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YA Notable Books 2004 - For Teens & Older Others (Young Adult Literature)

The list includes both fiction and nonfiction books. Titles are arranged alphabetically by author. The edition listed is the trade book, library bindings are not listed unless that is the only available format. Titles received starred reviews from Booklist, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, School Library Journal, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Horn Book.

Books are suggested for ages 12 and older. Age and grade designations are approximate, parental judgement should be used.

Notable book information is added as time allows: BBYA= Best Books for Young Adults (ALA/YALSA)

AUTHOR
TITLE
ISBN
PUBLISHER
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DEWEY
DATE
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Aidinoff, Elsie V. The Garden 0060556056 Harpercollins $16.99 [Fic] Apr-04 BBYA
Allen, Thomas B. George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War 0792251261 Simon & Schuster $16.95 973.3 Jan-04 Booklist Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Almond, David The Fire-Eaters 0385731701 Random House $15.95 [Fic] May-04 Bulletin Star, Horn Book Star, Kirkus Star, Horn Book Globe Winner, Whitbread Book of the Year, BBYA
Bass, L. G. Sign of the Qin 0786819189 Disney $17.99 [Fic] May-04 Bulletin Star, PW Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Bausum, Ann With Courage and Cloth: Winning The Fight For A Woman's Right To Vote 0792276477 Simon & Schuster $21.95 324.6 Sep-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Bolden, Tonya Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists 0810945274 Harry N Abrams $24.95 704.03 Feb-04 BBYA
Bowler, Tim Firmament 0689861613 Simon & Schuster $16.95 [Fic] Apr-04 Kirkus Star, BBYA
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker The President's Daughter 0385731477 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Nov-04 Kirkus Star
Braff, Jonathan The Unthinkable Thoughts Of Jacob Green 1565124200 Workman $22.95 813 Sep-04 Booklist Star, Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adult, SLJ Adult Books for Young Adult, BBYA
Browne, N. M. Basilisk 1582348766 Bloomsbury $17.95 [Fic] May-04 Booklist Star
Burgess, Melvin Doing It 0805075658 Henry Holt $15.95 [Fic] Jun-04 PW Star, BBYA
Cadnum, Michael Blood Gold 067005884X Penguin $16.99 [Fic] May-04 Booklist Star
Caletti, Deb Honey, Baby, Sweetheart 0689867654 Simon & Schuster $15.95 [Fic] May-04 Bulletin Star, SLJ, SLJ Best Books
Choldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Does My Shirts 0399238611 Putnam $15.99 [Fic] Mar-04 Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ, SLJ Best Books, Newbery Honor Book, BBYA
Chopra, Deepak Fire in the Heart: A Spiritual Guide for Teens 0689862164 Simon & Schuster $14.95 204 May-04 PW Star
Chotjewitz, David Daniel Half Human: And The Good Nazi 0689857470 Simon & Schuster $17.95 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, Mildred L Batchelder Honor Book, BBYA
Constable, Kate The Singer of All Songs 0439554780 Scholastic $16.95 [Fic] Mar-04 Booklist Star, VOYA: Best Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror
Corrigan, Eireann Splintering 0439535972 Scholastic $16.95 [Fic] Apr-04 BBYA
Crossley-Holland, Kevin King of the Middle March 0439266009 Scholastic $17.95 [Fic] Oct-04 Kirkus Star
Curtis, Christopher Paul Bucking the Sarge 0385323077 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Sep-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Datlow, Ellen (EDT) The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm 0670059145 Penguin $19.99 808.8 Aug-04 Kirkus Star
De Lint, Charles The Blue Girl 0670059242 Penguin $17.99 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, BBYA
Dessen, Sarah The Truth About Forever 0670036390 Penguin $16.99 [Fic] May-04 SLJ
Dickinson, John The Cup of the World 0385750250 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Sep-04 Bulletin Star, SLJ
Drake, Ernest Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology: 0763623296 Candlewick $19.99 398.24 Nov-03 BBYA
Drez, Ronald J. Remember D-Day: The Plan, the Invasion, Survivor Stories 0792266668 Simon & Schuster $17.95 940.54 May-04 SLJ, SLJ Best Books
Dunkle, Clare B. The Hollow Kingdom 0805073906 Henry Holt $16.95 [Fic] Oct-03 Bulletin Star, PW Star, BBYA
Farmer, Nancy The Sea of Trolls 0689867441 Simon & Schuster $17.95 [Fic] Aug-04 Bulletin Star, Horn Book Star, Kirkus Star, SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Fisher, Catherine Snow-Walker 0060724749 Harpercollins $17.99 [Fic] Aug-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star
