Speaking of YA novels, the following link includes a list of "2007 Young Adult Fiction Finalists:
http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/2008/01/2007-young-adul.html
The list includes: Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Nancy Crocker's Billie Standish Was Here, Barry Lyga's Boy Toy, Catherine Gilbert Murdock's The Off Season, Laura Resau's Red Glass, Carrie Jones' Tips on Having a Gay (ex)Boyfriend, and Gary D. Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars. The List also includes a brief synopsis of each book, as well as links to reviews. Just goes to show that it isn't hard to keep up with YA Lit for our students if we just take a few minutes to see what's out there.
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