2008 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults

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Alexie, Sherman.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
. Illus. by Ellen Forney. Little, Brown, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-316-01368-0; $16.99.

Beah, Ishmael.

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
. Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Sarah Crichton, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-374-10523-5; $22.00.

Downham, Jenny.

Before I Die
. Random House/David Fickling, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-385-75155-1; $15.99.

Hemphill, Stephanie.

Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-375-83799-9; $15.99.

Jones, Lloyd.

Mister Pip

. Dell Publishing/Dial Press, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-385-34106-6; $20.00.

Landy, Derek.

Skulduggery Pleasant

. HarperCollins, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-06-123115-5; $17.99.

Peet, Mal.

Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal
. Candlewick, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-7636-3488-9; $17.99.

Polly, Matthew.

American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
. Penguin Group USA/Gotham Books, 2007; ISBN13: 978-1-59240-262-5; $26.00.

Selznick, Brian.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel
. Illus. by Brain Selznick. Scholastic, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-439-81378-5; $22.99.

Tan, Shaun.

The Arrival
. Illus. by Shaun Tan. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, 2007; ISBN13: 978-0-439-89529-3; $19.99.