Editors' choice: best of the year's hardcover YA fiction.In addition to the long-awaited sequels Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic), Eldest, by Christopher Paolini (Random House, Knopf), and Artemis Fowl; the Opal Deception, by Eoin Colfer (Hyperion), here are some outstanding YA novels reviewed in KLIATT over the last year, which we hope you didn't miss. Abrahams, Peter. Down the rabbit hole, an Echo Falls mystery. HarperCollins/Laura Geringer. Anderson, Laurie Halse. Prom. Penguin, Viking. Bondoux, Anne-Laure. The killer's tears. Random House, Delacorte. Cadnum, Michael. The dragon throne. Penguin, Viking. Coy, John. Crackback. Scholastic. de la Pena, Matt. Ball don't lie. Random House, Delacorte. Douglas, Lola. True confessions of a Hollywood starlet True Confessions of A Hollywood Starlet "True Confessions of A Hollywood Starlet" Starring JoJo and Valerie Bertinelli; "Queen Sized" Starring Nikki Blonsky; and "Wisegal" Starring Alyssa Milano and Jason Gedrick. . Penguin, Razorbill razorbill see alca torda. . Drvenkar, Zoran. Tell me what you see. Scholastic. Frank, E.R. Wrecked. Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. . Grant, Vicki. Quid pro quo [Latin, What for what or Something for something.] The mutual consideration that passes between two parties to a contractual agreement, thereby rendering the agreement valid and binding. . Orca. Hiassen, Carl. Flush. Random House, Knopf. Hoffman, Alice. The foretelling. Little Brown. Kogler, Jennifer Anne. Ruby Tuesday. HarperCollins. Lubar, David. Sleeping freshmen never lie Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (2006) is a young adult novel by David Lubar. Plot summary The story centers around the story of Scott Hudson, and the beginning of his freshman year of high school. . Penguin, Dutton. Marley, Louise. Singer in the snow. Penguin, Viking. McCaughrean, Geraldine. Not the end of the world. HarperCollins. McGhee, Alison. All rivers flow to the sea. Candlewick. McNab, Andy & Rigby, Robert. Traitor. Penguin, Putnam. Patterson, James. Maximum Ride; the Angel experiment. Little, Brown. Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. Pierce, Tamora. The will of the empress. Scholastic. Reinhardt, Dana. A brief chapter in my impossible life. Random House, Wendy Lamb. Resnick, Mike. Lady with an alien; an encounter with Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (də vĭn`chē, Ital. lāōnär`dō dä vēn`chē), 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, b. near Vinci, a hill village in Tuscany. . Watson-Guptill. Whitney, Kim Ablon. The perfect distance. Random House, Knopf. |
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