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Best Fiction for Young Adults - 2011

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These books were chosen as the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults published last year.
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  Bacigalupi, Paolo.
Ship Breaker
Nailer is a light crew scavenger tearing up old hulks of ships, living day to day, until a rich girl and her gleaming ship run ashore in a storm on the beach and his life gets more dangerous.
(YA Fic SF  Bacigalupi)
  Donnelly, Jennifer.
Revolution
Haunted by the death of her brother, Andi is taken to Paris by her estranged father where an encounter with a mysterious diary may bring her back from the edge.
(YA Fic  Donnelly)
  Marchetta, Melina.
Finnikin of the Rock

Finnikin and his fellow exiles from Lumatere wish to return to their cursed homeland. Finnikin must go on an epic journey with a mute novice named Evanjalin to return home.
(YA Fic SF  Marchetta)
  Matson, Morgan.
Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour

Amy and Roger must both learn to deal with loss while on a road trip across the country which doesn't go as expected.
(YA Fic  Matson)
  McBride, Lish.
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

When Sam discovers he is a necromancer he must learn to control his power in order to defeat a powerful and corrupt rival and save his friends.
(YA Fic M  McBride)
  Mulligan, Andy.
Trash
Three garbage-picker boys find an item of great value to a corrupt politician on their rounds, setting off a tense hunt to see who will triumph.
(YA Fic M  Mulligan)
  Perkins, Mitali.
Bamboo People

Chiko, a Burmese soldier and Tu Reh, a Kerenni refugee meet on opposite sides of war and each must learn what it means to be a man of his people.
(YA Fic  Perkins)
  Reinhardt, Dana.
The Things a Brother Knows

Boaz is back and hailed as the hometown hero, but he is not at all the same. Can his younger brother Levi help him truly make his way home?
(YA Fic  Reinhardt)
  Saenz, Benjamin.
Last Night I Sang to the Monster

Weeks in therapy go by and 18-year-old Zach is still unable to remember the monstrous events that left him alone and haunted by nightmares.
(YA Fic  Saenz)
  Sedgwick, Marcus.
Revolver

Sig is alone with his father’s body when the lawless man his father had managed to escape appears out of the icy wilderness.
(YA Fic  Sedgwick)


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8/29/11
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