{"id":9559,"date":"2012-07-26T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=9559"},"modified":"2012-08-11T12:56:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T16:56:04","slug":"npr-ya-fiction-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/9559","title":{"rendered":"NPR YA Fiction Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

NPR YA Fiction Finalists<\/a><\/p>\n

I can see I have a lot of reading ahead of me…
\n
\n13 Little Blue Envelopes, by Maureen Johnson<\/p>\n

r\/o\/f – Abhorsen Trilogy \/ Old Kingdom Trilogy (series), by Garth Nix
\nThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
\nAn Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
\nAcross the Universe, by Beth Revis
\nAirborn, by Kenneth Oppel
\nAlan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars, by Daniel Pinkwater
\nAlong for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen
\nAmerican Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
\nAnna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins
\nr – Anne of Green Gables (series), by Lucy Maud Montgomery
\nAnnie on My Mind, by Nancy Garden
\nAsh, by Malinda Lo
\nAshfall, by Mike Mullin
\nThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (series), by M.T. Anderson<\/p>\n

r\/o – The Bartimaeus Trilogy (series), by Jonathan Stroud
\nBeauty Queens, by Libba Bray
\nBefore I Die, by Jenny Downham
\nBefore I Fall, by Lauren Oliver
\nBetsy-Tacy Books (series), by Maud Hart Lovelace
\nBetween Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys
\nBlood Red Road, by Moira Young
\nBloodlines (series), by Richelle Mead
\nr – Bloody Jack Adventures (series), by L.A. Meyer
\nThe Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley
\nThe Book of Blood and Shadow, by Robin Wasserman
\nThe Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
\nBoy Meets Boy, by David Levithan
\nBrooklyn, Burning, by Steve Brezenoff
\nBruiser, by Neal Shusterman<\/p>\n

The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
\nr – The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
\nChaos Walking (series), by Patrick Ness
\nThe Chemical Garden Trilogy (series), by Lauren DeStefano
\nChime, by Franny Billingsley
\nThe Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
\nThe Chronicles of Chrestomanci (series), by Diana Wynne Jones
\nThe Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica (series), by James A. Owen
\nCinder, by Marissa Meyer
\nCircle of Magic (series), by Tamora Pierce
\nCode Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein
\nConfessions of Georgia Nicolson (series), by Louise Rennison
\nCopper Sun, by Sharon M. Draper
\nCrank (series), by Ellen Hopkins
\nCriss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins
\nr – Crown Duel, by Sherwood Smith
\nThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
\nThe Curse Workers (series), by Holly Black<\/p>\n

Dairy Queen, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
\no – The Dark is Rising (series), by Susan Cooper
\nDarkest Powers (series), by Kelley Armstrong
\nDaughter of Smoke & Bone, by Laini Taylor
\nDaughter of the Lioness \/ Tricksters (series), by Tamora Pierce
\nDelirium (series), by Lauren Oliver
\nThe Demon’s Lexicon (series), by Sarah Rees Brennan
\nr\/o\/f\/ – Discworld \/ Tiffany Aching (series), by Terry Pratchett
\nThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart
\nDivergent (series), by Veronica Roth
\nDolphin Sky, by Ginny Rorby
\nDreamland, by Sarah Dessen
\nDrums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, by Jordan Sonnenblick
\nDune, by Frank Herbert<\/p>\n

r\/o – Earthsea (series), by Ursula K. Le Guin
\nEast, by Edith Pattou
\nElsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin
\nThe Enchanted Forest Chronicles (series), by Patricia C. Wrede
\nEverybody Sees the Ants, by A.S. King<\/p>\n

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
\no – Fallen (series), by Lauren Kate
\nThe Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
\nFeed, by M.T. Anderson
\nFire and Hemlock, by Diana Wynne Jones
\nThe First Part Last, by Angela Johnson
\nFlowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
\nThe Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan
\nr – Forever…, by Judy Blume<\/p>\n

Gallagher Girls (series), by Ally Carter
\nr\/o – The Gemma Doyle Trilogy (series), by Libba Bray
\nThe Girl of Fire and Thorns, by Rae Carson
\nr\/o\/f – The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente
\no – The Giver (series), by Lois Lowry
\nGo Ask Alice, by Anonymous
\nGoing Bovine, by Libba Bray
\nGone (series), by Michael Grant
\nThe Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale
\no – Graceling (series), by Kristin Cashore
\nGraffiti Moon, by Cath Crowley
\nGrave Mercy, by Robin LaFevers
\nThe Green Glass Sea, by Ellen Klages<\/p>\n

Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie
\nHarper Hall Trilogy (series), by Anne McCaffrey
\nr\/o – Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
\nHate List, by Jennifer Brown
\no – The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
\nHex Hall (series), by Rachel Hawkins
\nr\/o – His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
\nr\/o\/f – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (series), by Douglas Adams
\nr\/o\/f – The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
\nr\/o\/f – Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, by Lish McBride
\nHold Still, by Nina LaCour
\nHouse of Night (series), by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
\nThe House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
\nThe House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
\nHow I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff
\nHow to Save a Life, by Sara Zarr
\nHowl’s Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
\nr\/o – The Hunger Games (series), by Suzanne Collins
\nHurt Go Happy, by Ginny Rorby
\nHush, Hush Saga (series), by Becca Fitzpatrick<\/p>\n

