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Recommended Reading

The Thumbs Up Book Award was established in 1986 to recognize the excellence, and to celebrate the uniqueness of, Teen Literature.

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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins

SF TEEN COLLINS


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Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature
Robin Brande

2008 Winner
TEEN BRANDE


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Rash
Pete Hautman

2007 Winner
TEEN HAUTMAN


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Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
David Lubar

2006 Winner
TEEN LUBAR


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Airborn
Kenneth Oppel

2005 Winner
SF TEEN OPPEL


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Pirates!
Celia Rees

2004 Winner
HIST TEEN REES


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America
E. R. Frank

2003 Winner
TEEN THOMAS


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You Don't Know Me
David Klass

2002 Winner
TEEN KLASS


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Hope Was Here
Joan Bauer

2001 Winner
TEEN BAUER


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Hard Love
Ellen Wittlinger

2000 Winner
TEEN WITTLINGER


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A Door Near Here
Heather Quarles

1999 Winner
TEEN QUARLES


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Doing Time
Rob Thomas

1998 Winner
TEEN THOMAS


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Mr. Was
Pete Hautman

1997 Winner
TEEN HAUTMAN


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The Only Alien on the Planet
Kristen D. Randle

1996 Winner
TEEN RANDLE


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The Ramsay Scallop
Frances Temple

1995 Winner
TEEN TEMPLE


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Make Lemonade
Virginia Euwer Wolff

1994 Winner
TEEN WOLFF


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Somewhere In The Darkness
Walter Dean Myers

1993 Winner
TEEN MYERS


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Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
Chris Crutcher

1992 Winner
TEEN CRUTCHER


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The Road to Memphis
Mildred D. Taylor

1991 Winner
TEEN TAYLOR


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