2008 Winner:

THE WHITE DARKNESS
by Geraldine McCaughrean
Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone–a troubled 14-year-old–discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking Symme's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center of a hollow Earth.

2008 Honor Books:

ONE WHOLE AND PERFECT DAY
by Judith Clarke
As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, 16-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together.

YOUR OWN, SYLVIA: A VERSE PORTRAIT OF SYLVIA PLATH
by Stephanie Hemphill
In 1963, young American poet Sylvia Plath died by her own hand and passed into myth. Hemphill interprets the people, events, influences and art that made up her brief life.

REPOSSESSED
by A. M. Jenkins
Don't call me a demon. I prefer the term Fallen Angel. Everybody deserves a vacation, right? Especially if you have a pointless job like tormenting the damned. So who could blame me for blowing off my duties and taking a small, unauthorized break? Besides, I've always wanted to see what physical existence is like. That's why I "borrowed" the slightly used body of a slacker teen. Believe me, he wasn't going to be using it anymore anyway.

DREAMQUAKE: BOOK TWO OF THE DREAMHUNTER DUET
by Elizabeth Knox
Aided by her family and her creation, Nown, Laura investigates the powerful Regulatory Body's involvement in mysterious disappearances and activities and learns, in the process, the true nature of the Place in which dreams are found.

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