This year's Candidates include:
Reasons for Nomination:
- Lois Lowrey's The Giver
- David Sadaris' Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
- Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book
- John Green's The Fault in Our Stars
Reasons for Nomination:
- Top Selling/Most Popular books of the last 10 Years
- Winners of other awards such as the Newberry or Coretta Scott King awards.
- Named as "instant-classics" by many sources