2017 Junior Library Guild (Awarded by Junior Library Guild)

Awards List

Selection

Beastly Monsters
(*)
Katie Marsico
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The Case of the Missing Action Figure
(*)
Janet Tashjian

Annie and Simon
(*)
Catharine O'Neill

Ship of the Dead
(*)
James Jennewein; Tom S. Parker

A Face Like Glass
(*)
Frances Hardinge

The Exact Location of Home
(*)
Kate Messner

Ten
(*)
Shamini Flint

Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle Alfie
(*)
Gabrielle Kent

Nimona
(*)
Noelle Stevenson

Sophie Someone
(*)
Hayley Long

The Tale of Rescue
(*)
Michael J. Rosen

Two White Rabbits
(*)
Multiple Authors

His Bloody Project
(*)
Graeme Macrae Burnet

The Hush
(*)
Skye Melki-Wegner

Lost. Found.
(*)
Marsha Diane Arnold

Unbecoming
(*)
Jenny Downham

Good Night Owl
(*)
Greg Pizzoli

The Passion of Dolssa
(*)
Julie Berry

Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth
(*)
Frank Cottrell Boyce

Go, Otto, Go!
(*)
David Milgrim

Rescued
(*)
Eliot Schrefer

Ms. Bixby's Last Day
(*)
John David Anderson

My Lady Jane
(*)
Cynthia Hand; Brodi Ashton; Jodi Meadows

Paper Butterflies
(*)
Lisa Heathfield

When Friendship Followed Me Home
(*)
Paul Griffin

Abyssinian Cats
(*)
Mari C. Schuh

3-D Printers
(*)
James Bow

Look Up!
(*)
Jung Jin-Ho

Not as We Know It
(*)
Tom Avery

Sunker's Deep
(*)
Lian Tanner

Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

Beautiful Blue World
(*)
Suzanne LaFleur

The Best Man
(*)
Richard Peck

The Cat King of Havana
(*)
Tom Crosshill

Children of Exile
(*)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Cloud and Wallfish
(*)
Anne Nesbet

Commonwealth
(*)
Ann Patchett

The Creeping Shadow
(*)
Jonathan Stroud

The Evil Wizard Smallbone
(*)
Delia Sherman

Full of Beans
(*)
Jennifer L. Holm

The Golden Compass Graphic Novel, Volume 2
(*)
Philip Pullman

Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug
(*)
Evan Kuhlman

How This Book Was Made
(*)
Mac Barnett

I Am a Story
(*)
Dan Yaccarino

Is That Wise, Pig?
(*)
Jan Thomas

Leave Me
(*)
Gayle Forman

Lucy and Linh
(*)
Alice Pung

Moonlight Brigade
(*)
C. Alexander London

Octopuses One to Ten
(*)
Ellen Jackson

The Princess and the Warrior
(*)
Duncan Tonatiuh

Sacrifice
(*)
Cindy Pon

Strikeout of the Bleacher Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales
(*)
David Lubar

Two Naomis
(*)
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich; Audrey Vernick

Ashes
(*)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Before Morning
(*)
Joyce Sidman

Billions of Bricks
(*)
Kurt Cyrus

A Blind Guide to Normal
(*)
Beth Vrabel

Bunjitsu Bunny Jumps to the Moon
(*)
John Himmelman

Bunny Slopes
(*)
Claudia Rueda

Cloudwish
(*)
Fiona Wood

Crooked Kingdom
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

The Delphi Effect
(*)
Rysa Walker

Dino-Racing
(*)
Lisa Wheeler

An Excessive Alphabet
(*)
Judi Barrett

Falling Over Sideways
(*)
Jordan Sonnenblick

Foxheart
(*)
Claire Legrand

Frazzled: Everyday Disasters & Impending Doom
(*)
Booki Vivat

Garvey's Choice
(*)
Nikki Grimes

Gertie's Leap to Greatness
(*)
Kate Beasley

The Great Antonio
(*)
Elise Gravel

The Hammer of Thor
(*)
Rick Riordan

A Hat for Mrs. Goldman
(*)
Michelle Edwards

Hilda and the Stone Forest
(*)
Luke Pearson

Hotel Bruce
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

How to Be a Hero
(*)
Florence Parry Heide; Chuck Groenink

I Am Not a Number
(*)
Jenny Kay Dupuis; Kathy Kacer

If the Magic Fits
(*)
Susan Maupin Schmid

The Inquisitor's Tale Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
(*)
Adam Gidwitz

