YALSA has announced the finalists for their 2011 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults lists. YALSA is the Young Adult Library Service Association, a division of ALA (American Library Services).
And Island Sting (Leap Books) by Bonnie J. Doerr is on their Crime Scene list. Way to go, Bonnie!! It’s nice to see a fellow member of the Piedmont Plotters making it big.
Lots of great titles have made the list. Here’s the list of contenders for the Crime Scene category:
Abrahams, Peter. Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery
Arnold, Tedd. Rat Life
Blundell, Judy. What I Saw and How I Lied
Cormier, Robert. Tenderness
Cusick, Richie Tankersley. Walk of the Spirits
Doerr, Bonnie J. Island Sting
Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother
Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light
Ferguson, Alane. The Christopher Killer: A Forensic Mystery
Gerber, Linda. Death by Bikini
Gerber, Linda C. Death by Latte
Giles, Gail. Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters
Gordon, Roderick and Williams, Brian. Tunnels
Kate, Lauren. The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove
McClintock, Norah. Dooley Takes the Fall
McNamee, Graham. Acceleration
Olin, Sean. Killing Britney
Parker, Robert B. The Boxer and the Spy
Perez, Marlene. Dead is the New Black
Price, Charlie. Dead Connection
Shepard, Sara. Pretty Little Liars
Sorrells, Walter. First Shot
Stolarz, Laurie Faria. Project 17
Vande Velde, Vivian. Never Trust a Dead Man
Weingarten, Lynn. Wherever Nina Lies
Werlin, Nancy. Killer’s Cousin
Urasawa, Naoki. Naoki Urasawa’s Monster
If you love to read, check out all their other lists of Popular Paperbacks:
2011 Themes
Crime Scene: May cause anxiety. . . don’t read at home alone.
What’s Cooking? Tasty reads to fill your belly and warm your soul.
What If…: It’s the end of the world as we know it.
Zombies, Werewolves, and Things with Wings: Because vampires suck!
Have any favorites on these lists?? Or know of books you think should be on the list?
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