The YA Book Log

The New York Library Association is proud to announce the 15 finalists for the second annual Teen 3 Apples Book Award, a New York State Teen’s Choice Award. This award is jointly sponsored by the Youth Services Section and the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association.
Teens across New York State have nominated the following titles:
BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer
Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains strong.
BRISINGR by Christopher Paolini
Following a colossal battle, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives while Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.
THE CLIQUE by Lisi Harrison
Can Claire the new girl at an exclusive private school fit in? The Clique…the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.
ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer
When Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, Edward, Bella and Jacob need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.
ERAGON by Christopher Paolini
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS by J.K. Rowling
Year 7 – Burdened with the seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldermort’s remaining Horcruxes, Harry struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE by J.K. Rowling
Year 6 – Harry learns more about Voldemort’s past and is convinced that Draco Malfoy, his Hogwarts enemy, has become a Death Eater.
HATCHET by Gary Paulsen
When the pilot of a two-person plane has a heart attack and dies, Brian has to crash-land
in the Canadian wilderness, and learn how to survive on his own with only a hatchet.
HOLES by Louis Sachar
Living under a family curse brought about by his “No-Good-Dirty-Rotten-Pig-Stealing-Great-Great-Grandfather,” Stanley Yelnats is wrongly convicted of a crime and sent to Camp Green Lake where his punishment is to dig holes. What will he dig up?
THE OUTSIDERS by S. E. Hinton
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent’s death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their world.
PETEY by Ben Mikaelsen
In 1922 Petey, who has cerebral palsy, is misdiagnosed as an idiot and institutionalized; sixty years later, still in the institution, he befriends a boy and shares with him the joy of life.
SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda’s freshman year in high school.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer Atticus, has just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a black man in town is accused of raping a white woman, and her father is the only man willing to defend him.
TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
Bella falls in love with Edward after she moves from Phoenix to Forks, Washington. He is exquisitely handsome…and a vampire.
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls
The story of a young boy’s love for two hunting dogs and his coming of age in Oklahoma in the 1930’s.
ALL OF THESE BOOKS ARE GREAT READS FOR THE HOLIDAY RECESS. VOTING WILL BEGIN ON APRIL 1, 2009 AND WILL END ON APRIL 20, 2009.