1. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center Presented by: Ms. Colleen Mills Williams, Media Specialist Apalachee High School 940 Haymon Morris Road Winder, GA 30680

2. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center The Gospel According To Larry __by Janet Tashjian Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to keep his identity secret as his website gains worldwide interest. The Gospel According To Larry

3. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center Being Dead __by Vivian Vande Velde What happens when a sixteen-year-old girl falls in love with a two hundred-year-old ghost? Or when a newly dead boy gets robbed by his unscrupulous boss? Or when a heartless man finally agrees to dance with his wife…after she’s passed away? Being Dead

4. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center Black Mirror __by Nancy Werlin If she hadn't been so caught up in her own pain, maybe she would have noticed her brother's. Black Mirror

5. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center Every Time a Rainbow Dies __by Rita Williams-Garcia Thulani emerges from this grief over the death of his mother after he aids a rape victim and becomes obsessed with forming a relationship with her. Every Time A Rainbow Dies

6. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center True Believer __by Virginia Euwer Wolff In this poetic sequel to Make Lemonade, LaVaugn finds that her changing goals and relationships bring both pain and joy. True Believer

7. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center The Grave __by James Heneghan Tommy was abandoned in a Liverpool department store when he was a baby and has been raised in foster care all his life. In 1974 when his school attempts a building addition, a mass grave is discovered. The Grave

8. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center Damage By A.M. Jenkins High-school senior and football star Austin Reid clings to a relationship with beautiful, sexy Heather, hoping she will be his salvation from his depressed and suicidal feelings. Damage

9. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center Shades Of Simon Gray __by Joyce McDonald Simon Gray is a high school senior with his share of personal problems; his mother has died, and the members of his family have retreated, his sister into drugs and his father into bitter grief. So too, has Simon, by compromising in order to be liked by a girl who is obviously using him. Shades of Simon Gray

10. YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002 Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center The End Presented by: Ms. Colleen Mills Williams, Media Specialist Apalachee High School 940 Haymon Morris Road Winder, GA 30680