08-09 Volunteer State Book Award Young Adult nominees

Explore the 08-09 Volunteer State Book Award Young Adult nominees—a curated list of top adult award book contenders for young readers. Discover your next favorite read!

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Ball Don't Lie

by Matt de la Peña

Newbery Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Peña's Ball Don't Lie "is a must-read." [The Bulletin] Sticky is a beat-around-the-head foster …
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An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

From the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars Michael L. Printz Honor Book Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Katherine V thought …
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Monkey Town

by Ronald Kidd

When her father hatches a plan to bring publicity to their Tennessee town by arresting a local teacher for teaching evolution, the resulting Scopes trial …
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Sold

by Patricia McCormick

Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that …
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Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City

by Kirsten Miller

Life becomes more interesting for Ananka Fishbein when, at the age of twelve, she discovers an underground room in the park across from her New …
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King Dork

by Frank Portman

“King Dork will rock your world.” --John Green, New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars When Tom Henderson finds his dead …
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House of the Red Fish

by Graham Salisbury

1943, one year after the end of Under the Blood-Red Sun, Tomi’s Papa and Grandpa are still under arrest, and the paradise of Hawaii now …
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Enthusiasm

by Polly Shulman

"When someone asks for a reading suggestion, Enthusiasm is the first word off my tongue." --Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight "There is little more likely …
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The Rules of Survival

by Nancy Werlin

Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive …
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Elsewhere

by Gabrielle Zevin

After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where …