The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers selection list. The list is presented annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting.

The Quick Picks list suggests books that teens, ages 12-18, will pick up on their own and read for pleasure; it is geared to the teenager who, for whatever reason, does not like to read.

FICTION

ALMOST HOME by Jessica Blank (Hyperion Books for Children)

AVENGER by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby (Putnam Juvenile)

BABY GIRL by Leonora Adams (Simon Pulse)

BANG! by Norah McClintock (Orca Books)

BEASTLY by Alex Flinn (HarperTeen)

BEIGE by Cecil Castellucci (Candlewick Press)

BETRAYED: The House of Night Novel, Book 2 by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast (St. Martin’s Griffin)

BLOKHEDZ: Book 1 of Genesis, by Mark Davis, Mike Davis and Brandon Schultz (Pocket Books)

BLOOD BROTHERS by S. A. Harazin (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

BOOT CAMP by Todd Strasser (Simon & Schuster)

BULL’S EYE by Sarah N. Harvey (Orca Books)

BUNKER 10 by J. A. Henderson (Harcourt Children’s Books)

CAPTIVES by Tom Pow (Roaring Brook Press)

CHASING YESTERDAY: The Awakening, Book 1 by Robin Wasserman (Scholastic)

CHOICES by Deborah Lynn Jacobs (Roaring Brook Press)

THE CHRONICLES OF VALDIMIR TOD: Eighth Grade Bites, by Heather Brewer (Dutton Children’s Books)

CRANE by Jeff Stone (Random House)

DAEMON HALL written by Andrew Nance and illustrated by Colin Polhemus (Henry Holt)

THE DARWIN EXPEDITION by Diane Tullson (Orca Books)

DEAD HIGH YEARBOOK by Ivan Velez (Dutton Children’s Books)

DEADLINE by Chris Crutcher (HarperCollins)

DEMON ENVY by Erin Lynn (Berkley)

DERBY GIRL by Shauna Cross (Henry Holt)

DIAMONDS IN THE SHADOW by Caroline B. Cooney (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

DOWN by Norah McClintock (Orca Books)

FINDING DADDY by Louise Plummer (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

FRAGMENTS by Jeffrey W. Johnston (Simon Pulse)

FREAK SHOW by James St. James (Dutton Children’s Books)

GET WELL SOON by Julie Halpern (Fiewel & Friends)

GLASS by Ellen Hopkins (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster)

GUYAHOLIC: The Story of Finding, Flirting, Forgetting…and the Boy Who Changes Everything, by Carolyn Mackler (Candlewick Press)

HARMLESS by Dana Reinhardt (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)

HEAD CASE by Sarah Aronson (Deborah Brodie/Roaring Brook Press)

HEADLOCK by Joyce Sweeney (Henry Holt)

HOLDUP by Terri Fields (Roaring Brook Press)

HOMEBOYZ by Alan L. Sitomer (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children)

I.D. by Vicki Grant (Orca Books)

IMPULSE by Ellen Hopkins (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster)

INDIGO SUMMER by Monica McKayhan (Kimani TRU)

KEYSHA’S DRAMA by Earl Sewell (Kimani TRU)

LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL by Jo Knowles (Candlewick Press)

MANGA SHAKESPEARE: Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare and Rishard Appignasi, and illustrated by Sonia Leong (Amulet Books)

MARKED: The House of Night, Book 1 by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast (St. Martin’s Griffin)

MASQUERADE: A Blue Bloods Novel, by Melissa de la Cruz (Hyperion Books for Children)

OH MY GOTH by Gena Showalter (MTV Books)

PEAK by Roland Smith (Harcourt Children’s Books)

QUAD by C.G. Watson (Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group)

QUAKING by Kathryn Erskine (Philomel Books)

REMEMBERING RAQUEL by Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt Children’s Books)

RESPONSIBLE by Darlene Ryan (Orca Books)

RICOCHET by Julie Gonzalez (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

RUCKER PARK SETUP by Paul Volponi (Viking Children’s Books)

SAFE by Susan Shaw (Dutton Children’s Books)

THE SECRET LIFE OF IT GIRLS by Dakota Lane (Ginee Seo Books/Simon & Schuster)

SIGHT by Adrienne Maria Vrettos (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster)

SKATE by Micheal Harmon (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

SNITCH by Allison Van Diepen (Simon Pulse)

SOMETHING ROTTEN: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery, by Alan Gratz (Dial Books for Young Readers)

STAR CROSSED by Mark Schreiber (Flux)

STORY OF A GIRL by Sara Zarr (Little, Brown for Young Readers)

STRAYS by Ron Koertge (Candlewick Press)

