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Teen Read 2007

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Winners of the Sid
Fleischman Humor Award

LaRochelle, David. 2005.
Absolutely Positively Not.
Arthur A. Levine Books. Grades 7-10.

Choldenko, Gennifer. 2004.
Al Capone Does My Shirts.
G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Yee, Lisa. 2003.
Millicent Min, Girl Genius.
Arthur A. Levine Books. Grades 5-8.

Funny Fiction for Teens

Bagdasarian, Adam. 2002.
First French Kiss and Other Traumas.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Grades 7-12.

Cabot, Meg.  2003.
All-American Girl.
HarperTrophy, Grades: 9 and up.

Ferris, Jean. 1998. Love among the Walnuts. Harcourt Children's Books. Grades: 7 and up.

Fleischman, Paul. 1997. A Fate Totally Worse Than Death. Candlewick. Grades 7 and up.

Hopkins, Cathy. 2005. Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras. Simon Pulse. Grades 6-9.

Howe. Norma. 2000. Adventures of Blue Avenger. Harper Tempest. Grades 7-10.

Juby, Susan. 2005. Miss Smithers. HarperTeen. Grades 7-12.

Koertge, Ron. 1998. Confess-O-Rama. Laurel-Leaf. Grades 6-10.

Lockhart, E. 2005. The Boyfriend List. Delacorte Press. Grades 9 and up.

Lowry, Brigid. 2006. Things You Either Hate or Love. Holiday House. Grades 8 and up.

Mackler, Carolyn. 2004. Vegan Virgin Valentine. Candlewick Press. Grades 8 and up.

Nodelman. Perry. 2000. Behaving Bradley. Aladdin. Grades 9 and up.

O'Connell, Tyne. 2004. Pulling Princes. Bloomsbury. Grades 7-10.

Paulsen, Gary. 1998. The Schernoff Discoveries. Yearling. Grades 4-8.

Pinkwater, Daniel. 1997. 5 Novels. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Grades: 4 and up.

Rennison, Louise. 2000. Angus, Thongs, & Full-frontal Snogging. HarperCollins. Grades 7-9.

Snicket, Lemony. 1999. A Bad Beginning. HarperCollins. Grades: 4 and up.

Strasser, Todd. 2000. How I Spent My Last Night on Earth. Aladdin. Grades 9 and up.

The following books appeared on YALSA's Popular
Paperbacks for Young Adults list, What’s so Funny?

Slapstick, satire, scripts, suicides and swords:
there's something here to make your laugh,
whether your sense of humor is mainstream or morbid

Allen, Will. Swords for Hire.
2003.  Don’t trip over your
sword.

Azuma, Kiyohiko. Yotsuba:
Volume 1
. 2005.
Yotsuba is one strange girl!

Bauer, Joan. Thwonk. 2005.
Be careful what you wish for.

Douglas, Lola. True Confessions
of a Hollywood Starlet
.
2006. Indiana or rehab?
What would you choose?

Gaiman, Neil and Pratchett, Terry
Good Omens: the Nice
and Accurate Prophecies
of Agnes Nutter, Witch
. 2006.
Someone lost the Antichrist.

Goldschmidt, Judy. The Secret
Blog of Raisin Rodriguez
. 2006.
A secret blog seemed like a good idea…

Jones, Diana Wynne. The Tough
Guide to Fantasyland
. 2006.
Stew: it’s what’s for dinner.

Korman, Gordon. No More Dead Dogs. 2000. Enough is enough!

Korman, Gordon. Son of the
Mob: Hollywood Hustle
. 2004.
The Family follows Vince to La-La Land.

Limb, Sue. Girl, 15, Charming but Insane. 2005.  Never stuff your bra with minestrone.

Martinez, A. Lee. Gil's All Fright
Diner
. 2005. Don’t order the
monster mash.

Moore, Christopher. Bloodsucking Fiends:
a Love Story
. 1995. Every vampire needs a sexy minion (Type O preferred.)

Rallison, Janette. Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws. 2006. Courts and crushes.

Rees, Douglas. Vampire High. 2005. This school really sucks.

Riley, Andy. The Book of Bunny Suicides. 2003. All bunnies were harmed in the drawing of this book.

Shusterman, Neil. The Schwa Was Here. 2006. Can you see me now?

Smith, Jeff. Out From Boneville. 2005. Here a Bone, there a Bone.

Vizzini, Ned. Be More Chill. 2005. Jeremy’s thinking with more than his head.

Watterson, Bill. The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book. 1995. A boy and his tiger: best friends forever.


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