The Iron Hand
(*)
Scott Chantler

Juana and Lucas
(*)
Juana Medina

Maximilian and the Lucha Libre Club
(*)
Xavier Garza

The Messenger
(*)
Carol Lynch Williams

The Midnight Star
(*)
Marie Lu

My Name Is James Madison Hemings
(*)
Jonah Winter

Nanette's Baguette
(*)
Mo Willems

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea
(*)
Ben Clanton

Nightlights
(*)
Lorena Alvarez

One Was Lost
(*)
Natalie Richards

Penguin Problems
(*)
Jory John

Radiant Child
(*)
Javaka Steptoe

Ratpunzel
(*)
Ursula Vernon

Rebel Genius
(*)
Michael Dante DiMartino

Riding Chance
(*)
Christine Kendall

The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones
(*)
Wendelin Van Draanen

The Secret of Goldenrod
(*)
Jane O'Reilly

The Secret Keepers
(*)
Trenton Lee Stewart

Secrets in the Snow
(*)
Michaela MacColl

Skunked!
(*)
Jacqueline Kelly

Solutions for Cold Feet and Other Little Problems
(*)
Carey Sookocheff

Still Life with Tornado
(*)
A.S. King

The Stranger Game
(*)
Cylin Busby

Swarm
(*)
Scott Westerfeld; Margo Lanagan; Deborah Biancotti

To Stay Alive
(*)
Skila Brown

Unbound: A Novel in Verse
(*)
Ann E. Burg

A Voyage in the Clouds
(*)
Matthew Olshan

We Found a Hat
(*)
Jon Klassen

We Know It Was You
(*)
Maggie Thrash

When the Moon Was Ours
(*)
Anna-Marie McLemore

When the Sea Turned to Silver
(*)
Grace Lin

Why Am I Here?
(*)
Constance Orbeck-Nilssen

The Zookeeper's Daughter
(*)
Elise Broach

Blood for Blood
(*)
Ryan Graudin

Bob the Railway Dog
(*)
Corinne Fenton

The Cat from Hunger Mountain
(*)
Ed Young

Four-Four-Two
(*)
Dean Hughes

Heartless
(*)
Marissa Meyer

Hellfighters
(*)
Alexander Gordon Smith

My Sister Rosa
(*)
Justine Larbalestier

Nothing But Trouble
(*)
Jacqueline Davies

Scenes from the Epic Life of a Total Genius
(*)
Stacey Matson

Seriously Shifted
(*)
Tina Connolly

Snow Day
(*)
Jessie Haas

A Spy Called James
(*)
Anne Rockwell

The Sun Is Also a Star
(*)
Nicola Yoon

Trouble Makes a Comeback
(*)
Stephanie Tromly

You in Five Acts
(*)
Una Lamarche

The Lonely Giant
(*)
Sophie Ambrose

Trouble Next Door
(*)
Karen English

City of Saints & Thieves
(*)
Natalie C. Anderson

An Eagle in the Snow
(*)
Michael Morpurgo

The Ethan I Was Before
(*)
Ali Standish

Flying Lessons & Other Stories
(*)
Ellen Oh

Going Places
(*)
Ellen Potter

A Greyhound, a Groundhog
(*)
Emily Jenkins

Hideout
(*)
Watt Key

History Is All You Left Me
(*)
Adam Silvera

The Homework Strike
(*)
Greg Pincus

Jing's Family
(*)
Elliot Riley

Long Live the Queen
(*)
Gerry Swallow

Love and First Sight
(*)
Josh Sundquist

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
(*)
Nikki Grimes

One Proud Penny
(*)
Randy Siegel

A Perfect View
(*)
Cori Doerrfeld; Tyler Page

Revenge of the Green Banana
(*)
Jim Murphy

Scar Island
(*)
Dan Gemeinhart

The Someday Birds
(*)
Sally J. Pla

Stef Soto, Taco Queen
(*)
Jennifer Torres

Three Years with the Rat
(*)
Jay Hosking

Train I Ride
(*)
Paul Mosier

The Warden's Daughter
(*)
Jerry Spinelli

The Wearle
(*)
Chris D'Lacey

Wolf in the Snow
(*)
Matthew Cordell

XO, OX: A Love Story
(*)
Adam Rex

American Street
(*)
Ibi Zoboi

Artemis: Wild Goddess of the Hunt
(*)
George O'Connor

At the Edge of the Universe
(*)
Shaun David Hutchinson

Block Party
(*)
Gwendolyn Hooks

Blueberry Pancakes Forever
(*)
Angelica Banks

Bob, Not Bob!: *To Be Read as Though You Have the Worst Cold Ever
(*)
Audrey Vernick

