by Sherman Alexie
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Published 2007 by Little, Brown Young Readers

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Based on the authors own experiences, this first young adult novel by bestselling author Alexie features poignant drawings by acclaimed artist Ellen Forney that reflect the characters art as it chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy attempting to break away from the life he was destined to live.

by Libba Bray
The Sweet Far Thing
Published 2007 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

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IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a

laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.

The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for.

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Elijah of Buxton
Published 2007 by Scholastic Press

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Its 1860, and 11-year-old Elijah is a first-generation freeborn child. His Canadian town of Buxton serves as a haven for runaway slaves. When the towns corrupt preacher steals money from a citizen whos been saving to buy his familys freedom, Elijah sets off for America in pursuit, in this powerful new novel by a Newbery Medalist.

by Sharon Mills Draper
November Blues
Published 2007 by Atheneum Books

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This stunning sequel to the Coretta Scott King Honor Book "The Battle of Jericho" has energy, pathos, and drama, and doesn't shrink from telling kids what it's like to be 16 and pregnant.

by Alex Flinn
Beastly
Published 2007 by Harperteen

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An acclaimed author breaks new ground with this fresh, modern take on a classic story. Full of surprising twists and turns, Flinns urban fairy tale is sure to shake up everything readers think they know about "Beauty and the Beast."

by Nick Hornby
Slam
Published 2007 by Putnam Publishing Group

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Nick Hornby, bestselling author of "High Fidelity" and "About a Boy," delivers his first novel for young adults-a wonderfully witty, poignant story about a teenage boy who is unexpectedly thrust into fatherhood. When he's inexplicably whizzed into the future, it's up to Sam to make the right decisions.

by Tony Johnston
Bone by Bone by Bone
Published 2007 by Roaring Brook Press

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Drawing on her own childhood memories of growing up in the South, noted picture book author Johnston pens a novel that portrays a friendship between two young boys--one white, one black--in 1950s Tennessee.

by Ellen Klages
The Green Glass Sea
Published 2006 by Viking Books

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In this remarkable debut novel, 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father, but no one will tell her exactly where he is. It is 1943 and her destination is Alamos, New Mexico, where scientists are working on the Manhattan Project.

by Neal Shusterman
Unwind
Published 2007 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

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In this futuristic thriller, Neal Shusterman creates a world that blurs the line between life and death and challenges ideas about what it means to be alive.

by John Van De Ruit
Spud
Published 2007 by Sleuth RazorBill

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The winner of South Africas Booksellers Choice Award, this wickedly funny novel by John Van de Ruit introduces 13-year-old Spud Milton, whos about to start his first year at an elite boys-only boarding school in 1990. Armed with only his wits and his diary, Spud takes readers on a rowdy romp full of illegal midnight swims, raging hormones, and catastrophic holidays.

by Deborah Noyes
The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural
Published 2007 by Candlewick Press (MA)

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The anthologist of the award-winning "Gothic!" collects even more hair-raising tales in this companion collection, featuring scary stories by such contemporary masters of horror and suspense as M.T. Anderson, Holly Black, and Chris Wooding.

by Linda Sue Park
Click
Published 2007 by Arthur A. Levine Books

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Ten bestselling authors contribute a chapter each in the life of the mysterious George "Gee" Keane, photographer, soldier, adventurer, and enigma. Under different pens, a startling portrait emerges of a man, his family, and his gloriously complicated tangle of a life. Authors include Nick Hornby, Gregory Maguire, Tim Wynne-Jones, and Eoin Colfer.