The Recommendations Are-- Gasp! Is Nicole Kidman wearing Purple?

In our Behind the Blog week, ten different reviewers were asked about the best stuff in YA. With a few oldies but mostly 2008 releases, here is what they said.

The Books

Trouble by Gary Schmidt

The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante

Sisters of Misery by Megan Kelley Hall

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

**Madapple by Christina Meldrum

Moby Dick (screenplay) by Ray Bradbury

Something Rotten by Alan Gratz

Learn to Play Go by Janice Kim

Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeves

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

Revelations by Melissa De La Cruz

Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater

The Year of My Miraculous Disappearances by Catherine Ryan Hyde

I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephanie Kuehnert

**The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

Soulless by Christopher Golden

A Little Friendly Advice by Siobhan Vivian

What Happens Here by Tara Altebrando

Forever Changes by Brendan Halprin

The Serieses

Violet on the Runway (series) by Melissa Walker
Frenemies (series) by Alexa Young
Queen Geek Social Club (series) by Laura Preble
Artemis Fowl (series) by Eoin Colfer

The Authorses to Watch

**Cory Doctorow

Sherman Alexie

Scott Westerfeld

Gary Paulsen

Walter Dean Myers

Art Spiegelman

Marjane Satrapi

Marcus Zusak

Neal Shusterman

Jordan Sonnenbeck

Chris Crutcher

(** indicates more than one reviewer recommended this book/author.)
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