Bone Jack
(*)
Sara Crowe

Crazy Messy Beautiful
(*)
Carrie Arcos

The Crooked Sixpence
(*)
Jennifer Bell

Empress of a Thousand Skies
(*)
Rhoda Belleza

Exo
(*)
Fonda Lee

Fire Color One
(*)
Jenny Valentine

Girl Rising
(*)
Tanya Lee Stone

Gorilla Dawn
(*)
Gill Lewis

The Great Big Boom
(*)
Judd Winick

Harry Miller's Run
(*)
David Almond

The House of Months and Years
(*)
Emma Trevayne

Island of Exiles
(*)
Erica Cameron

Jasper and the Riddle of Riley's Mine
(*)
Caroline Starr Rose

King's Cage
(*)
Victoria Aveyard

The Last of August
(*)
Brittany Cavallaro

Laundry Day
(*)
Jessixa Bagley

Life on Mars
(*)
Jon Agee

The Lost Girl of Astor Street
(*)
Stephanie Morrill

Loving vs. Virginia
(*)
Patricia Hruby Powell

Me and Marvin Gardens
(*)
Amy Sarig King

Miracle Man: The Story of Jesus
(*)
John Hendrix

Mouse and Hippo
(*)
Mike Twohy

Noodleheads See the Future
(*)
Mitch Weiss; Martha Hamilton; Tedd Arnold

Piecing Me Together
(*)
Renee Watson

Ready, Set... Baby!
(*)
Elizabeth Rusch

Sam the Man & the Rutabaga Plan
(*)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

A Season of Daring Greatly
(*)
Ellen Emerson White

The Secret Project
(*)
Jonah Winter

Short
(*)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

The Sky Between You and Me
(*)
Catherine Alene

Universal Harvester
(*)
John Darnielle

The Valiant
(*)
Lesley Livingston

Waiting for Pumpsie
(*)
Barry Wittenstein

We Are Okay
(*)
Nina LaCour

The World to Come
(*)
Jim Shepard

You Don't Want a Unicorn!
(*)
Ame Dyckman

You Throw Like a Girl
(*)
Rachele Alpine

10 Things I Can See From Here
(*)
Carrie Mac

Armstrong and Charlie
(*)
Steven B. Frank

Baseball Genius
(*)
Tim Green; Derek Jeter

Big Cat, Little Cat
(*)
Elisha Cooper

Bob and Joss Get Lost!
(*)
Peter McCleery

The Bone Witch
(*)
Rin Chupeco

A Boy Called Bat
(*)
Elana K. Arnold

Bronze and Sunflower
(*)
Cao Wenxuan

Bull
(*)
David Elliott

Cavern of Secrets
(*)
Linda Sue Park

Charlotte and the Rock
(*)
Stephen W. Martin

The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra
(*)
Marc Tyler Nobleman

Confessions of a High School Disaster
(*)
Emma Chastain

Effie Starr Zook Has One More Question
(*)
Martha Freeman

The Enemy
(*)
Sara Holbrook

Exit West
(*)
Mohsin Hamid

Fish Girl
(*)
David Wiesner

Forever, or a Long, Long Time
(*)
Caela Carter

Frogkisser!
(*)
Garth Nix

Girl in Disguise
(*)
Greer Macallister

The Goat
(*)
Anne Fleming

A Good Idea
(*)
Cristina Moracho

The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex
(*)
Gabrielle Williams

The Hate U Give
(*)
Angie Thomas

Hazy Bloom and the Tomorrow Power
(*)
Jennifer Hamburg

Hello, Universe
(*)
Erin Entrada Kelly

Hunted
(*)
Meagan Spooner

I Am Not Scared
(*)
Anna Kang

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
(*)
Benjamin Alire Saenz

King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats
(*)
Dori Hillestad Butler

King & Kayla and the Case of the Secret Code
(*)
Dori Hillestad Butler

The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming
(*)
J. Anderson Coats

Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded
(*)
Sage Blackwood

My Beautiful Birds
(*)
Suzanne Del Rizzo

Nemesis
(*)
Brendan Reichs

One of the Boys
(*)
Daniel Magariel

One Trick Pony
(*)
Nathan Hale

Overturned
(*)
Lamar Giles

The Palace of Memory
(*)
Julian Sedgwick

Payback
(*)
Gordon Korman

Secrets & Sequences
(*)
Gene Luen Yang

Short Stories for Little Monsters
(*)
Marie-Louise Gay

A Single Stone
(*)
Meg McKinlay

The Trouble with Friends
(*)
Claudia Mills

Well, That Was Awkward
(*)
Rachel Vail

You're Welcome, Universe
(*)
Whitney Gardner

Yvain: The Knight of the Lion
(*)
M.T. Anderson

The 65-Story Treehouse
(*)
Andy Griffiths

American War
(*)
Omar El Akkad

Ashes to Asheville
(*)
Sarah Dooley

Bang
(*)
Barry Lyga

Be Quiet!
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

Beck
(*)
Mal Peet

Between Two Skies
(*)
Joanne O'Sullivan

Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel
(*)
Kimberly Willis Holt

The Book of Mistakes
(*)
Corinna Luyken

Braced
(*)
Alyson Gerber

Charlie & Mouse
(*)
Laurel Snyder

Cody and the Rules of Life
(*)
Tricia Springstubb

Counting Sheep
(*)
Jacqueline Kelly

Dad and the Dinosaur
(*)
Gennifer Choldenko

Defy the Stars
(*)
Claudia Gray

Double or Nothing with the Two and Only Kelly Twins
(*)
Johanna Hurwitz

The Edge of the Abyss
(*)
Emily Skrutskie

Flowers for Sarajevo
(*)
John McCutcheon

The Football Girl
(*)
Thatcher Heldring

The Forgetting Spell
(*)
Lauren Myracle

Frankie
(*)
Mary Sullivan

Gem & Dixie
(*)
Sara Zarr

The Giant Jumperee
(*)
Julia Donaldson

Girl with a Camera
(*)
Carolyn Meyer

Give Bees a Chance
(*)
Bethany Barton

Gone Camping
(*)
Tamera Will Wissinger

Guys Read: Heroes and Villains
(*)
Jon Scieszka

Imagine Wanting Only This
(*)
Kristen Radtke

Just Fly Away
(*)
Andrew McCarthy

Just a Girl
(*)
Carrie Mesrobian

The Last Spell
(*)
J.A. White

The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
(*)
Drew Daywalt

Lexie the Word Wrangler
(*)
Rebecca Van Slyke

The Lotterys Plus One
(*)
Emma Donoghue

Lucky Broken Girl
(*)
Ruth Behar

Marlena
(*)
Julie Buntin

Moo Moo in a Tutu
(*)
Tim Miller

Niko Draws a Feeling
(*)
Bob Raczka

Plankton Is Pushy
(*)
Jonathan Fenske

Point Guard
(*)
Mike Lupica

Poor Louie
(*)
Tony Fucile

Princess Cora and the Crocodile
(*)
Laura Amy Schlitz

Prisoner of Ice and Snow
(*)
Ruth Lauren

Radio Silence
(*)
Alice Oseman

Saint Death
(*)
Marcus Sedgwick

Shawn Loves Sharks
(*)
C.R. Manley

Snail and Worm Again
(*)
Tina Kugler

The Star Thief
(*)
Lindsey Becker

Stop Feedin' Da Boids!
(*)
James Sage

Stranger Things Have Happened
(*)
Jeff Strand

Strange the Dreamer
(*)
Laini Taylor

The Takedown
(*)
Corrie Wang

Things I Should Have Known
(*)
Claire LaZebnik

Town Is by the Sea
(*)
Joanne Schwartz

Trouble at School for Marvin and James
(*)
Elise Broach

The Unbreakable Code
(*)
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The Upside of Unrequited
(*)
Becky Albertalli

The Way Home in the Night
(*)
Akiko Miyakoshi

Who Counts?
(*)
Amy-Jill Levine

The Wingsnatchers
(*)
Sarah Jean Horwitz

The Year of the Garden
(*)
Andrea Cheng

7 Ate 9
(*)
Tara Lazar

Always and Forever, Lara Jean
(*)
Jenny Han

Augustown
(*)
Kei Miller

Beyond the Bright Sea
(*)
Lauren Wolk

Bon Voyage
(*)
Anna Alter

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
(*)
Rita Williams-Garcia

The Crown's Fate
(*)
Evelyn Skye

The Dark Prophecy
(*)
Rick Riordan

Edgeland
(*)
Jake Halpern

Flame in the Mist
(*)
Renee Ahdieh

Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers Soared
(*)
Alison Wilgus

