As noted in a previous post, I read a lot of J-Fic/YA books in 2008 and many of them were excellent. I decided to list both J-Fiction and YA together. In case you're wondering, these designations are based largely on how the books are categorized in our library system. Some of that has to do with the age of the protagonist(s), the reading level, etc. Some of the books are a bit edgy, so I'd recommend clicking on the links to find out a little more about them if you have young readers in mind.
BEST J-FICTION/YOUNG ADULT READS OF 2008
(In the order that I read them)
A Pack of Lies (YA 1988) - Geraldine McCaughrean
How Angel Peterson Got His Name (J NF 2003) - Gary Paulsen
The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (J-Fic 2005) - Joseph Delaney
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (J-Fic 2007) – Laura Amy Schlitz/Robert Byrd
This is What I Did: (YA 2007) - Ann Dee Ellis
Burger Wuss (YA 1999) - M.T. Anderson
Kit’s Wilderness (YA 1999) - David Almond
Skin Hunger (YA 2007) - Kathleen Duey
Uglies (YA 2005) - Scott Westerfeld
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow (YA NF 2005) - Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations (YA NF 2008) - Alex & Brett Harris
City of Ember (J-Fic 2003) - Jeanne DuPrau
Thirteen Reasons Why (YA 2007) - Jay Asher
Living Dead Girl (YA 2008) - Elizabeth Scott
The Knife of Never Letting Go (YA 2008) - Patrick Ness
The Graveyard Book (J-Fic 2008) - Neil Gaiman
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves (YA 2008) - M.T. Anderson
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