South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominees 2008-2009

2007-2008 Winner!

Twilight
By Stephenie Meyer

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2007-2008 Nominees
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2002-2003 Nominees

	Voting for your favorite SCYABA will occur in February 2008. You must read at least three (3) of the nominees to participate in the voting. Click on the book title for a summary of the book. For Teachers: Activities and booktalks

	Avalon Cabot by Meg Cabot Having moved to Annapolis, Maryland, with her medievalist parents, high school junior Ellie enrolls at Avalon High School where several students may or may not be reincarnations of King Arthur and his court.
	Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, whorecently arrived from California.
	The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend whileputting herself in terrible danger.
	Copper Sun by Sharon Draper Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
	Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock D.J. Schwenk has no regrets about living her life on her family’s farm until her father is injured and the work becomes her responsibility even after the coach sends the rival high school quarterback to help out.
	Dead Connection by Charlie Price A loner who communes with the dead in the town cemetery hears the voice of a murdered cheerleader and tries to convince the adults that he knows what happened to her.
	Doppelganger by David Stahler, Jr. When a 16-year-old member of a race of shape-shifting killers called doppelgangers assumes the life of a troubled teen, he becomes unexpectedly embroiled in human life--and it is nothing like what he has seen on TV.
	Firestorm by David Klass After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special purpose, eighteen-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a shapeshiftingfemale fighter.
	Hit the Road by Caroline B. Cooney Sixteen-year-old Brittany acts as chauffeur for her grandmother and three other eighty -plus -year old women going to what is supposedly their college reunion, on a long drive that involves lies,theft, and kidnappings.
	Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Through journal entries sixteenyear-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
	Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial by Ronald Kidd 15-year-old Frances has to rethink many of her beliefs about religion & truth, and even her relationship with her father, when he becomes involved in a publicity scheme involving a teacher who teaches evolution.
	The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti High school senior Jade’s life is defined by her anxiety disorder and dysfunctional family, until she spies a mysterious boy with a baby that seems to share her draw to the elephants at a nearby zoo.
	New Moon by Stephenie Meyer When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, 18-year-old Bella finds it almost too much to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a"cult“ and changes in terrible ways.
	Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick After being assigned to perform community service at a nursing home, sixteen-year-old Alex befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to impart about jazz guitar playing, love, and forgiveness.
	The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physicallyabusive mother.
	Scrambled Eggs at Midnight by Brad Barkley & Heather Hepler Calliope and Eliot, two fifteenyear-olds in Asheville, North Carolina, begin to acknowledge some unpleasant truths about their parents and form their ownideas about love.
	Sold by Patricia McCormick Desperately poor thirteen-year-old Lakshmi lives in a small hut in Nepal where her life is full of simple pleasures until her father says she must leave home and take a job tosupport her family.
	Trigger by Susan Vaught Teenager Jersey Hatch must piece his life back together after he tries to shoot himself in the head, and as he rebuilds his mind and his body, he learns some surprisingtruths about his former life.
	The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.
	What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible--Cass McBride.

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