The Morris Award honors a book written by a first-time author for young adults.  Two of my favorite YA novels of the year made the list, so I’m sure that the other three are equally fabulous!

A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne

Madapple by Christina Meldrum

Me, the Missing, and the Dead by Jenny Valentine