2005 ALA Best Books for Young Adults (Part 2)

Explore the 2005 ALA Best Books for Young Adults (Part 2) with this curated list of top recommendations. Discover award-winning titles perfect for teens and young readers.

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Sunshine

by Robin McKinley

"Sunshine" is what everyone calls her. She works long hours in her family's coffeehouse, making her famous "Cinnamon Rolls as Big as Your Head," Bitter …
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Earthly Knight, An

 

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Curse of the Blue Tattoo

by Louis A. Meyer

In 1803, after being exposed as a girl and forced to leave her ship, Jacky Faber finds herself attending school in Boston, where, instead of …
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The Year of Secret Assignments

by Jaclyn Moriarty

From the author of "Feeling Sorry for Celia" comes this story of three girls and three boys, one of which is a total psycho. It's …
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Bound

by Donna Jo Napoli

From the award-winning author of "Beast" and "Breath" comes this thrilling and haunting retelling of the Cinderella story that returns the much-loved fairy tale to …
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Rock Star Superstar

by Blake Nelson

From the author of "The New Rules of High School" and "Girl" comes this riveting new novel that shows the realities of life in a …
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The Teacher's Funeral

by Richard Peck

An award-winning author creates a whole world of one-of-a-kind characters in his newest novel. In 1904 Indiana, 15-year-old Russell Culver is raring to leave his …
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Luna

by Julie Anne Peters

With the help of his sister, Liam secretly transforms himself into a girl when evening falls, but although he wants to present his female persona …
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A Hat Full of Sky

by Terry Pratchett

The Heroine: Tiffany Aching, incipient witch and cheese maker extraordinaire. Once saved world from Queen of the Elves. Is about to discover that battling evil …
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How I Live Now

by Meg Rosoff

To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom …
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Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood

 

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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

by Gary D. Schmidt

In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, …
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