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This list of "top" books from the past five  years was compiled by members of the Young Adult Literature course at the University of Wisconsin - Stout in the spring and summer of 2010.  Students in each "group" were asked to nominate their "top five" titles -- no repeats were allowed.  Once a book was nominated it was on the list and others were asked to identify an alternate title. 
  1. Abdel-Fattah, Randa.  (2006).  Ten things I hate about me.  New York:  Orchard
  2. Abel, Jessica, Soria, Gabe, and Pleece, Warren. (2008). Life Sucks. New York: First Second.
  3. Akbar, S.H. & Burton, S. (2005).  Come back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager’s Story.  Bloomsbury.
  4. Alexie, Sherman. (2007). The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian.  New York:  Little Brown.
  5. Anderson, Laurie Halse. (2008).  Chains.  New York:  Simon and Schuster.
  6. Anderson, Laurie Halse. (2007). Twisted. New York: Simon & Schuster.
  7. Anderson, Laurie Halse. (2005). Prom. New York: Simon and Schuster.
  8. Anderson, Laurie Halse. (2010). Wintergirls. New York: Simon & Schuster.
  9. Anderson, M.T. (2006) The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Volume 1, The Pox Party. Boston: Candlewick Press.
  10. Anderson, M.T. (2006). Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation: Volume 1 The Pox Party. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
  11. Armstrong, Kelley. (2008) The Summoning. Harper Collins Publishers
  12. Asher, Jay.  (2007).  Thirteen Reasons Why. New York:  Razorbill. 
  13. Barnard, Bryn.  (2005).  Outbreak:  Plagues that changed history.  New York: Crown.
  14. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.  (2005).  Hitler Youth:  Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow.  New York: Scholastic, Inc. 
  15. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. (2008). The Boy Who Dared. New York, Scholastic.
  16. Beah, Ishmael.  (2007). A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
  17. Biegel, Gina M. (2010). The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness Skills to Help You Deal With Stress (Instant Help). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
  18. Bingham, Kelly. (2007). Shark Girl. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
  19. Blundell, Judy. (2008). What I Saw and How I Lied. New York: Scholastic, Inc.
  20. Bowman, Robin. (2007).  It’s Complicated: The American Teenager.  Umbrage Editions. 
  21. Boyne, John. (2006). The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Oxford: David Fickling Books.
  22. Brashares, Ann. (2009) Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood.  New York: Delacorte.
  23. Brashich, Audrey. (2006). All Made Up: A girl’s guide to seeing through celebrity hype… and celebrating real beauty. Illustrated by Shawn Banner. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc.
  24. Bray, Libba.  (2007) The Sweet Far Thing.  New York: Delacorte.
  25. Brown, Jennifer. (2009). Hate List. New York City: Little, Brown and Company.
  26. Bruchac, Joseph. (2006). Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of the World War II. Penguin.
  27. Bunce, Elizabeth C. (2008).  A Curse as Dark as Gold. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.
  28. Carey, Janet Lee. (2007). Dragon’s Keep. Orlando: Magic Carpet Books, Harcourt, Inc.
  29. Carter, Anne Laurel. (2008). The Shepard's Granddaughter. Toronto, Groundwood Books
  30. Carvell, Marlene. (2005).  Sweetgrass Basket.  New York:  Dutton Children’s Books.
  31. Cashore, Kristin. (2008).  Graceling.  New York: Harcourt, Inc.
  32. Cassidy, Cathy.  (2006).  Scarlett.  New York: Viking Juvenile.
  33. Chaltas, Thalia.  (2005).  Because I am Furniture.  New York:  Viking (Penguin Group).
  34. Clare, Cassandra. (2007). City of Bones. New York: Simon Pulse.
  35. Colfer, Eoin. (2005). Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.
  36. Colfer, Eoin. (2008). Airman. New York: Hyperion Books.
  37. Collins, Billy (2005). The Trouble with Poetry. New York: Random House.
  38. Collins, Suzanne. (2008). The Hunger Games.  New York: Scholastic Press.
  39. Collins, Suzanne. (2009). Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic.
  40. Compestine, Ying Chang. (2007). Revolution is Not a Dinner Party.  New York:  Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
