1. Copper Sun by Sharon Draper Winner of the 2007 Coretta Scott King Award 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.

6. Twilight twilight by Stephanie Meyer There are three things that Isabella knows. 1. Edward is a vampire 2. There's a part of him—how big a part, she isn't sure—that truly thirsts for her blood 3. She is unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. Of course, Isabella never planned on falling in love with a vampire. It's not the kind of thing you put in your dayplanner. Tuesday, 4pm, fall in love with blood-sucking undead monster. Nope. Imagine going to your boyfriend's house for dinner to meet his parents knowing that under other circumstances you'd be the main course. Isabella knows that loving Edward is dangerous. She even suspects that she may be putting her family—everyone else she cares about—at risk. But what Isabella doesn't realize is that Edward and his family aren't the only vampires in town.

9. 2007 Middle School Award Some rules keep us safe, some don’t always seem necessary, and some can usually go without saying ­ Rules like… “Keep your pants on in public,” and “If the bathroom door is locked, KNOCK! (especially if Catherine has a friend over!)” Catherine takes care of her little brother who’s autistic, by writing down important rules like these ones and protecting him when other kids make fun of him. Still, she wants to be a normal kid; make friends with the girl next door and go with a boy to the summer dance. NOT necessarily go with her brother to his occupational therapy appointments. But, while she’d there she finds an unlikely friend. Jason can only communicate by pointing to word cards in a notebook, but he doesn’t really have useful words like “whatever” and “sucks a big one,” so Catherine makes him more. She enjoys getting to know Jason, but would it ruin her chances of being a “normal” 12-year-old if she tells other people about him? ( Stella Shafer, MLIS student, iSchool, University of Washington) Rules by Cynthia Lord

14. Life As We Knew It When scientists predict that an asteroid will collide with the moon, Miranda and her neighbors break out their lawn chairs to watch the spectacular show. But when the collision pushes the moon closer to the Earth, it sets off devastating tsunamis, earthquakes, and storms. Through her daily journal entries, Miranda recounts her family’s struggle to survive. While the book falls firmly into the science fiction genre, it will also appeal to readers who enjoyed Anne Frank’s diary, as the focus of the narrative is on a girl facing grim circumstances and ultimately learning about herself and the nature of hope. (New Hampshire Isinglass Teen Read Award committee) Life as We Knew It By Susan Beth Pfeffer

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