Booklist - Best of 2008

Best Book about Freedom and Slavery During the American Revolution

 

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Vol. II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson

 

 

 

Best Fantasy about Overthrowing Corrupt Kings

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Dystopian Book about Televised Death Matches

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book about Sticking It to “The Man”

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book about Finding Your Inside Beauty

Outside Beauty by Cynthia Kadohata

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Conclusion to Three Books of Delayed Gratification

 

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book about the Iraq War

 

Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book to Creep You Out

 

Bliss by Lauren Myracle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book about How Not to Make a Geek of Yourself Onstage

Punk Rock Etiquette: The Ultimate How-to Guide for DIY, Punk, Indie, and Underground Bands by Travis Nichols

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book about Bodies Made with Biotechnology

 

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book about Surviving a Disaster

 

Nation by Terry Pratchett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book about Revenge

The Hand You're Dealt by Paul Volponi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book about Family Curses

 

Impossible by Nancy Werlin