Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Public

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  1. Coraline by 

    4 stars

    When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. …

    Phil in SF says:

    2003 winner

  2. The Wee Free Men by  (The Discworld series)

    4 stars

    A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue …

    Phil in SF says:

    2004 winner

  3. A Hat Full of Sky by  (Discworld, #32)

    5 stars

    Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic – not chores and ill-tempered …

    Phil in SF says:

    2005 winner

  4. Phil in SF says:

    2006 winner

  5. Wintersmith by  (Discworld, #35)

    4 stars

    ‘Crivens!’

    Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made just one little mistake . . .

    And now the spirit of …

    Phil in SF says:

    2007 winner

  6. Un Lun Dun by 

    3 stars

    What is Un Lun Dun?It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the …

    Phil in SF says:

    2008 winner

  7. The Graveyard Book by 

    5 stars

    After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural …

    Phil in SF says:

    2009 winner

  8. Leviathan by  (Leviathan, #1)

    4 stars

    In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to …

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    2010 winner

  9. Ship Breaker by  (Ship Breaker, #1)

    4 stars

    Set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change, this thrilling bestseller and National Book Finalist …

    Phil in SF says:

    2011 winner

  10. Railsea by 

    4 stars

    "On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the …

    Phil in SF says:

    2013 winner

  11. The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by  (Fairyland (3))

    No rating

    Longing for a new adventure that will reunite her with Ell, the Wyverary, and Saturday, September is spirited away to …

    Phil in SF says:

    2014 winner

  12. Half a king by 

    4 stars

    Heir to the throne Yarvi, prompted by the murder of his father, embarks on a kingdom-transforming journey to regain the …

    Phil in SF says:

    2015 winner

  13. The Shepherd's Crown (Tiffany Aching) by 

    5 stars

    The final Discworld novel.

    Phil in SF says:

    2016 winner

  14. Revenger by 

    4 stars

    "The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien …

    Phil in SF says:

    2017 winner

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