- The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean
- The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Hush by Eishes Chayil
- Delirium by Lauren Oliver
- Blood Red Road by Moira Young
- The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt