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There was a tie!
WINNER: Someone Like You
by Sarah Dessan
Halley's junior year of high school includes the death of her
best friend Scarlett's boyfriend, the discovery that Scarlett
is pregnant, and Halley's own first serious relationship.
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WINNER: The Killer's Cousin
by Nancy Werlin
After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes
to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds
himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange
young cousin Lily.
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The other nominees:
Rules of the Road
by Joan Bauer
Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner
of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to
confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along
the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the
strength to face her alcoholic father.
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Bull Catcher
by Alden Carter
Bull and Jeff always had baseball, no matter what came along
in their lives, be it romance, family problems, or death itself.
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Heroes
by Robert Cormier
After joining the army at fifteen and having his face blown
away by a grenade in a battle in France, Francis returns home
to Frenchtown hoping to find - and kill - the former childhood
hero he feels betrayed him.
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Whirligig
by Paul Fleischman
While travelling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig
in memory of the girl whose death he causes, sixteen-year-old
Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.
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At All Costs
by John Gilstrap
One day their neighbors find out that Jake and Carolyn Brighton
are the FBI's two most wanted fugitives. Jake and Carolyn know
they're not guilty but the real innocent is their thirteen-year-old
son, Travis. To save him and themselves, they return to the scene
of the crime that put them on the run.
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Fear Nothing
by Dean Koontz
The chilling tale of a young man who is forever united with
the night.
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Monster
by Walter Dean Myers
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old
Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom
in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with
the course his life has taken.
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Slave Day
by Rob Thomas
Alternating first-person accounts describe a high school slave-auction
fundraiser which prompts a racism debate, and its tragic and comic
results.
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