 

Sis, Peter.   The Wall : Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain 2008 Caldecott Honor Book * 2008 Sibert Award Winner * Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

Tammet, Daniel. Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant