Finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize are:

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson (Candlewick);

Tyrell by Coe Booth (Scholastic);

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (Dutton)(author interview);

Just in Case by Meg Rosoff (Wendy Lamb/Random House);

The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (Dial)(author interview).

Source: The Goddess of YA Literature.