2005 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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Top Ten List
Flake, Sharon.
Who Am I Without Him? A Short Story Collection About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives.
$15.99. Hyperion, 2004. 0-7868-0693-1
Anything to get the guy.
Gottlieb, Andrew.
In the Paint: Tattoos of the NBA and the Stories Behind Them. $16.95. Hyperion, 2003.
0-7868-8868-7
Who sports what and why.
Heimberg, Jason and Justin Heimberg.
The Official Movie Plot Generator: 27,000 Hilarious Movie Plot Combinations. $16.45. Brothers Heimberg Publishing, 2004. 0-9740439-1-5
“Single mom invades Poland with the ghost of Elvis” . . . and more.
Kenner, Rob and Pitts, George.
VX: 10 Years of Vibe Photography. $40. Abrams/Vibe Books, 2003. 0-8109-4546-0
Hot hip hop icons and more.
Klancher, Lee.
Monster Garage: How to Customize Damn Near Everything. $19.95. Motorbooks International/ MBI Publishing, 2003. 0-7603-1748-8
Small engine blocks and chrome plated springs are chick magnets.
Riley, Andy.
The Book of Bunny Suicides. $10. Penguin/Plume, 2004. 0-452-28518-6
It’s not easy being fluffy
Shaw, Tucker.
Confessions of a Backup Dancer. $8.99. Simon and Schuster/Aladdin, 2004. 0-689-87075-2
Celebrities uncensored.
Sleator, William.
The Boy Who Couldn’t Die. $16.95. Abrams/Amulet, 2004. 0-81094-824-9
Is there a downside to living forever?
Takaya, Natsuki.
Fruits Basket series. $9.99 ea. Tokyopop, 2004.
Volume 1 1-59182-603-9
Volume 2. 1-59182-604-7
Volume 3. 1-59182-605-5
Volume 4. 1-59182-606-3
Volume 5. 1-59182-607-1
What animal would you be?
Woods, Brenda.
Emako Blue. $15.99. Penguin Putnam, 2004. 0-399-24006-3
“My friend, Emako Blue, was supposed to be a star.”