The Forever Garden
(*)
Laurel Snyder

Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever.
(*)
Betsy Bird

Giant Trouble
(*)
Ursula Vernon

Girl Out of Water
(*)
Laura Silverman

The Go-Between
(*)
Veronica Chambers

The Good for Nothing Button
(*)
Mo Willems

Grit
(*)
Gillian French

Hostage
(*)
Guy Delisle

Jabari Jumps
(*)
Gaia Cornwall

Knock about with the Fitzgerald-Trouts
(*)
Esta Spalding

The Leavers
(*)
Lisa Ko

The Lines We Cross
(*)
Randa Abdel-Fattah

Long May She Wave
(*)
Kristen Fulton

The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre
(*)
Gail Carson Levine

Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess
(*)
Shari Green

Mary Anning's Curiosity
(*)
Monica Kulling

A Million Junes
(*)
Emily Henry

Noteworthy
(*)
Riley Redgate

The One Memory of Flora Banks
(*)
Emily Barr

Orphan Train Girl
(*)
Christina Baker Kline

The Pearl Thief
(*)
Elizabeth Wein

Posted
(*)
John David Anderson

The Pudding Problem
(*)
Joe Berger

Quicksand Pond
(*)
Janet Taylor Lisle

Ramona Blue
(*)
Julie Murphy

Real Friends
(*)
Shannon Hale

Roll
(*)
Darcy Miller

The Sand Warrior
(*)
Mark Siegel

Say No to the Bro
(*)
Kat Helgeson

The Shadow Cipher
(*)
Laura Ruby

Shattered Warrior
(*)
Sharon Shinn

The Spill Zone
(*)
Scott Westerfeld

Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
(*)
Uma Krishnaswami

This Would Make a Good Story Someday
(*)
Dana Alison Levy

This Is How We Do It
(*)
Matt Lamothe

The Three Billy Goats Gruff
(*)
Jerry Pinkney

The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts
(*)
Avi

Windfall
(*)
Jennifer E. Smith

The World's Greatest Detective
(*)
Caroline Carlson

And Then There Were Four
(*)
Nancy Werlin

The Answers
(*)
Catherine Lacey

Apex Predators
(*)
Steve Jenkins

Barkus
(*)
Patricia MacLachlan

Boy
(*)
Blake Nelson

Claymates
(*)
Dev Petty

Crossing Ebenezer Creek
(*)
Tonya Bolden

Did You Take the B from My _ook?
(*)
Beck Stanton

Dragon's Green
(*)
Scarlett Thomas

Eliza and Her Monsters
(*)
Francesca Zappia

The Emperor's Ostrich
(*)
Julie Berry

Evangelina Takes Flight
(*)
Diana Noble

Fergus and Zeke
(*)
Kate Messner

Finding Mighty
(*)
Sheela Chari

Hell and High Water
(*)
Tanya Landman

Home in the Rain
(*)
Bob Graham

If Found...Please Return to Elise Gravel
(*)
Elise Gravel

Joplin, Wishing
(*)
Diane Stanley

Marriage of a Thousand Lies
(*)
S.J. Sindu

Midnight at the Electric
(*)
Jodi Lynn Anderson

Mystery of the Ghost Ship
(*)
Philip Pullman

Once and for All
(*)
Sarah Dessen

One of Us Is Lying
(*)
Karen M. McManus

Orphan Island
(*)
Laurel Snyder

The Other Side of Summer
(*)
Emily Gale

Outside in
(*)
Jennifer Bradbury

Owl Bat Bat Owl
(*)
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

The Possible
(*)
Tara Altebrando

Renato and the Lion
(*)
Barbara DiLorenzo

Restart
(*)
Gordon Korman

The Road to Epoli
(*)
James Parks

She Rides Shotgun
(*)
Jordan Harper

Song of the Current
(*)
Sarah Tolcser

Superstar
(*)
Mandy Davis

This Is a Ball
(*)
Beck Stanton

The Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library
(*)
Linda Bailey

Toni
(*)
L.J. Alonge

Tournament of Champions
(*)
Phil Bildner

An Uninterrupted View of the Sky
(*)
Melanie Crowder

Want
(*)
Cindy Pon

What I Lost
(*)
Alexandra Ballard

When Dimple Met Rishi
(*)
Sandhya Menon

Words in Deep Blue
(*)
Cath Crowley

You Should Have Left
(*)
Daniel Kehlmann

Afterlife
(*)
Marcus Sakey

The Alice Network
(*)
Kate Quinn

Almost Paradise
(*)
Corabel Shofner

The Art of Starving
(*)
Sam J. Miller

Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales
(*)
Kiersten White

Because You Love to Hate Me
(*)
Bloomsbury

Binny Bewitched
(*)
Hilary McKay

Bob and Tom
(*)
Denys Cazet

Buried Heart
(*)
Kate Elliott

The Case of the Stolen Poodle
(*)
Janet Tashjian

Cholo Tree, The
(*)
Daniel Chacon

Everything All at Once
(*)
Katrina Leno

The Gallery of Unfinished Girls
(*)
Lauren Karcz

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
(*)
Mackenzi Lee

The Greatest Gift
(*)
Kallie George

I Want to Be in a Scary Story
(*)
Sean Taylor

