top 12

I was asked to make a top 10 list of YA books written from 1999-2009. I had to add 2 extras for this list, since I was not limited. They are ranked with the 1st being my most favorite. This was a really hard list to come up with and I put a lot of thought into this. The amount of joy just creating this list caused me if just indescribable. I have always known YA was my passion---but man, am i passionate!

1. Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson
2. Each Little Bird That Sings/ Deborah Wiles
3. The Uglies / Scott Westerfeld
4. Fever 1793/ Laurie Halse Anderson
5. Our Only May Amelia/ Jennifer L. Holm
6. Princess Academy /Shannon Hale
7. Granny Torellli Makes Soup/ Sharon Creech
8. The Ersatz Elevator /Lemony Snicket
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/ J.K. Rowling
10. The Mysterious Benedict Society /Trenton Lee Stewart
11. Esperanza Rising/ Naomi Leon
12. The Wanderer /Sharon Creech
13. Peak/ Roland Smith (in all fairness. I am only halfway through this book, but it is shaping up to be a favorite.)

(oops, my underlinings did not show up---but remember--you always underline book titles)

(can you imagine if i was not given the timeframe? top 10 YA from all time? man oh man. I just might have to make that list.)