Fisher, Catherine The Oracle Betrayed 0060571578 Harpercollins $16.99 [Fic] Mar-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, Bram Stoker Award, BBYA
Flake, Sharon G. Who Am I Without Him? : Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives 0786806931 Disney $15.99 [Fic] May-04 Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books, BBYA
Flinn, Alex Nothing to Lose 0060517506 Harpercollins $15.99 [Fic] Apr-04 Kirkus Star, BBYA
Freedman, Russell The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 0618159762 Houghton Mifflin $18.00 782.1 May-04 Horn Book Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ, Newbery Medal Honor Books, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winners and Honors, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Fusco, Kimberly Newton Tending to Grace 0375828621 Random House $14.95 [Fic] May-04 Booklist Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Gilbert, Sheri L. The Legacy of Gloria Russell 0375828230 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Apr-04 PW Star
Greenberg, Jan Andy Warhol: Prince of Pop 038573056X Random House $16.95 709 Oct-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, BBYA
Greene, Meg Into the Land of Freedom: African Americans in Reconstruction 0822546906 Lerner $26.60 973 Mar-04 Booklist Star
Hakim, Joy The Story Of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way 1588341607 Smithsonian $21.95 509 Nov-04 Booklist Star, SLJ
Halam, Ann Taylor Five 0385730942 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Oct-04 Kirkus Star
Halpin, Brendan Donorboy 1400062772 Random House $12.95 813 Aug-04 BBYA
Haptie, Charlotte Otto and the Flying Twins: The First Book of the Karmidee 082341826X Holiday House $17.95 [Fic] Mar-04 Bulletin Star, SLJ
Hautman, Pete Godless 0689862784 Simon & Schuster $15.95 [Fic] May-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, National Book Award, BBYA
Hautman, Pete Godless 0689862784 Simon & Schuster $15.95 [Fic] May-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, National Book Award
Herrick, Steven Love, Ghosts, & Facial Hair 0689867107 Simon & Schuster $6.99 821 Mar-04 Booklist Star
Hoose, Phillip The Race to Save the Lord God Bird 0374361738 Farrar Straus & Giroux $20.00 598.7 Aug-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ, BBYA
Horowitz, Anthony EAGLE STRIKE 0399239790 Putnam $17.99 [Fic] Apr-04 BBYA
Ibbotson, Eva The Star of Kazan 0525473475 Penguin $16.99 [Fic] Oct-04 Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ Star
Janeczko, Paul B. Worlds Afire: The Hartford Circus Fire of 1944 0763622354 Candlewick $15.99 811 Jan-04 SLJ Star, BBYA
Jocelyn, Marthe Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance 076362120X Candlewick $15.99 [Fic] Feb-04 BBYA
Johnson, Angela Bird 0803728476 Penguin $15.99 [Fic] Sep-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, BBYA
Johnson, Kathleen Jeffrie A Fast And Brutal Wing 1596430133 Henry Holt $16.95 [Fic] Sep-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star
Johnson, Maureen The Key to the Golden Firebird 0060541385 Harpercollins $15.99 [Fic] Jun-04 Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, BBYA
Juby, Susan Miss Smithers 0060515465 Harpercollins $15.99 [Fic] May-04 Kirkus Star
Kessler, Cristina Our Secret, Siri Aang 0399239855 Putnam $16.99 [Fic] Oct-04 Booklist Star
Koertge, Ron Margaux With an X 0763624012 Candlewick $15.99 [Fic] Jul-04 Bulletin Star, Horn Book Star, BBYA
Koja, Kathe The Blue Mirror 0374308497 Farrar Straus & Giroux $16.00 [Fic] Feb-04 Kirkus Star, PW Star, BBYA
Konigsburg, E. L. The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place 0689866364 Simon & Schuster $16.95 [Fic] Jan-04 Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, BBYA
Kositsky, Lynne The Thought of High Windows 1553376218 Kids Can $16.95 [Fic] Mar-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star
Kubert, Joe Yossel, April 19, 1943: A Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 074347516X Pocket Books $24.95 741.5 Oct-03 LJ Star, LJ Best Books, BBYA
Larson, Peter Bones Rock! : Everything You Need to Know to Be a Paleontologist 193122935X Independent $19.95 560 Apr-04 SLJ, SLJ Best Books
Lawrence, Iain B for Buster 0385730861 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Jun-04 Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Lawrence, Michael A Crack in the Line 0060724773 Harpercollins $15.99 [Fic] Aug-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, BBYA
Le Guin, Ursula K. Gifts 0152051236 Harcourt $17.00 [Fic] Aug-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, PW Star
Leavitt, Martine Heck, Superhero 1886910944 Chronicle Books $16.95 [Fic] Apr-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, BBYA
