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Best Books of 2011

Submitted by Teen Dept on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 4:19pm

School Library Journal, a review publication for Children's, Young Adult, and School Librarians, has published it's list of the Best Books of 2011. Here are the teen titles they've marked as standouts:

Addie on the Inside by James Howe

Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

The Cheshire Cat: A Dickens of a Tale by Caren Agra Deedy & Randall Wright

Chime by Franny Billingsley

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Flip by Martyn Bedford

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson

Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt

Outlaw by Stephen Davies

Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard

The Queen of Water by Laura Resau & Maria Virgnia Farinango

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Smells Like Treasure by Suzanne Selfors

Stay with Me by Paul Griffin

White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

Wildwood by Colin Meloy

With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

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