The Best Books for Young Adults Award, until 2010, was given annually to fiction and nonfiction books meant for readers between the ages of 12 and 18. The award has since be renamed to Best Fiction for Young Adults. Committee members, 15 in all, are chosen by the VP/President-Elect of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) for intervals of one year or two years. I've read a few titles off of the 2010 list (such as Hate List and Catching Fire), but I've only even heard of a couple on the current list of YA Fiction bests. The list is eclectic, which makes sense considering that what I used to read during middle school is not what I reach for now. I'm very interested in Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys, whose debut novel Between Shades of Gray really moved me (I cried…a lot).
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