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It's always hard to choose the ten best books of the year, but this year it seemed an even more monumental task. The events of September 11th and the ongoing war have put everything in the world into a new perspective. But after hours of brainstorming (and bickering), we came up with a list of the books that made us cry, laugh...and believe. We hope that we inspire your must-read lists and your holiday wish-lists.
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A STEP FROM HEAVEN
by An Na
Front Street Press
ISBN: 1886910588
Young Ju sees the beauty everywhere, even in the harsh reality of her family's struggle for assimilation in America. A lyrical and beautiful book, every character you meet will touch you deeply and make you reevaluate your sensitivity towards outsiders.
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BAD BOY
by Walter Dean Myers
Harpercollins Juvenile Books
ISBN: 0060295236
A substantial contribution to the memoir writing phenomena, Myers' life story won't offer any easy answers but will force you to consider very important questions about race, community, culture and literature.
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BORN BLUE
by Han Nolan
Harcourt Brace
ISBN: 0152019162
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mom, shuffled from one foster home to the next and pregnant while still in her teens, all Janie wants is to be someone else, someone completely new.
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FEELING SORRY FOR CELIA
by Jaclyn Moriarty
St Martins Press
ISBN: 0312269234
From anonymous love notes to co-ed slumber parties to a hottie track star named Saxon to liturgical dancing (whatever that may be) to a James Bond inspired rescue plot, this hilarious and touching story has it all.
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LOVE AND SEX: Ten Stories of Truth
by edited by Michael Cart
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0689832036
These "Stories of Truth" attempt to explain the mystery and mysticism behind teen relationships through 10 stories --- written by the hottest Young Adult writers.
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THE RAG AND BONE SHOP
by Robert Cormier
Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0385729626
Taking its name from a line in a W.B. Yeats poem, Cormier's final novel is a suspense tale that explores the lengths to which a person will go to get what he wants.
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TROY
by Adele Geras
Harcourt Brace
ISBN: 0152164928
Troy, at war with the Greeks for over 10 years, is a city imprisoned within its own walls. Each day the men go out to fight --- and their women are left wondering if they will ever see them alive again.
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WHALE TALK
by Chris Crutcher
Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 0688180191
T. J. Jones --- a wise-cracking,socially-conscious rebel --- decides to teach the "cool" kids of his school alesson by heading up a varsity swim team comprised of the same kids who are picked lastfor every team in phys ed.
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WHAT MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW
by Sonya Sones
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0689841140
An honest and heartbreaking story in poems about a girl being true to herself, trusting her friends, and having the guts to follow her heart.
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