I Am the Cheese, by Robert Cormier
\nI Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak
\nI Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
\nIf I Stay, by Gayle Forman
\nImmortal Beloved (series), by Cate Tiernan
\nThe Immortal Rules, by Julie Kagawa
\nThe Immortals (series), by Tamora Pierce
\nImpossible, by Nancy Werlin
\nr\/o – The Infernal Devices (series), by Cassandra Clare
\nInheritance Cycle (series), by Christopher Paolini
\nThe Iron Fey (series), by Julie Kagawa
\nIt’s Kind of a Funny Story, by Ned Vizzini<\/p>\n

Jasper Jones, by Craig Silvey
\nJellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta
\nJessica Darling (series), by Megan McCafferty
\nJust Listen, by Sarah Dessen<\/p>\n

r\/o – The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
\no – The Legend of Beka Cooper (series), by Tamora Pierce
\nLeverage, by Joshua Cohen
\no – Leviathan (series), by Scott Westerfeld
\nLife As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer
\nLittle Brother, by Cory Doctorow
\nLola and the Boy Next Door, by Stephanie Perkins
\nLooking for Alaska, by John Green
\nr – Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
\nr\/o – The Lord of the Rings (series), by J.R.R. Tolkien
\nLost in the River of Grass, by Ginny Rorby
\nThe Lumatere Chronicles (series), by Melina Marchetta
\nLux (series), by Jennifer L. Armentrout<\/p>\n

Make Lemonade, by Virginia Euwer Wolff
\nA Mango-Shaped Space, by Wendy Mass
\nThe Marbury Lens, by Andrew Smith
\nMarcelo in the Real World, by Francisco X. Stork
\nMatched (series), by Ally Condie
\nThe Maze Runner Trilogy (series), by James Dashner
\nMe and Earl and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews
\nr\/o – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
\nMonster, by Walter Dean Myers
\nA Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness
\nThe Monstrumologist (series), by Rick Yancey
\no – The Mortal Instruments (series), by Cassandra Clare
\nMy Most Excellent Year, by Steve Kluger
\nMy Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult<\/p>\n

The Name of the Star, by Maureen Johnson
\nNation, by Terry Pratchett
\nNick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
\nNorth of Beautiful, by Justina Chen Headley
\nA Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly<\/p>\n

The Only Alien on the Planet, by Kristen D. Randle
\nThe Outside of a Horse, by Ginny Rorby
\nThe Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
\nOuttakes of a Walking Mistake, by Anthony Paull
\nThe Oz Chronicles (series), by R.W. Ridley<\/p>\n

Paper Towns, by John Green
\nPerfect Chemistry, by Simone Elkeles
\nThe Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
\nThe Pigman, by Paul Zindel
\nThe Piper’s Son, by Melina Marchetta
\nPlease Ignore Vera Dietz, by A.S. King
\nPostcards from No Man’s Land, by Aidan Chambers
\nr\/o\/f – The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
\nThe Princess Diaries (series), by Meg Cabot
\nThe Princesses of Iowa, by M. Molly Backes
\nPrivate Peaceful, by Michael Morpurgo
\nProtector of the Small (series), by Tamora Pierce<\/p>\n

r\/o\/f – The Queen’s Thief (series), by Megan Whalen Turner<\/p>\n

Raw Blue, by Kirsty Eagar
\nRevolution, by Jennifer Donnelly
\nA Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L’Engle
\nRuby Blue, by Julie Cassar
\nRuby Oliver Quartet (series), by E. Lockhart
\nRuby Red, by Kerstin Gier
\nThe Rules of Survival, by Nancy Werlin<\/p>\n

Saving Francesca, by Melina Marchetta
\nThe Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater
\nThe Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (series), by Michael Scott
\nr – A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
\nSeven Realms (series), by Cinda Williams Chima
\nShatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi
\nShine, by Lauren Myracle
\no – Ship Breaker, by Paolo Bacigalupis
\nThe Shiver Trilogy, by Maggie Stiefvater
\nThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (series), by Ann Brashares
\nThe Sky Is Everywhere, by Jandy Nelson
\nSold, by Patricia McCormick
\nSomething Like Normal, by Trish Doller
\nSomething Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
\nThe Song of the Lioness (series), by Tamora Pierce
\nSoul Screamers (series), by Rachel Vincent
\nSpeak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
\nSplit, by Swati Avasthi
\nStargirl, by Jerry Spinelli
\nStaying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, by Chris Crutcher
\nStolen, by Lucy Christopher
\nStory of a Girl, by Sara Zarr
\nThe Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jenny Han
\nSweep (series), by Cate Tiernan
\nSweethearts, by Sara Zarr<\/p>\n

Teach Me, by R.A. Nelson
\nThirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
\nThis Lullaby, by Sarah Dessen
\nr\/o – Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
\nr – To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
\nTrash, by Andy Mulligan
\nr – Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
\nThe Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen
\nTuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
\nTwenty Boy Summer, by Sarah Ockler
\nTwilight (series), by Stephenie Meyer
\nTwisted, by Laurie Halse Anderson<\/p>\n

Uglies (series), by Scott Westerfeld
\nUnder the Never Sky, by Veronica Rossi
\nUnwind, by Neal Shusterman<\/p>\n

Vampire Academy (series), by Richelle Mead<\/p>\n

Wake (series), by Lisa McMann
\nThe Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic, by Allan Wolf
\nWeetzie Bat (series), by Francesca Lia Block
\nWhale Talk, by Chris Crutcher
\nWhere She Went, by Gayle Forman
\nWhere Things Come Back, by John Corey Whaley
\nWhy We Broke Up, by Daniel Handler
\nWide Awake, by David Levithan
\nWill Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green, David Levithan
\nWillow, by Julia Hoban
\nWintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson<\/p>\n

The Year of Secret Assignments, by Jaclyn Moriarty<\/p>\n

Voting is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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