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1998 Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults

Growing Up In Coal Country


Susan Campbell Bartoletti


Life was harsh for immigrant workers in the coal mines of Pennsylvania.

Seamstress


Sara Tuvel Bernstein


Sara tells about her remarkable life.

Tangerine


Edward Bloor


Paul's brother is the favorite athlete in the family, but his amoral acts spell trouble for the family.

Tenderness


Robert Cormier


Lori loves 18 year-old serial killer Eric Poole

Out Of The Dust


Karen Hesse


Billie Jo tells how her family lived through the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma.

Blood And Chocolate


Annette Curtis Klause


Can the werewolf pack survive Vivian's love for a human boy?

Into Thin Air


Jon Krakauer


Tragedy strikes a group of climbers on Mount Everest in 1996 and many lives are lost.

Swallowing Stones


Joyce McDonald


When a stray bullet from his rifle kills a man, Michael is plagued with nightmares and his whole life is changed.

Harlem


Walter Dean Myers


Celebrate the world of Harlem through poetry and pictures.

Starlite Drive-In


Marjorie Reynolds


Callie sees the world through a romantic haze because she lives in the manager's house at a drive-in movie.

Best Books are selected by a committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the 91´«Ã½.

The complete list of 1998 Best Books for Young Adults can be found in 91´«Ã½'S GUIDE TO BEST READING, 1998.