Contemporary, Contemporary Classic, and Classic Texts About AAward-Winning Young Adult Literature: 2000 - 2005
Association for Library Services for Children: Newberry Awards (awards are for both children’s and young adult literature).
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), American Library Association:
YALSA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults: 2000 – 2005
For other Best Books for Young Adults):
Alex Awards: 2000 – 2005 (adult books that would appeal to adolescents)
YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten (2000 – 2005)
For other Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
2005 Newberry Awards
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. Atheneum Books.
Honor Books:
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Freedman, Russell. The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. Clarion Books.
Schmid, Gary. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. Clarion Books.
Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults 2005
Braff, Joshua. The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green. Workman Publishing Co.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bucking the Sarge. Random House Children's Books: Wendy Lamb Books.
Hoose, Phillip M. The Race to Save the Lord God Bird. Melanie Kroupa Books.
Levithan, David. The Realm of Possibility. Random House Children's Books: Alfred A. Knopf.
Marchetta, Melina. Saving Francesca. Random House Children's Books: Alfred A. Knopf.
Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful. Scholastic.
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn. HarperCollins Children's Book Group: Eos.
Rapp, Adam. Under the Wolf, Under the Dog. Candlewick Press.
Saenz, Benjamin Alire. Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood. Cinco Puntos Press.
Weeks, Sarah. So B. It: a novel. HarperCollins Children's Books: Laura Geringer Books.
Alex Awards: 2005
Almond, Steve. Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Cox, Lynn. Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer. Knopf.
Halpin, Brendan. Donorboy. Random House.
Kurson, Robert. Shadow Divers. Random House.
Meyers, Kent. Work of Wolves. Harcourt.
Patchett, Ann. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship. HarperCollins.
Picoult, Jodi. My Sister’s Keeper. Atria.
Reed, Kit. Thinner Than Thou. Tom Doherty Associates.
Shepard, Jim. Project X. Knopf.
Sullivan, Robert. Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City’s Most Unwanted Inhabitants. Bloomsbury.
2005 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten
Flake, Sharon. Who Am I Without Him? A Short Story Collection About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives. Hyperion.
Gottlieb, Andrew. In the Paint: Tattoos of the NBA and the Stories Behind Them. Hyperion.
Heimberg, Jason and Justin Heimberg. The Official Movie Plot Generator: 27,000 Hilarious Movie Plot Combinations. Brothers Heimberg Publishing.
Kenner, Rob and Pitts, George. VX: 10 Years of Vibe Photography. Abrams/Vibe Books.
Klancher, Lee. Monster Garage: How to Customize Damn Near Everything. Motorbooks International/ MBI Publishing.
Riley, Andy. The Book of Bunny Suicides. Penguin/Plume.
Shaw, Tucker. Confessions of a Backup Dancer. Simon and Schuster/Aladdin.
Sleator, William. The Boy Who Couldn’t Die. Abrams/Amulet.
Takaya, Natsuki. Fruits Basket series. Tokyopop, Vols. 1 – 5.
Woods, Brenda. Emako Blue. Penguin Putnam.
2004 Newberry Awards
DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. Candlewick Press.
Honor Books:
Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean. Greenwillow Books
Murphy, Jim. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. Clarion Books.
2004 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Brooks, Martha. True Confessions of a Heartless Girl. Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books.
Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light. Harcourt.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel. Random House/Doubleday.
Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Levithan, David. Boy Meets Boy. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf.
Maynard, Joyce. The Usual Rules. St. Martin’s Press.
Pattou, Edith. East. Harcourt Children’s Books.
Rapp, Adam. 33 Snowfish. Candlewick Press.
Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand: Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One. Hyperion Books for Children/Miramax.
Thompson, Craig. Blankets: An Illustrated Novel. Top Shelf Productions.
2004 Alex Awards
Davis, Amanda. Wonder When You’ll Miss Me. William Morrow/HarperCollins.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Doubleday.
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. Riverhead.
Niffenegger, Audrey. The Time Traveler’s Wife. MacAdam Cage.
Packer, Z.Z. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Riverhead.
Roach, Mary. Stiff. Norton.
Salzman, Mark. True Notebooks. Knopf.
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. Pantheon.
Winspear, Jacqueline. Maisie Dobbs. Soho.
Yates, Bart. Leave Myself Behind. Kensington.
2004 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten
Boards: the Art and Design of the Skateboard. Universe Publishing.
Foolish/ Unfoolish: Reflections On Love. Hyperion.
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters. Millbrook Press / Roaring Brook Press.
Skeleton Key: An Alex Rider Adventure. Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers.
The First Part Last. Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers.
Dropping In With Andy Mac: Life of a Pro Skateboarder. Simon & Schuster / Pulse.
Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson. HarperCollins / ReganBooks.
Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations. Ten Speed Press.
Jesse James: The Man and His Machines. Motorbooks International / MBI.
Inside Out. HarperCollins / Tempest.
2003 Newberry Awards
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (Hyperion Books for Children)
Honor Books:
* The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (Atheneum)
* Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (Random House/Wendy Lamb Books)
* Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)
* A Corner of The Universe by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic)
* Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan (HarperCollins)
2003 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Catalyst. Penguin Putnam/Viking.
Anderson, M. T. Feed. Candlewick Press.
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book.
Frank, E. R. America. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book.
Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob. Hyperion Books for Children.
Lawrence, Iain. The Lightkeeper's Daughter. Random House/Delacorte Press.
Moore, Christopher. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. HarperCollins/William Morrow.
Nelson, Peter.Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis. illus. Random House/Delacorte Press.
Nye, Naomi Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East. HarperCollins/Greenwillow.
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made For You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie. illus. Penguin Putnam/Viking.
2003 Alex Awards
Barry, Lynda. One Hundred Demons. Sasquatch.
Conroy, Pat. My Losing Season. Doubleday/Nan A Talese.
Ferris, Timothy. Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril. Simon & Schuster.
Fforde, Jasper. The Eyre Affair. Viking.
Lawson, Mary. Crow Lake. Dial.
Malloy, Brian. The Year of Ice. St. Martin’s.
Otsuka, Julie. When the Emperor Was Divine. Knopf.
Packer, Ann. The Dive from Clausen’s Pier. Vintage.
Southgate, Martha. The Fall of Rome. Scribner.
Weisberg, Joseph. 10th Grade. Random.
2003 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten
Cohn, Rachel. Gingerbread. Simon and Schuster.
Fontaine, Smokey D. E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX. Harper Entertainment/HarperCollins.
Fujishima, Kosuke. Oh, My Goddess! Wrong Number. Dark Horse Comics.
Hart, Christopher. Anime Mania: How to Draw Characters for Japanese Animation. Watson Gupthill Publications.
Hawk, Tony. Between Boardslides and Burnout: My Notes From the Road. Regan Books/HarperCollins.
Horowitz, Anthony. Point Blank: An Alex Rider Adventure. Penguin Putnam.
Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob. Hyperion.
McCafferty, Megan. Sloppy Firsts. Crown Publishers/Random House.
McPhee, Phoebe. Alphabetical Hookup List A-J. MTVBooks/Alloy/Pocket Books.
Von Ziegesar, Cecily. Gossip Girl. Little Brown.
2002 Newberry Awards
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. Clarion Books.
Honor Books:
Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle. Farrar Straus Giroux.
Nelson, Marilyn. Carver: A Life In Poems. Front Street
2002 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Delacorte.
Cormier, Robert. The Rag and Bone Shop. Delacorte.
Crutcher, Chris. Whale Talk. HarperCollins.
Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater. HarperCollins.
Jenkins, A. M. Damage. HarperCollins.
Mosher, Richard. Zazoo. Houghton Mifflin.
Nix, Garth. Lirael. HarperCollins.
Taylor, Mildred. The Land. Penguin Putnam.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. Every Time a Rainbow Dies. William Morrow.
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. True Believer. Atheneum.
2002 Alex Awards
Brooks, Geraldine. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague. Viking.
Doyle, William. An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi. Doubleday.
Durham, David Anthony. Gabriel's Story. Doubleday.
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting in Boom-Time America. Holt/Metropolitan.
Enger, Leif. Peace like a River. Atlantic Monthly.
Kruger, Kobie. The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife. Ballantine.
Morrissey, Donna. Kit's Law. Houghton/Mariner
Odom, Mel. The Rover. Tor
Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta. Motherland. Soho.
Walker, Rebecca. Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self, Putnam/Riverhead.
2002 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten
Draper, Sharon M. Darkness Before Dawn, Atheneum
Galvez, Jose. Vatos, Cinco Puntos Press
Hart, Christopher. Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics, Watson-Guptill
Hip Hop Divas. illus. Crown/Three Rivers Press
Koertge, Ron. The Brimstone Journals, Candlewick
The Mad Gross Book. Ed. by Nick Meglin and John Ficarra, D.C. Comics.
Shaw, Tucker and Fiona Gibb. This Book is About Sex, Alloy
Sones, Sonya. What My Mother Doesn't Know, Simon & Schuster
Thrasher: Insane Terrain. illus. Rizzoli/Universe
Tiernan, Cate. Sweep Series, Vols. 1 – 5. Penguin Putnam/Puffin
v.1: Book of Shadows
v.2: The Coven
v.3: Blood Witch
v.4: Dark Magick
v.5: Awakening
2001 Newberry Awards
Peck, Peck. A Year Down Yonder. Dial.
Honor Books:
Bauer, Joan. Hope Was Here. G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
Camillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. Candlewick Press.
Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Loses Control. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer by Sharon. Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins.
2001 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Bagdasarian, Adam. Forgotten Fire. DK.
Bauer, Joan. Hope was Here. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Chevalier, Tracy. Girl with a Pearl Earring. Dutton.
Katz, Jon. Geeks: How Two Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho. Villard.
Konigsburg, E. L. Silent to the Bone. Jean Karl Book, Atheneum Books.
Paulsen, Gary. The Beet Fields. Delacorte Press.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic Press.
Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl. Alfred A. Knopf.
Whelan, Gloria. Homeless Bird. HarperCollins.
White, Ruth. Memories of Summer. Farrar Straus Giroux.
2001 Alex Awards
Bradley, James & Powers, Ron. Flags Of Our Fathers. Bantam.
Bradshaw, Gillian. The Sand Reckoner. Tor/Forge.
Chevalier, Tracy. The Girl With A Pearl Earring. Plume.
Colton, Larry. Counting Coup. Warner.
Jordan, June. Soldier: A Poet's Childhood. Basic.
Marillier, Juliet. Daughter Of The Forest. Tor.
Philbrick, Nathaniel. In The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy Of The Whaleship Essex. Viking.
Sherwood, Ben. The Man Who Ate The 747. Bantam.
Strauss, Darin. Chang And Eng. Dutton.
Watt, Alan. Diamond Dogs. Little,Brown.
2001 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten
Cabot, Meg. The Princess Diaries. HarperCollins.
Drill, Esther, Heather McDonald and Rebecca Olds. Deal With It: A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain and Life as a Gurl. illus. Pocket.
Franco, Betsy. You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys. Candlewick.
Frank, E.R. Life is Funny. DK.
Koss, Amy Goldman. The Girls. Putnam/Dial.
McCormick, Patricia. Cut. Front Street.
Piven, Joshua and David Borgenicht. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. illus. Chronicle.
Rennison, Louise. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson. HarperCollins.
Seckel, Al. The Art of Optical Illusions. illus. Carlton Books.
Shakur, Tupac. The Rose That Grew From Concrete. Simon & Schuster.
2000 Newberry Awards
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. Delacorte.
Honor Books:
Couloumbis, Audrey. Getting Near to Baby. Putnam.
Holm, Jennifer L. Our Only May Amelia. HarperCollins.
dePaola, Tomie. 26 Fairmount Avenue. Putnam.
2000 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. Farrar Straus Giroux.
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Shadow. Tor.
Holt, Kimberly Willis. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Henry Holt.
Jordan, Sherryl. The Raging Quiet. Simon and Schuster.
