This is the biggie for young adults! 

Winner:

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Honors:

Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
John Lennon:  All I Want Is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge
Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson

Amazing that all of these got so much buzz this year.  Often I find books I haven’t heard of, but not this time!