Lee, Tanith Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure Upon the High Seas 0525473246 Penguin $17.99 [Fic] Sep-04 Kirkus Star, SLJ Star
Levithan, David The Realm of Possibility 0375828451 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Aug-04 Kirkus Star, BBYA
Levithan, David The Realm of Possibility 0375828451 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Aug-04 Kirkus Star
Lowry, Brigid Follow the Blue 0823418278 Holiday House $16.95 [Fic] Mar-04 Booklist Star
Lowry, Lois Messenger 0618404414 Houghton Mifflin $16.00 [Fic] Mar-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star
Lyon, George Ella Sonny's House of Spies 0689851685 Simon & Schuster $16.95 [Fic] Jun-04 Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ Star
Manning, Sarra Guitar Girl 0525472347 Penguin $15.99 [Fic] Feb-04 SLJ Star
Marchetta, Melina Saving Francesca 0375829822 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Sep-05 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Marrin, Albert Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the American People 0525472932 Penguin $30.00 973.5 Dec-04 SLJ Star
McKinley, Robin Sunshine 0425191788 Berkley $23.95 813 Sep-03 PW Star, VOYA: Best Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror, BBYA
McNaughton, Janet Elizabeth An Earthly Knight 006008992X Harpercollins $15.99 [Fic] Mar-04 Bulletin Star, BBYA
McWhorter, Diane A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement From 1954 to 1968 0439576784 Scholastic $19.95 323.1196 Sep-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Meyer, L. A. Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady 0152051155 Harcourt $17.00 [Fic] Jun-04 Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, YALSA Teen's Top Ten 2004, BBYA
Meyer, L. A. Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady 0152051155 Harcourt $17.00 [Fic] Jun-04 Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, YALSA Teen's Top Ten 2004
Morgan, Nicola Fleshmarket 038573154X Random House $15.95 [Fic] Aug-04 Bulletin Star, BBYA
Morgenroth, Kate Jude 0689864795 Simon & Schuster $16.95 [Fic] Oct-04 Booklist Star, SLJ Star
Moriarty, Jaclyn The Year of Secret Assignments 0439498813 Scholastic $16.95 [Fic] Jan-04 Booklist Star, Horn Book Star, BBYA
Morpurgo, Michael Private Peaceful 0439636485 Scholastic $16.95 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, PW Star, SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Myers, Walter Dean Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices 0823418537 Holiday House $16.95 811 Jun-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Myers, Walter Dean Shooter 0060295198 Harpercollins $15.99 [Fic] May-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, PW Star
Myracle, Lauren Ttyl 0810948214 Harry N Abrams $15.95 [Fic] Apr-04 SLJ Star
Napoli, Donna Jo Bound 0689861753 Simon & Schuster $16.95 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Nelson, Blake Rock Star, Super Star 0670059331 Penguin $16.99 [Fic] Sep-04 PW Star, BBYA
Nelson, Marilyn Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem 1932425128 Chronicle Books $16.95 811 Oct-04 Kirkus Star, SLJ Star, Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books
Noyes, Deborah (EDT) Gothic: Ten Original Dark Tales 0763622435 Candlewick $15.99 [Fic] Jul-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, Horn Book Star, Kirkus Star, BBYA
O'Connell, Tyne Pulling Princes 1582349576 Bloomsbury $16.95 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, PW Star
Olsen, Sylvia The Girl With a Baby 1550391429 Orca Book $7.95 [Fic] Mar-04 Bulletin Star, SLJ Star
Oppel, Kenneth Airborn 0060531800 Harpercollins $16.99 [Fic] May-04 SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Peck, Richard The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts 0803727364 Penguin $16.99 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Peters, Julie Anne Luna 0316733695 Little Brown $16.95 [Fic] May-04 Kirkus Star, Stonewall Award Honor Books, BBYA
Pollet, Alison Nobody Was Here: 7th Grade in the Life of Me, Penelope 0439583942 Scholastic $15.95 [Fic] Jun-04 PW Star
Pratchett, Terry A Hat Full of Sky 0060586605 Harpercollins $16.99 [Fic] Jun-04 Bulletin Star, Horn Book Star, BBYA
Rapp, Adam Under the Wolf, Under the Dog 0763618187 Candlewick $16.99 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Reeve, Philip Predator's Gold 0060721936 Harpercollins $16.99 [Fic] Sep-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, BBYA
Robinson, Sharon Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America 0439425921 Scholastic $16.95 796.357 Feb-04 Booklist Star, PW Star, BBYA
