Teens' Top 10 Books: "A Door Near Here" #5

The following list was compiled by the Teens' Top Ten Best Books Task Force, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Books were chosen by two teen focus groups using YALSA's "Best Books for Young Adults 1999."

1. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J. K. Rowling. Scholastic, 1998.
2. "Holes" by Louis Sachar. Farrar, 1998.
3. "Love Among the Walnuts" by Jean Ferris. Harcourt, 1998.
4. "The Killer's Cousin" by Nancy Werlin. Delacorte, 1998.

5. "A Door Near Here" by Heather Quarles. Delacorte, 1998.

6. "Armageddon Summer" by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville. Harcourt, 1998.
7. "I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade" by Diane Lee Wilson. Orchard, 1998.
8. "Petey" by Ben Mikaelson. Hyperion, 1998.
9. "Soldier's Heart" by Gary Paulsen. Delacorte, 1998.
10. "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck. Dial, 1998.

Source: American Library Association.
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Other special notice for "A Door Near Here"

*PBS Go Kids List for Great Books About Alcohol
*Young Hoosier Book Award Nomination List: 2000-2001
*8th Grade Girls' Favorites
...etc., etc.