SUCH A PRETTY GIRL by Laura Wiess (MTV Books)

TATTOO by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

THIRTEEN REASONS WHY by Jay Asher (Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group)

TRUE TALENTS by David Lubar (Starscape/Tom Doherty)

TWISTED by Laurie Halse Anderson (Viking Children’s Books)

UNWIND by Neal Shusterman (Simon & Schuster)

VAMPIRE ACADEMY by Richelle Mead (Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group)

WALKING ON GLASS by Alma Fullerton (HarperTeen)

WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN’T KNOW by Sonya Sones (Simon & Schuster)

WHAT THEY FOUND: Love on 145th Street, by Walter Dean Myers (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)

NONFICTION

50 x 50: 50 Cent in His Own Words, by 50 Cent (Pocket Books)

99 WAYS TO CUT, SEW AND DECK OUT YOUR DENIM by Faith Blakeney, Justina and Ellen Schultz (Potter Craft/Crown)

ALTER EGO: Digital Avatars and Their Creators, by Robbie Cooper (Chris Boot Ltd.)

THE BAD BOOK by Aronzo Aranzi (Vertical, Inc.)

BLUE LIPSTICK: Concrete Poems, by John Grandits (Clarion Books)

BREATHE: Yoga for Teens, by Mary Kaye Chryssicas (DK Publishing)

CHEERLEADING: From Tryouts to Championships, written by the editors of Inside Cheerleading (Universe/Rizzoli)

CLASS PICTURES by Dawoud Bey (Aperture)

COSMOGIRL! MAKE IT YOURSELF: 50 Fun and Funky Projects, written by the editors of CosmoGirl! (Hearst/Sterling)

DC COMICS COVERGIRLS by Louise Simonson (Universe/Rizzoli)

DOING IT RIGHT: Making Smart, Safe and Satisfying Choices about Sex, by Bronwen Pardes (Simon Pulse)

EARTH: Then and Now, by Fred Pearce (Firefly)

ENCYLOPEDIA HORRIFICA by Joshua Gee (Scholastic)

EXTREME PETS HANDBOOK by Jane Harrington (Tangerine/Scholastic)

FIREFLY’S WORLD OF FACTS by Russell Ash (Firefly)

FOUND PHOTOS: Rear Ends, by Roger Handy and Karin Elsener (Abrams Image)

FROM BONESHAKERS TO CHOPPERS: The Rip-Roaring History of Motorcycles, by Lisa Smedman (Annick Press)

GOTHIC AND LOLITA by Masayuki Yoshinaga (Phaidon Press)

GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT: A Memoir, by Felicia "Snoop" Pearson and David Ritz (Grand Central Publishing)

GRAFFITI L.A.: Street and Art, by Steve Grody and James Prigoff (Abrams)

HOW TO SURVIVE A HORROR MOVIE: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills, by Seth Grahame-Smith (Quirk/Chronicle Books)

INSIDE OUT: Portrait of an Eating Disorder, by Nadia Shivak (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)

JIMI HENDRIX: Kiss the Sky, by Edward Willet (Enslow)

KITTENWAR by Fraser Lewry and Tom Ryan (Chronicle Books)

LEAVING DIRTY JERSEY: A Crystal Meth Memoir, by James Salant (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)

A LIFETIME OF SECRETS: A PostSecret Book, by Frank Warren (William Morrow)

MOON by Michael Carlowicz (Abrams)

THE PERIODIC TABLE: Elements with Style, written by Adrian Dingle and illustrated by Simon Basher (Kingfisher/Houghton Mifflin)

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MONSTERS by Nina Hess (Mirrorstone/Wizards of the Coast)

SAVE THIS SHIRT! written by Hannah Rogge and illustrated by Adrian Buckmaster (Stewart, Tabori and Chang)

SEA MONSTERS: Prehistoric Monsters of the Deep, by Mike Everhart (National Geographic)

SEVENTEEN REAL GIRL, REAL LIFE STORIES: True Crime, written by the editors of Seventeen Magazine (Hearst/Sterling)

STREET SCENE by John Lee (Impact Books/F&W Publications)

SUBVERSIVE SEAMSTER: Transform Thrift Store Threads into Street Couture, written by Melissa Alvarado, Hope Meng and Melissa Rannels, illustrated by Matthew Carden (Tauton Press)

THALIA: BELLEZA!: Lessons in Lipgloss and Happiness, by Thalia (Chronicle Books)

THIN by Lauren Greenfield (Chronicle Books)

TUPAC SHAKUR by Carrie Golus (Lerner Publications)

TUPAC SHAKUR LEGACY by Joesph Jamal (Atria)