Rosoff, Meg How I Live Now 0385746776 Random House $16.95 [Fic] Aug-04 Booklist Star, PW Star, Michael L. Printz Award, BBYA
Runyon, Brent The Burn Journals 0375826211 Random House $17.95 362.28 Sep-04 PW Star
Saenz, Benjamin Alire Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood 0938317814 Consortium Book $19.95 [Fic] Aug-04 BBYA
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return 0375422889 Random House $17.95 955.05 Aug-04 LJ, PW Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Schmidt, Gary D. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 0618439293 Houghton Mifflin $15.00 [Fic] May-04 Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, SLJ Star, Newbery Honor Book, Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Seagle, Steven T. It's a Bird 1401201091 DC Comics $24.95 741.5 May-04 BBYA
Sedgwick, Marcus The Book of Dead Days 0385730551 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star
Shaw, Susan The Boy From the Basement 0525472231 Penguin $16.99 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star
Shinn, Sharon The Safe-Keeper's Secret 0670059102 Penguin $16.99 [Fic] May-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, BBYA
Shusterman, Neal The Schwa Was Here 0525471820 Penguin $15.99 [Fic] Oct-04 Bulletin Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Silverstein, Ken The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor 037550351X Random House $22.95 621.48 Mar-04 BBYA
Skurzynski, Gloria Are We Alone? : Scientists Search for Life in Space 079226567X Simon & Schuster $18.95 576.8 Jun-04 Bulletin Star, SLJ Star
Sones, Sonya One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies 0689858205 Simon & Schuster $15.95 [Fic] May-04 Booklist Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Strasser, Todd Can't Get There from Here 0689841698 Simon & Schuster $15.95 [Fic] Apr-04  
Stratton, Allan Chanda's Secrets 155037835X Firefly Books $19.95 FIC Mar-04 Booklist Star, SLJ Star, Michael L Printz Honor Book, BBYA
Stroud, Jonathan The Golem's Eye 0786818603 Disney $17.95 [Fic] Sep-04 Bulletin Star, PW Star, SLJ Star, BBYA
Tashjian, Janet Vote for Larry 0805072012 Henry Holt $16.95 [Fic] Apr-04 PW Star
Tocher, Timothy Chief Sunrise, John McGraw, and Me 0812627113 West $15.95 [Fic] May-04 BBYA
Townley, Roderick Sky: A Novel in 3 Sets and An Encore 0689857128 Simon & Schuster $16.95 [Fic] Jul-04 BBYA
Tunnell, Michael O. Wishing Moon 0525471936 Penguin $17.99 [Fic] Jun-04 Kirkus Star
Turnbull, Ann No Shame, No Fear 0763625051 Candlewick $15.99 [Fic] Aug-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, BBYA
Unger, Zac Working Fire: The Making of an Accidental Fireman 1594200017 Penguin $24.95 363.37 Mar-04 Kirkus Star, SLJ Adult Books for Young Adult, BBYA
Updale, Eleanor Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman 0439580358 Scholastic $16.95 [Fic] Apr-04 SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Van Der Vat, Dan D-Day: The Greatest Invasion-A People's History 1582343144 St Martins $40.00 940.54 Nov-03 BBYA
Weeks, Sarah So B. It 0066236223 Harpercollins $15.99 [Fic] May-04 Booklist Star, Horn Book Star, BBYA
Wein, Elizabeth E. The Sunbird 0670036919 Penguin $16.99 [Fic] Apr-04 Bulletin Star, Horn Book Star, VOYA: Best Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror
Werlin, Nancy Double Helix 0803726066 Penguin $15.99 [Fic] Mar-04 Bulletin Star, Booklist Star, PW Star, SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books
Westerfeld, Scott So Yesterday 159514000X Penguin $16.99 [Fic] Sep-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, BBYA
Whedon, Joss Fray 1569717516 Diamond Comic Distributors $19.95 FIC Dec-03 BBYA
Whelan, Gloria Chu Ju's House 0060507241 Harpercollins $15.99 [Fic] Apr-04 Bulletin Star, PW Star
Whitney, Kim Ablon See You Down the Road 0375824677 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Feb-04 Booklist Star, BBYA
Williams-Garcia, Rita No Laughter Here 0688162479 Harpercollins $15.99 [Fic] Jan-04 Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, BBYA
Wolf, Allan New Found Land: Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery 0763621137 Candlewick $18.99 [Fic] Aug-04 Bulletin Star, Kirkus Star, SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Wooding, Chris The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray 0439546567 Scholastic $16.95 [Fic] Aug-04 Booklist Star, Kirkus Star, PW Star, SLJ Star, SLJ Best Books, BBYA
Woodson, Jacqueline Behind You 039923988X Putnam $15.99 [Fic] May-04 SLJ Star, BBYA
Wyeth, Sharon Dennis Orphea Proud 0385324979 Random House $15.95 [Fic] Nov-04 Kirkus Star
Yolen, Jane Prince Across the Water 0399238972 Putnam $18.99 [Fic] Oct-04 Booklist Star, BBYA

 

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