The Finalists for the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction are

John Green for Looking for Alaska
Margo Lanagan for Black Juice
Per Nilsson for You & You & You
Andreas Steinhofel for The Center of the World
Markus Zusak for I Am the Messenger

The 2006 Edgar Award Nominees are:

Best Young Adult

Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
Last Shot by John Feinstein
Quid Pro Quo by Vicki Grant
Young Bond, Book One: Silverfin by Charlie Higson
Spy Goddess, Book One: Live & Let Shop by Michael Spradlin

Best Juvenile

Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach
Wright & Wong: The Case of the Nana-Napper by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz
The Missing Manatee by Cynthia DeFelice
Flush by Carl Hiassen
The Boys of San Joaquin by D. James Smith