Teri Lesesne's Best of 2006 List

I am always on the lookout for various best of 2006 lists--particularly those focused on children's and young adult literature. I discovered this list quite by accident while reading a question on Yahoo Answers. I wasn't expecting to find a gem at a website called "professornana" but that is exactly what I found.

http://www.professornana.com/index.htm

Calling herself the Goddess of YA Literature, Teri Lesesne is the author of two books. Her first book is called Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time, Grades 4-12. Her second book is called Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need To Become Lifelong Readers. Both books are published by a company called Stenhouse.

http://www.stenhouse.com/

For her best list, Teri Lesesne devotes at least a paragraph to each book she is highlighting. I urge all who are interested to read her entire article.

http://www.professornana.com/2006booksofnote.htm

Titles she highlights include:

• The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos
  
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  
• The Astonishing Adventures of Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson
  
• Everlost by Neal Shusterman
  
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
  
• Sold by Patricia McCormick
  
• Gossamer by Lois Lowry
  
• Saint Iggy by K.L. Going
  
• Vampirates by Justin Somper
  
• Wide Awake by David Levithan
  
• Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
  
• Rules by Cynthia Lord
  
• An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
  
• Part of Me by Kimberly Willis Holt
  
• Haters by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
  
• The Boy Book by E. Lockhart
  
• Long Gone Daddy by Helen Hemphill
  
• Summer of the Kings by Han Nolan
  
• Nailed by Patrick Jones
  
• Under the Baseball Moon by John H. Ritter
  
• What Happened to Cass McBride by Gail Giles
  
• Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
  
• Diva by Alex Flinn
  
• Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck
  
• Going Under by Kathe Koja
  
• Hazing Meri Sugarman by M. Apostolina
  
• True Confessions of A Hollywood Starlet by Lola Douglas
  
• Firegirl by Tony Abbott
  
• Rx by Tracy Lynn