Best Books of 2008Top 10 Books: TeensWelcome to our Best of 2008 top 10 lists for Teens. This year we've put our editors' picks and our year-end bestsellers for each category on the same page together, so you can easily compare. Click on "Editors' Picks" to see our editors' list of the best books for teens in 2008, including our top pick, M.T. Anderson's The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume II. And click on "Customer Favorites" to find the bestselling books for teens at Amazon.com during 2008. (Ranked according to customer orders through October. Only books published for the first time in 2008 are eligible.) See more editors' picks and customers' favorites in our Best of 2008 Store.
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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
by Stephenie Meyer
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 (6,234 customer reviews)
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
August 2, 2008
Hardcover
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Amazon.com Review
Great love stories thrive on sacrifice. Throughout ...
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Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) (The Inheritance Cycle)
by Christopher Paolini
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 (926 customer reviews)
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Alfred A. Knopf
September 20, 2008
Hardcover
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Amazon.com Review
Tad Williams and Christopher Paolini: Author One-on-One Tad Williams is the New York Times bestselling author of several epic fantasy series. He lives in California. Read on for Williams and Christopher Paolini's discussion about why they write fantasy, ...
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Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
by Nic Sheff
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(262 customer reviews)
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
February 19, 2008
Hardcover
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From Publishers Weekly
Sheff relates his personal struggle with drugs and alcohol in this poignant and often disturbing memoir. Paul Michael Garcia is the perfect choice for narrator; his stern and entirely believable voice captures the desolation in Sheff's tale. His reading is...
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Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
by Alex Harris
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 (252 customer reviews)
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Multnomah Books
April 15, 2008
Hardcover
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Review
Praise for Do Hard Things“Do Hard Things is an extraordinary book. In fact, I believe it will prove to be one of the most life-changing, family-changing, church-changing, and culture-changing books of this generation. I'd love for every teenager to read this book, but I'm just as eager for every ...
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The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4)
by James Patterson
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 (350 customer reviews)
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Little, Brown and Company
March 17, 2008
Hardcover
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Review
"Has all the characteristics of his work for grown-ups: pace, action, mystery and cool ... Sharp and punchy with plenty of jokes and shocks. And it proves that girls can be tough too" The Sunday Times...
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Raven Rise (Pendragon)
by D. J. MacHale
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(50 customer reviews)
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Aladdin
May 20, 2008
Hardcover
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Product Description
This is where it begins. The showdown for Halla. At stake is nothing less than all that ever was and all that will be....
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Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers
by Nancy Amanda Redd
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(94 customer reviews)
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Out of Print--Limited Availability
Gotham
December 27, 2007
Paperback
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"Perfecto. This is just what girlitas need today—a get-real guide with un-airbrushed photos that allows them to dialogue with their bodies on the most honest levels."—Deborah Gregory, author, The Cheetah Girls series and Catwalk "Body Drama should be center stage in every young woman's life. ...
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Chosen (House of Night, Book 3)
by P. C. Cast
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(246 customer reviews)
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St. Martin's Griffin
March 4, 2008
Paperback
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From School Library Journal
Grade 10 Up—This installment picks up exactly where Betrayed (St. Martin's, 2007) left off. Zoey Redbird, leader of the Dark Daughters and vampyre fledgling extraordinaire, has discovered some mysterious and disturbing events occurring at her vampyre finishing school. Her ex-roommate and best friend, Stevie Rae, is "undead" and only ...
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
by James Patterson
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(177 customer reviews)
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Out of Print--Limited Availability
Little, Brown and Company
July 21, 2008
Hardcover
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From Publishers Weekly
Patterson jumps on the superheroes bandwagon with contributor Ledwidge and delivers the adventures of Daniel X, a superpowered alien whose mission is to defend Earth from more malignant, threatening aliens. In his first adventure, listeners hear the typica...
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The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, Book 3)
by Libba Bray
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(214 customer reviews)
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Currently unavailable
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
December 26, 2007
Hardcover
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Review
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, October 29, 2007:“A huge work of massive ambition.”Review, People, December 24, 2007:"This is a rare treat that offers a bit of everything--romance, magic, history, Gothic intrigue--and delivers on all of it in 819 beautifully crafted pages."...
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