  41. Connolly, John. (2006). The Book of Lost Things. New York: Washington Square Press.
  42. Connor, Leslie. (2010).  Waiting for Normal.  Katherine Tegen Books.
  43. Coy, John. (2005). Crackback. New York: Scholastic Press
  44. Crutcher, Chris. (2005). The Sledding Hill. New York: Greenwillow.
  45. Crutcher, Chris. (2007) Deadline. N.Y.: HarperCollins.
  46. Curtis, Christopher Paul. (2009). Elijah of Buxton. New York: Scholastic Press.
  47. D’Aluisio, Faith, & Menzel, Peter. (2008). What the World Eats. Berkeley: Tricycle Press.
  48. D’Arcy, Sean. (2008). Freestyle Soccer Tricks: Tricks, Flick-ups, Catches. Buffalo: Firefly Books.
  49. Davis, Tanita S. (2009). Mare’s War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
  50. Doctorow, Cory. (2008). Little Brother. New York: Tor/Macmillan.
  51. Downham, Jenny (2007).  Before I Die.  Oxford: David Finkling Books.
  52. Draper, Sharon. (2006) Copper Sun. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
  53. Draper, Sharon. (2010). Out of My Mind. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
  54. Draper, Sharon. (2006) Copper Sun. New York. Atheneum Books.
  55. Eggers, Dave. (2009) The Wild Things. San Fancisco: McSweeney’s Books.
  56. Elkeles, Simone. (2009). Perfect Chemistry (Hardcover). New York: Walker Books for Young Readers.
  57. Emerson, Kevin.  (2008).  Carlos is gonna get it.  New York:  Arthur A. Levine    Books.
  58. Engle, Margarita. (2010). The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba. New York:
  59. Feinstein, John. (2005). Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery. New York: Yearling.
  60. Fletcher, Christine. (2008). Ten Cents a Dance. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.
  61. Flinn, A., (2005). Nothing to Lose. HarperTeen.
  62. Forman, Gayle.  (2009).  If I stay.  New York: Penguin Group
  63. Freedman, Russell. (2006). The Adventures of Marco Polo. Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. New York: Alfred A. Levine imprint of Scholastic, Inc.
  64. Friesen, Jonathan. (2010). Rush. Chicago: Speak.
  65. Friesner, Esther. (2007). Nobody's Princess. New York: Random House.
  66. Frost, Helen. (2009). Crossing stones. New York:  Frances Foster Books
  67. Fullerton, Alma. Walking on Glass. New York: HarperTempest, 2007.
  68. Gaiman, Neil. (2008).  The Graveyard Book.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
  69. Giles, Gail (2006). What Happened to Cass McBride? New York:  Little, Brown and Company.
  70. Giles, Gail. (2007). Right Behind You. New York: Hachette Book Group.
  71. Goodman, Alison. (2008). Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. New York: Viking Juvenile.
  72. Green, John.  (2006). An Abundance of Katherines. New York: Dutton Books.
  73. Green, John. (2005). Looking for Alaska. New York: Dutton Book
  74. Green, Tim. (2008). Football hero. New York: Scholastic Inc.
  75. Haddix, Margaret Peterson.  (2007).  Uprising.  New York:  Simon & Schuster
  76. Hale, Shannon. (2005). Princess Academy. Scholastic Inc.
  77. Hale, Shannon. (2007). Book of a Thousand Days. New York: Bloomsbury.
  78. Hamid, Mohsin. (2007). The Reluctant Fundamentalist. New York: Harcourt.
  79. Hautman, Pete. (2006). Rash. New York: Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing.
  80. Heiligman, Deborah (2009). Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
  81. Hemphill, Stephanie. (2007). Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath. New York: Random House.
  82. Hesseini, Khaled. (2007). A Thousand Splendid Suns. Riverhead.
  83. Hiaasen, Carl. (2009). Scat. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
  84. Hillman, Laura.  (2005).  I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree.  New York:  Simon Pulse.
  85. Hopkins, Ellen. (2006). Burned. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.
  86. Hopkins, Ellen. (2007). Impulse. New York: Margaret K. Elderberry Books.
  87. Johnson, Louanne. (2009). Muchacho. New York: Random House, Inc.
  88. Jones, Traci. (2006). Standing Against the Wind. New York. Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux.
  89. Kadohata, Cynthia. (2007). Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam. New York: Atheneum.
  90. Kantor, Melissa. (2009). Girl Friend Material. Hyperion Publishing.
  91. Kaufman, Michael. (2008). 1968. New York, Flash Point/Rolling Brook.
  92. Kaywell, Joan F. (Ed.). (2007). Dear Author: letters of hope. New York: Philomel.
  93. Kelley, Jacqueline. (2009). The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
  94. Key, Watt.  (2008).  Alabama moon.  New York:  Farrar Straus Giroux.
  95. Kinney, Jeff (2007).  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal.  New York:  Amulet Books.
  96. Kinney, Jeff. (2009). Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Dog Days. New York: Amulet Books.
  97. Kite, Patricia. (2006). Maya Angelou. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications
  98. Koertge, Ron, (2004). Stoner & Spaz.  Candlewick Press.
  99. Kuklin, Susan (2008).  No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row.  New York: Henry, Holt and Co. (BYR).
  100. Landy, Derek. (2007). Skulduggery Pleasant. HarperCollins.
  101. Lasky, Kathryn. (2010) Lost Tales of Ga’Hoole. Guardians of Ga’hoole. New York: Scholastic, Inc.
  102. Levine, Gail Carson. (2006). Fairest. New York: Scholastic, Inc.
  103. LeZotte, Ann Claire (2008).  T4:  A Novel in Verse.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
  104. Lin, Grace. (2009) Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.  Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers.
  105. Lisle, Janet Taylor. (2006). Black Duck. New York: Penguin Group (USA)
  106. Little, Brown and Company.
  107. Lockhart, E. (2008). The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. New York: Hyperion.
  108. Lopez, Steve. (2008). The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
  109. Lord, Cynthia. (2008) Rules. N.Y.: Scholastic.
  110. Magoon, Kekla. (2009). The Rock and the River.  Simon & Schuster.
  111. Mancusi, Mari. (2010). Gamer Girl. Chicago: Speak.
  112. Marchetta, Melina. (2006). Jellicoe Road. New York: Harper Teen
  113. McCormick, Patricia (2006).  Sold.  New York:  Hyperion.
  114. McKellar, Danica. (2008). Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-algebra Who’s Boss. Illustrations designed by Sabrina Bowers. New York: Hudson Street Press. 
  115. McKellar, Danica. (2008). Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail. New York: Penguin Group.
  116. Meyer, L. A. (2010). Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary Jacky Faber, Ship's Boy (Bloody Jack Adventure Series #1). New York: Hartcourt Inc.
  117. Meyer, Stephenie.  (2007). Eclipse.  New York: Little Brown.
  118. Meyer, Stephenie. (2005). Twilight. New York: Little Brown & Company.
  119. Meyer, Stephenie. (2006) New Moon. New York: Little, Brown.
  120. Meyer, Stephenie. (2008). Breaking Dawn. New York: Little, Brown.
  121. Miller, Sarah. (2007). Miss Spitfire. New York: Scholastic Inc.
  122. Mortenson, Greg & Relin, David. (2006). Three Cups of Tea.  New York: Viking.
  123. Murakami, Haruki. (2008) What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
  124. Myers, Walter Dean. (2008). Slam!  New York: Scholastic.
  125. Myers, Walter Dean. (2008). Sunrise Over Falujah. New York:  Scholastic.
  126. Myers, Walter Dean. (2009). Riot. New York, Egmont.
  127. Napoli, Donna Jo. (2007). Hush. New York: Simon Pulse.
  128. Nelson, Kadir. (2008). We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion.
  129. Nelson, Marilyn.  (2005).  A Wreath for Emmett Till.  Illustrated by Phillipe Lardy.  New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
  130. Ness, Patrick. (2008). The Knife of Never Letting Go. Somerville: Candlewick Press..
  131. Nikola-Lisa, W. (2006). How We Are Smart.  Illustrated by Sean Qualls. New York: Lee & Low Books Inc.
  132. Noel, Alyson. Evermore. N.Y.: St Martins, 2009.
  133. North, Pearl (2009). Libyrinth. New York, Tom Doherty Associates.
  134. Oppenheim, Joanne. (2006). Dear Miss Breed: True stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference. New York: Scholastic Inc.
  135. Paolini, Christopher. (2005). The Eldest. New York: Knopf.
  136. Partridge, Elizabeth. (2009). Marching for Freedom. New York: Viking.
  137. Paschen, Elise, ed. (2010). Poetry Speaks Who I Am with CD: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else (Hardcover). Melrose Park: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.
  138. Patron, Susan. (2006). The Higher Power of Lucky.  Illustrated by Matt Phelan. New York.  Simon & Schuster.
  139. Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: Schools Out Forever. N.Y.: Grand Central Publishing, 2007.
  140. Paulsen, Gary.  (2007). Lawn Boy. NewYork; Wendy Lamb.
  141. Peck, Richard. (2003). The River Between Us.  New York:  Dial.
  142. Peet, Mal. (2007). Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal. Candlewick.
  143. Peretti, Frank. E., & Dekker, Ted. (2006). House. Nashville, TN: WestBow Press.
  144. Picoult, Jodi.(2007)  Nineteen Minutes: a Novel. New York: Atria.
  145. Pratchett, Terry. (2008). Nation. New York: HarperCollins.
  146. Rallison, Janette. (2009). My Fairy Godmother. New York: Walker Publishing Co..
  147. Rex, Adam. (2007). The True Meaning of Smekday. New York City, USA: Hyperion.
  148. Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. (2008) Three Little Words: A Memoir. New York. Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing.
