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YA Picks from CFPL January 2018
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Mock Award Young Adult Literature Winners for 2017!
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Realistic Fiction - Michael L. Printz Best YA Fiction - CFPL Choice
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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
Starr is the only witness to the police shooting of her friend Khalil, but can she tell what really happened and still continue to balance life between her surburban prep school and the inner city neighborhood of her family? An important book inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. The most searched for book on Good Reads last year, deserving of all the many awards it has won - and will still win.
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Fantasy - Guardian Children's Fiction Prize - CFPL Choice
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The Book of Dust
by Philip Pullman
Pullman's much anticipated "equel" series follows the classic His Dark Materials trilogy. This begins 10 years before the events of The Golden Compass - baby Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon! Lord Asriel! Dust! - and follows the adventures of Malcolm, Alice, and their demons as they try to save Lyra for the destiny the reader knows is coming for her. Pullman is the "equel" to Lewis and Tolkien, and he doesn't let his readers down in this rich, roaring adventure. It's as British as can be, so is fated to win that kind of fame, deservedly.
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Historical Fiction - CFPL Choice
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The Pearl Thief
by Elizabeth Wein
This is a prequel to Code Name Verity, one of the greatest YA titles of the past decade. Julia investigates the disappearance of a Traveler boy on her family's Scottish estate before WWII, just as her family prepares to sell their estate. Discovering the secrets, sins and prejudices of her idyllic but vanishing world help shape Julie into the hero we know she will become in wartime.
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Mystery - Edgar Award - CFPL Choice
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Trouble Makes a Comeback
by Stephanie Tromly
After Zoe Webster's friend Philip Digby--the weird, manic and brilliant teen sleuth Digby--left town, Zoe experimented with being a "normal" high schooler. But now Digby is back needing help, and not just to find his sister. Perfection, and the wild ride isn't over yet - the last book in the series comes out in Spring of 2018!
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Non Fiction - YALSA's Award for Excellence - CFPL Choice
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Vincent and Theo : the Van Gogh Brothers
by Deborah Heiligman
Heiligman is one of the great non fiction writers working today and this tale of the relationship between brothers Theo and Vincent van Gogh is based on the hundreds of letters written by Vincent to Theo. Heiligman shows just how much Vincent always needed his brother, who supported him in every way. A beautifully done and inspiring biography, not just of the famous artist, but also of his brother, showing us behind a great artist can be a great human being.
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Graphic - CYBIL YA Award - CFPL Choice
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Spill Zone
by Scott Westerfeld
Environmental disaster in upstate New York State have led to Poughkeepsie becoming a breeding ground for unimaginable horrors. Addison sneaks into the Spill Zone to photograph these images for cash but will she venture too far this time? Hard to know which is better, the gripping story or the stark, spooky full-color images.
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Science Fiction - The Nebula/Andre Norton Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy - CFPL Choice
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Tool of War
by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a future beset with rising seas, corporate government, and constant civil war, a bioengineered half-man/half-beast super-soldier who calls himself Tool breaks his conditioning to overcome his genetically enhanced sense of loyalty to the corporation that created him and seeks revenge against his old masters. The third in a series so good we take that every book will be as good as the last!
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LGBTQ - LAMBDA Young Adult Award - CFPL Choice
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
by Mackenzi Lee
Two friends on a Grand Tour of 18th-century Europe stumble across a magical artifact that leads them from Paris to Venice in a dangerous manhunt shaped by pirates, highwaymen and their growing attraction to one another. Delicious frothy fun that has serious messages about love, race, and gender, and by a local author!
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Speculative Fantasy - The Leigh Bardugo Award - CFPL Choice
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Wonder Woman : Warbringer
by Leigh Bardugo
Determined to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters, Diana throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law, risking exile, to save a mere mortal who is unwittingly fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery. One of the best YA writers takes on the legend, in style. Full confession, we made up this award because Bardugo is a GENIUS.
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Selections by Fiona Stevenson of the Kids & Young Adult Departments.
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