2003 winner
Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Public
Created and curated by Phil in SF
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5 stars
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her …
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
5 stars
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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4 stars
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
4 stars
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, Ana Juan
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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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5 stars
"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
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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
3 stars
Heir to the throne Yarvi, prompted by the murder of his father, embarks on a kingdom-transforming journey to regain the …
Phil in SF says: 2015 winner
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The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld, #41; Tiffany Aching, #5) by Terry Pratchett
4 stars
The Shepherd's Crown is a comic fantasy novel, the last book written by Terry Pratchett before his death in March …
Phil in SF says: 2016 winner
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Revenger is a rocket-fueled tale of space pirates, buried treasure, and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism. . …
Phil in SF says: 2017 winner
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Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
4 stars
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
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Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Civil War era America derailing …
Phil in SF says: 2019 winner
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THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD MIN comes from a long line of fox spirits. But you'd never know it by looking at her. To …
Phil in SF says: 2020 winner
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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
5 stars
Fourteen year old Mona is a baker but she is also a not-very-powerful wizard - her medium of choice is …
Phil in SF says: 2021 winner
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Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
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“Just please, remember what I told you. Run. Don’t stop running for anything.”
Tina never worries about being 'ordinary'--she doesn't …
Phil in SF says: 2022 winner
