Unsung YA Heroes Lists

Here are my favorite YA books that many people may not have read. My list slants toward middle school because I am a middle school librarian. Sorry I don't have time to annotate this--I'm home with a hungry baby. These are in no particular order.

See other people's lists at http://yannabe.com/2010/01/21/best-books-not-read/

• Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (If you have not read this book go read it now!)
• Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes
• Immersed in Verse: An Informative, Slightly Irreverent & Totally Tremendous Guide to Living the Poet's Life by Alan Wolf
• Secrets Of A Civil War Submarine: Solving The Mysteries Of The H. L. Hunley by Sally Walker
• Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field Series) by Loree Griffin Burns
• Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
• Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman
• True Believer (Make Lemonade Trilogy) by Virginia Ewer Wolff
• Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas (NOT a middle school title but fabulous)
• Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going (also mature and pretty well-known, but I love it)
• Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick