2009 winner
Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Public
Created and curated by Phil in SF
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural …
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Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan, #1)
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to …
Phil in SF says: 2010 winner
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Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Ship Breaker, #1)
Set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change, this thrilling bestseller and National Book Finalist …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente (Fairyland, #1)
Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her …
Phil in SF says: 2012 winner
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"On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the …
Phil in SF says: 2013 winner
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The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente (Fairyland, #3)
September misses Fairyland and her friends Ell, the Wyverary, and the boy Saturday. She longs to leave the routines of …
Phil in SF says: 2014 winner
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Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (Shattered Sea, #1)
Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains, and the …
Phil in SF says: 2015 winner
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The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #41)
Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it …
Phil in SF says: 2016 winner
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Revenger by Alastair Reynolds (Revenger, #1)
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"The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien …
Phil in SF says: 2017 winner
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Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor (The Nsibidi Scripts, #2)
A year ago, Sunny Nwazue, an American-born girl Nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret Leopard Society. As she began …
Phil in SF says: 2018 winner
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Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (Dread Nation, #1)
At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America both foreign and …
Phil in SF says: 2019 winner
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Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee (Thousand Worlds, #1)
Rick Riordan Presents Yoon Ha Lee’s space opera about thirteen-year-old Min, who comes from a long line of fox spirits. …
Phil in SF says: 2020 winner
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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can’t control lightning or speak to water. Her …
Phil in SF says: 2021 winner
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Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders (Unstoppable, #1)
Outsmart Your Enemies. Outrun the Galaxy.
“Just please, remember what I told you. Run. Don’t stop running for anything.”
Tina …
Phil in SF says: 2022 winner
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Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders (Unstoppable, #2)
They'll do anything to be the people they were meant to be — even journey into the heart of evil. …
Phil in SF says: 2023 winner
