VOYA Best SF for Young Adults 2003

The Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) organization has put out a list (PDF) of the "Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 2003":
THE USURPER'S CROWN Sarah Zettel
MISTRESS OF DRAGONS Margaret Weis
THE WHITE DRAGON Laura Resnick
NEW SKIES Patrick Nielsen Hayden
MEMORY Linda Nagata
DARKNESSES L.E. Modesitt
FLIP David Lubar
THE OUTSTRETCHED SHADOW Mercedes Lackey
THE ALCHEMIST'S DOOR Lisa Goldstein
THE WRECK OF THE RIVER STARS Michael Flynn
THE CRYSTAL CITY Orson Scott Card
FIRST MEETINGS Orson Scott Card
SPIRITS IN THE WIRES Charles De Lint

via Untitled Writers' Group
I'm sad to say I've read none of the books on the list, though I have at least read something at one time or another by 90% of the authors. I've been meaning to get a copy of New Skies, but will probably wait for it in paperback. In any case, I applaud Patrick Nielsen Hayden for editing an anthology aimed at younger readers, a group I recently championed.

By the way, does anyone know if there are any anthologies of original science fiction aimed at young adults (or even elementary schoolers)? Are any in the works?

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