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Booklist of 17 YA books about a "world in conflict". One of 14 award-winning Booklists for Teens, created by librarians at DC Public Library in Washington, DC--with some additions by elissa and other voters.
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Rebels by Accident
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Patricia Dunn (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 309 ratings
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,838,296 ratings
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Before We Were Free
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Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 9,387 ratings
score: 667,
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7 people voted
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Chanda's Secrets (Chanda, #1)
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Allan Stratton (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 2,426 ratings
score: 471,
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5 people voted
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Blood Red Horse (The de Granville Trilogy, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 2,020 ratings
score: 282,
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3 people voted
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Troy
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3.70 avg rating — 4,757 ratings
score: 263,
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3 people voted
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The Red Umbrella
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Christina Diaz Gonzalez (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 4,908 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Obernewtyn (The Obernewtyn Chronicles, #1)
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Isobelle Carmody (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 12,471 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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The Farseekers (The Obernewtyn Chronicles, #2)
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Isobelle Carmody (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 7,888 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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Copper Sun
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Sharon M. Draper (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 17,037 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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Incantation
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Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 9,080 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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How I Live Now
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Meg Rosoff (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 46,900 ratings
score: 183,
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2 people voted
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Tamar
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3.91 avg rating — 5,831 ratings
score: 177,
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2 people voted
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Aleutian Sparrow
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3.82 avg rating — 1,043 ratings
score: 173,
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2 people voted
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If I Should Die Before I Wake
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4.06 avg rating — 4,692 ratings
score: 167,
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2 people voted
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The Other Side of Truth
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3.74 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
score: 167,
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2 people voted
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Scars
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4.05 avg rating — 459 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Wicked and the Just
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J. Anderson Coats (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 2,120 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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War Horse (War Horse, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 58,468 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Mama
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Aronya Waller (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Liberty (The Deliverance, #2)
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Samantha Schinder (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Sophie, in Shadow
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Eileen Kernaghan (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Passion of Dolssa
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Julie Berry (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 7,262 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
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Angie Thomas (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 998,658 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Chanda's Wars (Chanda, #2)
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Allan Stratton (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 620 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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City of Saints & Thieves
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Natalie C. Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 7,119 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity #1)
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Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 127,099 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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A True and Faithful Narrative
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3.76 avg rating — 300 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Land (Logans, #1)
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4.23 avg rating — 7,589 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Bog Child
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3.81 avg rating — 4,893 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)
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Adrienne Young (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 71,268 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Fallen Angels
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3.99 avg rating — 11,903 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Voices
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David Elliott (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 2,280 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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What the Night Sings
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Vesper Stamper (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 2,807 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Postcards from No Man's Land
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3.66 avg rating — 2,697 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Orphan Monster Spy (Orphan Monster Spy, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 8,537 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Salt to the Sea
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Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 250,259 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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Girl in the Blue Coat
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Monica Hesse (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 45,699 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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Many Stones
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3.44 avg rating — 817 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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No Laughter Here
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4.06 avg rating — 591 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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Private Peaceful
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4.15 avg rating — 30,936 ratings
score: 76,
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1 person voted
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Amaryllis
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3.58 avg rating — 83 ratings
score: 73,
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1 person voted
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Ashes of Roses
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3.98 avg rating — 4,412 ratings
score: 72,
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1 person voted
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Face Relations: Eleven Stories About Seeing Beyond Color
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Marilyn Singer (Editor)
3.47 avg rating — 59 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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The Thought of High Windows
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3.54 avg rating — 72 ratings
score: 67,
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1 person voted
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Thura's Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq
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3.48 avg rating — 280 ratings
score: 66,
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1 person voted
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To Afghanistan and Back: A Graphic Travelogue
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Ted Rall (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 170 ratings
score: 65,
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Jul 13, 2009 03:29PM
I think that Rhona Campbell had the main responsibility for creating the original list.
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