2007 Best Books for Young Adults (Fiction Part 1)
Discover the top fiction picks from the 2007 Best Books for Young Adults list (Part 1). Explore captivating reads perfect for teens and young adult readers seeking thrilling, heartfelt, and unforgettable stories.
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Accidents of Nature
by Harriet McBryde Johnson
Having always prided herself on blending in with "normal" people despite her cerebral palsy, seventeen-year-old Jean begins to question her role in the world while …
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Alphabet of Dreams
by Susan Fletcher
Mitra and her brother Babak are exiled royals living on the streets as orphaned beggars. Babak possesses a strange gift of being able to know …
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American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
"Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format." -- Title …
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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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Ask Me No Questions
by Marina Budhos
Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of the visas and the events of September 11, …
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The Pox Party
by M. T. Anderson
A gothic tale becomes all too shockingly real in this mesmerizing magnum opus by the acclaimed author of FEED. It sounds like a fairy tale. …
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Black Duck
by Janet Taylor Lisle
When Ruben and Jed find a dead body on the Rhode Island shore, they are certain it has something to do with smuggling liquor. Suddenly, …
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Black Swan Green
by David Stephen Mitchell
A meditative novel of a young boy on the cusp of adulthood follows a single year in the life of thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor as he …
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents …
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The Braid
by Helen Frost
In this unforgettable novel, award-winning poet Helen Frost eloquently twists strand over strand of language, braiding the words at the edges of the poems to …
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Clay
by David Almond
Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They’re full of mischief, but that all changes when Stephen …
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Deogratias, A Tale of Rwanda
by J.P. Stassen
Deogratias is just a boy. Benina is just a girl. Teenagers just like teenagers everywhere. Only he is a Hutu, and she is a Tutsiso …
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Devilish
by Maureen Johnson
When Ally sells her soul in exchange for popularity, it's up to Jane to put it all on the line to save her friend.
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Doppelganger
by David Stahler
When a sixteen-year-old member of a race of shape-shifting killers called doppelgangers assumes the life of a troubled teen, he becomes unexpectedly embroiled in human …
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Dreamhunter
by Elizabeth Knox
Laura comes from a world similar to our own except for one difference: it is next to the Place, an unfathomable land that fosters dreams …
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Firebirds Rising
by Sharyn November
A collection of sixteen short science fiction and fantasy stories by award-winning authors.
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The Foreshadowing
by Marcus Sedgwick
Having always been able to know when someone is going to die, Alexandra poses as a nurse to go to France during World War I …
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The Girls
by Lori Lansens
One of the world's oldest living craniopagus conjoined twins at the approach of her thirtieth birthday, bookish Rose Darlen attempts to pen her autobiography while …
