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Winners of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award
LaRochelle, David. 2005.
Absolutely Positively Not.
Arthur A. Levine Books. Grades 7-10.
Choldenko, Gennifer. 2004.
Al Capone Does My Shirts.
G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Yee, Lisa. 2003.
Millicent Min, Girl Genius.
Arthur A. Levine Books. Grades 5-8.
Funny Fiction for Teens
Bagdasarian, Adam. 2002. First French Kiss and Other
Traumas. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Grades 7-12.
Cabot, Meg. 2003. All-American Girl.
HarperTrophy, Grades: 9 and up.
Ferris, Jean. 1998. Love among the Walnuts.
Harcourt Children's Books. Grades: 7 and up.
Fleischman, Paul. 1997. A Fate Totally Worse Than
Death. Candlewick. Grades 7 and up.
Hopkins, Cathy. 2005. Mates, Dates and Inflatable
Bras. Simon Pulse. Grades 6-9.
Howe. Norma. 2000. Adventures of Blue Avenger.
Harper Tempest. Grades 7-10.
Juby, Susan. 2005. Miss Smithers. HarperTeen.
Grades 7-12.
Koertge, Ron. 1998. Confess-O-Rama.
Laurel-Leaf. Grades 6-10.
Lockhart, E. 2005. The Boyfriend List.
Delacorte Press. Grades 9 and up.
Lowry, Brigid. 2006. Things You Either Hate or Love.
Holiday House. Grades 8 and up.
Mackler, Carolyn. 2004. Vegan Virgin Valentine.
Candlewick Press. Grades 8 and up.
Nodelman. Perry. 2000. Behaving Bradley.
Aladdin. Grades 9 and up.
O'Connell, Tyne. 2004. Pulling Princes.
Bloomsbury. Grades 7-10.
Paulsen, Gary. 1998. The Schernoff Discoveries.
Yearling. Grades 4-8.
Pinkwater, Daniel. 1997. 5 Novels. Farrar,
Straus and Giroux. Grades: 4 and up.
Rennison, Louise. 2000. Angus, Thongs, & Full-frontal
Snogging. HarperCollins. Grades 7-9.
Snicket, Lemony. 1999. A Bad Beginning.
HarperCollins. Grades: 4 and up.
Strasser, Todd. 2000. How I Spent My Last Night on
Earth. Aladdin. Grades 9 and up.
The following books appeared on YALSA's Popular
Paperbacks
for Young Adults list, What’s so Funny?
Slapstick, satire, scripts, suicides and swords:
there's
something here to make your laugh,
whether your sense of humor
is mainstream or morbid
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Allen, Will. Swords for Hire.
2003. Don’t trip over your
sword.
Azuma, Kiyohiko. Yotsuba: Volume 1.
2005.
Yotsuba is one
strange girl!
Bauer, Joan. Thwonk. 2005.
Be careful what you wish for.
Douglas, Lola. True Confessions of a Hollywood
Starlet.
2006. Indiana or rehab?
What would you choose?
Gaiman, Neil and Pratchett, Terry
Good Omens: the
Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.
2006.
Someone lost the
Antichrist.
Goldschmidt, Judy. The Secret Blog of Raisin
Rodriguez. 2006.
A
secret blog seemed like a good idea…
Jones, Diana Wynne. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland.
2006.
Stew: it’s what’s for
dinner.
Korman, Gordon. No More Dead Dogs. 2000.
Enough is enough!
Korman, Gordon. Son of the
Mob: Hollywood Hustle.
2004.
The Family follows Vince
to La-La Land.
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Limb, Sue. Girl, 15, Charming but Insane.
2005. Never stuff your bra
with minestrone.
Martinez, A. Lee. Gil's All Fright Diner.
2005. Don’t order the
monster mash.
Moore, Christopher. Bloodsucking Fiends: a Love Story.
1995. Every vampire
needs
a sexy minion (Type O preferred.)
Rallison, Janette. Life, Love, and the Pursuit of
Free Throws. 2006. Courts and crushes.
Rees, Douglas. Vampire High. 2005. This school really sucks.
Riley, Andy. The Book of Bunny Suicides.
2003. All bunnies were harmed
in the drawing of this book.
Shusterman, Neil. The Schwa Was Here. 2006.
Can you see me now?
Smith, Jeff. Out From Boneville. 2005.
Here a Bone, there a Bone.
Vizzini, Ned. Be More Chill. 2005. Jeremy’s thinking with more than his
head.
Watterson, Bill. The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth
Anniversary Book. 1995. A boy and his tiger: best friends
forever.
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