  149. Riordan, Rick. (2005). Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: New York: Scholastic Books.
  150. Riordan. Rick. (2008).  The 39 Clues Book 1: The Maze of Bones. New York; Scholastic, Inc.
  151. Robison, John Elder. (2007). Look Me in the Eye. Three Rivers Press Random House.
  152. Rowling, J. K.  (2007) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. 
  153. Salisbury, Graham. (2007). Eyes of the Emperor. New York: Random House.
  154. Sanchez, Alex. ( 2006). Getting It. New York: Simon Pulse.
  155. Sandler, Martin W. (2009). The Dust Bowl: Through the Lens. New York City: Walker Publishing Company.
  156. Schlosser, Eric, and Charles Wilson. Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
  157. Schmidt, Gary D. (2008).  Trouble.  New York: Clarion Books.
  158. Schmidt, Gary. (2007). The Wednesday Wars. New York City: Clarion.
  159. Scott, Elizabeth.  (2008).  Living dead girl.  New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.
  160. Scott, Elizabeth.  (2009).  Love you hate you miss you.  New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
  161. Scott, Michael. (2007). The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel). New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers.
  162. Selznick, Brian. (2007).  The Invention of Hugo Cabret.  New York: Scholastic.
  163. Shihab Nye, Naomi. (2005). A Maze Me: Poems for Girls. New York: Greenwillow Books. 
  164. Shihab Nye, Naomi. (2008). Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose. New York: Greenwillow Press.
  165. Shusterman, Neal. (2007). Unwind.  New York: Simon & Schuster.
  166. Small, David. (2009). Stitches: a Memoir. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
  167. Smith, Jeff. (2005), Bone 2; The Great cow race. Illustrated by Steve Hamaker. New York: Scholastic Inc.
  168. Smith, Roland. (2007). Elephant Run. Hyperion Books.
  169. Smith, Sherri L. (2008). Flygirl. New York: GP Putnam’s Sons.
  170. Snicket, Lemony. (2006). The End. New York: HarperCollins.
  171. Sonnenblick, Jordan. (2006). Notes from the Midnight Driver. New York : Scholastic.
  172. Spinelli, Jerry. (2007). Love, Stargirl. New York: Knopf, Borzoi Books.
  173. Stead, Rebecca. (2009). When You Reach Me. New York: Random House.
  174. Stewart, Trenton Lee.  (2007).  The Mysterious Benedict Society.  Illustrated by Carson Ellis.  New     York:  Little, Brown and Company.
  175. Stiefvater, Maggie. (2009). Shiver. New York: Scholastic Press.
  176. Stockett, Kathryn. (2009). The Help. New York: Amy Einhom/G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
  177. Stone, Tanya Lee. (2009). Almost astronauts 13 women who dared to dream. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.
  178. Stork, Francisco.  Marcelo In The Real World. (2009). New York: Arthur A. Levine Books.
  179. Supplee, Suzanne.  (2008).  Artichoke’s heart.  New York:  Penguin Group
  180. Swanson, James.  (2009).  Chasing Lincoln's Killer.  New York:  Scholastic, Inc.
  181. Tammet, Daniel.  (2006).  Born on a Blue Day.  New York:  Free Press.
  182. Tan, Shaun. (2007). The Arrival. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books.
  183. Trueman, Terry. (2005). No Right Turn. New York: Harper Tempest.
  184. Wells, Rosemary. (2008) Red Moon at Sharpsburg: a Novel. New York:
  185. Werlin, Nancy.  (2006) Rules of Survival. Penguin.
  186. Westerfeld, Scott. (2005). Uglies. New York:  Simon Pulse
  187. Whitcomb, Laura. (2005).  A Certain Slant of Light.  Graphia
  188. Wiess, Laura.  (2007).  Such a pretty girl.  New York: Pocket Books/MTV Books.
  189. Williams Morgan, Suzanne. (2009). Bull rider. New York, London, Toronto,
  190. Williams, Carol Lynch.  (2009).  The Chosen one.  New York: St. Martin’s Griffin.
  191. Willin, Melvyn.  (2007).  Ghosts Caught on Film. F+W Media, Inc.
  192. Wolff, Virginia Euwer. (2006). Make Lemonade. New York: Scholastic Inc.
  193. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2005) Show Way. Illustrated by Hudson Talbot. N.Y.: Putnam.
  194. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2007). Feathers. New York. Penguin Young Readers Group.
  195. Yancey, Rick. (2005). The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp. New York: Scholastic.
  196. Yang, Gene Luen. (2006). American Born Chinese. Illustrated by Lark Pien. New York: First Second.
  197. Zenatti, Valerie. (2005). When I was a Soldier: A Memoir. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.
  198. Zusak, Markus. (2005). The Book Thief.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

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