McNeal, Laura and Tom. Crooked. Knopf.
Meyer, Carolyn, Mary. Bloody Mary. Harcourt Brace.
Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. HarperCollins.
Namioka, Lensey. Ties that Bind. Ties that Break Delacorte.
Opdyke, Irene Gut. In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. Knopf.
Porter, Connie. Imani All Mine. Houghton Mifflin.
2000 Alex Awards
Breashears, David. High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places. . Simon & Schuster
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Shadow. . Tor,
Clarke, Breena. River, Cross My Heart. . Little, Brown.
Codell, Esmé Raji. Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year. . Algonquin.
Fuqua, Jonathon Scott. The Reappearance of Sam Webber. . Bancroft,
Gaiman, Neil. Stardust. . Avon.
Greenlaw, Linda. The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey. . Hyperion,
Hart, Elva Trevino. Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child. . Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue.
Haruf, Kent. Plainsong. . Knopf.
Porter, Connie. Imani All Mine. . Houghton.
2000 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten.
Brooke, Michael. The Concrete Wave (The History of Skateboarding). Nonfiction. Warwick.
Haddix, Margaret Petersen. Among the Hidden. Simon & Schuster.
Holt, David and Bill Mooney, collected and retold by. Spiders in the Hairdo: Modern Urban Legends. August House.
Kalergis, Mary Motley. Seen and Heard: Teenagers Talk About Their Lives. Stewart Tabori & Chang.
Menzel, Peter and Faith D'Aluisio. Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Bugs. Ten Speed Press.
Reynolds, David West. Star Wars: Episode 1 Incredible Cross-Sections. DK Publishing.
Scalora, Suza. The Fairies: Photographic Evidence of the Existence of Another World. HarperCollins.
Sleator, William. Rewind. Dutton.
Sones, Sonya. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Sister Went Crazy. HarperCollins.
Zindel, Paul. Rats. Hyperion.
Winners of the Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Pura Belpré Award
1995–2005
Coretta Scott King Award Winners
2005
Remember: The Journey to School Integration (Toni Morrison)
2004
The First Part Last (Angela Johnson)
2003
Bronx Masquerade (Nikki Grimes)
2002
The Land (Mildred D. Taylor)
2001
Miracle’s Boys (Jacqueline Woodson)
2000
Bud, Not Buddy (Christopher Paul Curtis)
1999
Heaven (Angela Johnson)
1998
Forged by Fire (Sharon M. Draper)
1997
Slam! (Walter Dean Myers)
1996
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Stories (Virginia Hamilton)
1995
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters (Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L.
McKissack)
Pura Belpré Award Winners
2004
Before We Were Free (Julia Alvarez)
2002
Esperanza Rising (Pam Muñoz Ryan)
2000
Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba (Alma Flor Ada)
1998
Parrot in the Oven: mi vida (Joanna Cotler)
1996
An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio (Melanie Kroupa)
2005 Orbis Pictus Award Winners
Winner
York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American’s Part in the Great Expedition by Rhoda Blumberg (HarperCollins)
Honor Books
Actual Size by Steve Jenkins (Houghton Mifflin)
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Secrets of the Sphinx by James Cross Giblin, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Scholastic)
Seurat and La Grande Jatte: Connecting the Dots by Robert Burleigh (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books)
Recommended Titles
Albino Animals by Kelly Milner Halls (Darby Creek Publishing)
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954–1968 by Diane McWhorter (Scholastic)
Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat by George Levenson, illustrated by Shmuel Thaler (Tricycle Press)
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer (National Geographic)
Looking for Seabirds: Journal from an Alaskan Voyage by Sophie Webb (Houghton Mifflin)
Roman Army: The Legendary Solders Who Created an Empire by Dyan Blacklock, illustrated by David Kennett (Walker & Company)
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote by Ann Bausem (National Geographic)
Further information about the Orbis Pictus Award can be found at http://www.ncte.org/elem/awards/orbispictus
Hinton, K., & Dickinson, G. K. (2005). Narrowing the Gap between Readers and Books Voices from the Middle, 13(1), 15 – 21 (recommendations):
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