YALSA 2011 Quick Pick Nominations Are In! Guess who's on the list?...



Here are the titles that I personally dig, on this fabulous YA list (shout out to author Matt de la Pena who visited my MFA Lit class last semester to discuss his work )!


de la Pena, Matt. I Will Save You. 2010. Delacorte, $16.99 (978-0385738279). Kidd ran from the group home and is living on the beach. He has friends and love, but can he ever escape from the past?



Divine, L. Drama High: Culture Clash. (Drama High Series). 2010. Kensington/Dafina, $9.95 (978-0758231116). Jayd gets multicultural by forming an African Student Union and falling for Emilio, the new Latino boy.



LeFlore, Lyah. Can't Hold Me Down. 2010. Simon Pulse, $8.99 (978-1416979647). Blue was living the dream, but then he lost it all. What will it take to get it all back?



Myers, Walter Dean. Lockdown. 2010. HarperCollins/Amistad, $16.99 (9780061214806). Reese has been sentenced to Progress Juvenile Lockdown facility. But is he making any?



Simone, Ni-Ni. Teenage Love Affair. 2010. Dafina, $9.95 (978-0758241894). Zsa-Zsa is caught between two boys — the abusive Ameen and her ex-first love, Malachi. Who will she pick?



Thomas, Jacquelin. Split Ends. 2010. Gallery Books, $9.99. (978-1416598794). Homeless and scared — but now that Kylie has landed a job at Crowing Glory Hair Salon things might be looking better.



Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight: The Graphic Novel. 2010. Hachette/Yen Press, $19.99 (978-0759529434). Flavor of the original without slogging through all the purple prose.

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