In 27 Days
(*)
Alison Gervais

In the Shadow of the Sun
(*)
Anne Sibley O'Brien

It All Comes Down to This
(*)
Karen English

Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen
(*)
Debbi Michiko Florence

King Louie's Shoes
(*)
D.J. Steinberg

Knife's Edge
(*)
Hope Larson

The Library of Fates
(*)
Aditi Khorana

Lights, Camera, Middle School!
(*)
Jennifer L. Holm

Little Monsters
(*)
Kara Thomas

Love and Other Alien Experiences
(*)
Kerry Winfrey

Lucky in Love
(*)
Kasie West

Making Scents
(*)
Arthur Yorinks

Pigs Might Fly
(*)
Nick Abadzis

A Promising Life
(*)
Emily Arnold McCully

Refugee
(*)
Alan M. Gratz

Second Grade Holdout
(*)
Audrey Vernick

The Song from Somewhere Else
(*)
A.F. Harrold

Spirit Hunters
(*)
Ellen Oh

Spoonbenders
(*)
Daryl Gregory

Super Manny!
(*)
Kelly DiPucchio

A True Home
(*)
Kallie George

What Goes Up
(*)
Katie Kennedy

You May Already Be a Winner
(*)
Ann Dee Ellis

The Arsonist
(*)
Stephanie Oakes

Battlesong
(*)
Lian Tanner

Buddy and Earl Go to School
(*)
Maureen Fergus

The Countdown Conspiracy
(*)
Katie Slivensky

Creepy Pair of Underwear!
(*)
Aaron Reynolds

A Different Pond
(*)
Bao Phi

Dinosaur Empire!
(*)
Abby Howard

The Dire King
(*)
William Ritter

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo
(*)
F.C. Yee

The First Rule of Punk
(*)
Celia C. Perez

Here Comes Teacher Cat
(*)
Deborah Underwood

Ice Sea Pirates
(*)
Frida Nilsson

In Some Other Life
(*)
Jessica Brody

Joe and Sparky, Party Animals!
(*)
Jamie Michalak

The List
(*)
Patricia Forde

Little & Lion
(*)
Brandy Colbert

The Losers Club
(*)
Andrew Clements

The Man Who Loved Libraries
(*)
Andrew Larsen

A Map for Wrecked Girls
(*)
Jessica Taylor

Nothing Rhymes with Orange
(*)
Adam Rex

The One Day House
(*)
Julia Durango

The Only Fish in the Sea
(*)
Philip C. Stead

Poe: Stories and Poems
(*)
Gareth Hinds

Professional Crocodile
(*)
Giovanna Zoboli

A Properly Unhaunted Place
(*)
William Alexander

The Readymade Thief
(*)
Augustus Rose

See You When I See You
(*)
Rose Lagercrantz

Solo
(*)
Kwame Alexander

Two Times a Traitor
(*)
Karen Bass

Wedgie & Gizmo
(*)
Suzanne Selfors

The Wendy Project
(*)
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Where's Rodney?
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The Whole Sky
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Absolutely Alfie & the Furry, Purry Secret
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All the Way to Havana
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All's Faire in Middle School
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Auma's Long Run Auma's Long Run
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The Bad Seed
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Catch My Breath
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Chasing Augustus
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Children of Refuge
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A Christmas for Bear
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Dinner at the Center of the Earth
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Even the Darkest Stars
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Falcon Wild
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Genuine Fraud
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Girls Made of Snow and Glass
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Good Night, Planet
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Halfway Normal
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Barbara Dee

How To Survive in the North
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Luke Healy

I See a Cat
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Paul Meisel

I'm Just No Good at Rhyming
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Chris Harris

In Other Lands
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Sarah Rees Brennan

In Your Hands
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Carole Boston Weatherford

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