YALSA 2011 Quick Pick Nominations Are In! Guess who's on the list?...
The ALA - 2011 YALSA Quick Pick Nominations for Reluctant Young Adult Readers are in! 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 L...