ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults

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The Best Books for Young Adults committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Asociation, has selected the following books as Best Fiction for Young Adults.

 Ship Breaker by Bacigalupi, Paolo


 Revolution by Donnelly, Jennifer



Finnikin of the Rock by Marchetta, Melina



The Things a Brother Knows by Reinhardt, Dana



Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Saenz, Benjamin Alire



Revolver by Sedgwick, Marcus

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