The 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalists have been announced. The winner in each category will be announced on Friday, April 20, 2012.
Here are the finalists in the Young Adult Literature category:
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Waking Brain Cells 
I really liked Pete Hautman’s Blank Confession. I didn’t even see The Big Crunch before. I’ll have to get it.
The Scorpio Races is supposed to be fantastic so I’m not surprised.
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