The Best in YA Fiction

Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf
Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

From the creators of the Edge Chronicles comes the first Barnaby Grimes adventure—one which finds the lad attacked by an enormous dog and soon swept up in a world of crooked doctors, ill-advised patients, and very expensive furs.

David Fickling Books
978-0-385-75125-4
$15.99 hardcover

The Debs
Susan McBride

Four up-and-coming teenage debutantes cross paths—and each other—in this novel that’s Gossip Girl on mint juleps.

Delacorte Press
978-0-385-73519-3
$8.99 paper

I,Q: Independence Hall
Roland Smith

From an award-winning YA author comes Book One in this suspenseful I,Q series opener. Readers are thrust into current issues affecting the world in this edge-of-your-seat, modern-day mystery adventure.

Sleeping Bear Press
978-1-58536-325-4
$8.95 hardcover

Does This Book Make Me Look Fat?
Marissa Walsh, editor

A stellar lineup of young adult writers sound off on body image, self-esteem, diets, eating disorders, boys, fashion magazines, and why trying on jeans is a bad experience for everyone.

Clarion Books
978-0-547-01496-8
$16.00 hardcover

Graceling
Kristin Cashore

In this romantic medieval fantasy from a debut author, Katsa learns about her powers as a Graceling and the terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.

Harcourt Children’s Books
978-0-15-206396-2
$17.00 hardcover

The Origin of the Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee
Barbara Duncan, editor
Shan Goshorn, illustrator

Presented by members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in their own words, these 26 stories appear in free-verse form, like poems on the page, so that those who read them aloud can hear the rhythm of the stories as they were originally told.

University of North Carolina Press
978-0-8078-3219-6
$19.95 hardcover
978-0-8078-5930-8
$12.95 paper

Hate That Cat
Sharon Creech

With plenty of classic poetry from Tennyson, Eliot, and Poe, along with a hilarious hero and one amazing surprise, Newbery Medalist Creech makes magic in this narrative poem sequel to her acclaimed Love That Dog.

Joanna Cotler Books
978-0-06-143092-3
$15.99 hardcover

Science Fair
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

A story of mystery, danger, international suspense—and a very nervous frog. From bestselling authors Barry and Pearson comes a hilarious thriller about foreign criminals rigging a middle school science fair.

Disney Editions
978-1-42311-324-9
$18.99 hardcover