New YA Books for the Holidays
Fiction
- All Hallows' Eve, Vivian Vande Velde
- Bone by Bone by Bone, Tony Johnston
- Boy Toy, Barry Lyga
- Click: one novel, ten authors, David Almond, Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Deborah Ellis, Nick Hornby, and five more!
- The Crow, Alison Croggon [Third book of the "Pellinor" series]
- Dragonhaven, Robin McKinney
- Dramarama, E. Lockhart
- Enter Three Witches, Caroline B. Cooney [Shakespeare's "MacBeth" told from the daughter's point of view.]
- Evil Genius, Catherine Jinks [Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal Starred Reviews]
- Far Traveler, Rebecca Tingle [Ancient England brought to life.]
- Frannie in Pieces, Della Ephron
- The Game, Diana Wynne Jones
- Girls in Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
- Good as Lily, Derek Kirk Kim & Jesse Hamm
- It had to be You, a "Gossip Girl" Prequel, Cecily von Ziegesar
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Jinx, Meg Cabot
- Little (Grrl) Lost, Charles De Lint [Master of Urban Fiction]
- Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Gabrielle Zevin
- Mistik Lake, Martha Brooks
- Mob Princess: Stolen Kisses, Secrets and Lies, Todd Strasser
- November Blues, Sharon Draper
- Poison Apples, Lily Archer
- The Squirrel Mother: stories, Megan Kelso [Brilliant!]
- The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It, Lisa Shanahaan
- Tears of a Dragon, Bryan Davis
- The Traitor's Gate, Avi
- Wormwood, G.P. Taylor [author of Shadowmancer]
Non-Fiction
- Daughters of the Desert: stories of remarkable women from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions, Claire Rudolf Murphy, Meghan Nuttall Sayres, Mary Cronk Farrell, et al.
- History of Art for Young People, 3rd. ed. revised and expanded, H.W. Janson and Anthony Janson [0810910985]
Books on CD
A Tribute to Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Anderson is widely regarded as a master of twentieth century children's literature. He is best known for his fantasy fiction and modern fables: imaginative and adventurous stories, often rooted in historical fact and legend, which explore universal themes such as good versus evil, and the quest of individuals for self identity. Among Alexander's best-known works are five novels which comprise his "Prydian Chronicles"—culminating with The High King, which in 1969 received the prestigious Newbery Medal for children's literature. "At heart, the issues raised in a work of fantasy are those we face in real life," Alexander stated in his Newbery Award acceptance speech printed in Horn Book. "In whatever guise—our own daily nightmares of war, intolerance, inhumanity; or the struggles of an Assistant Pig-Keeper against the Lord of Death— the problems are agonizingly familiar. And an
openness to compassion, love, and mercy is as essential to us here as it is to any inhabitant of an imaginary kingdom."*
Lloyd Alexander died in May of this year. His last book,The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio was published in August.
*Source: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Thomas McMahon, ed.
Detroit: Gale (c.1999)
If you like Lloyd Alexander here are some other authors you might enjoy:
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Updated: 11/28/07
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