2016 School Library Journal (Awarded by School Library Journal)

1. Awards
2. School Library Journal

Starred Review
Moranville, Sharelle Byars	27 Magic Words (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Mathieu, Jennifer	Afterward (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Brown, Lisa	The Airport Book (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Mills, Wendy	All We Have Left (*)		HistoricalH	Aug-2016
White, Kiersten	And I Darken (*)		HistoricalH	Jul-2016
Kurtagich, Dawn	And the Trees Crept in (*)		HorrorHORR	Sep-2016
Dubuc, Marianne	The Animals' Ark (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Woodson, Jacqueline	Another Brooklyn (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Sturm, James	Ape & Armadillo Take Over the World (*)		Action AdventureAA	Sep-2016
Kuhlmann, Torben	Armstrong (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Rockliff, Mara	Around America to Win the Vote (*)		HistoricalH	Aug-2016
Bow, Erin	The Art of Scorpions (*)		FantasyF	Sep-2015
Reynolds, Jason	As Brave as You (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Anderson, Laurie Halse	Ashes (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2016
Heppermann, Christine	Ask Me How I Got Here (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
O'Neill, Louise	Asking for It (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Hopkinson, Deborah	A Bandit's Tale (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
LaFleur, Suzanne	Beautiful Blue World (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Bagley, Jessixa	Before I Leave (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Sidman, Joyce	Before Morning (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Plourde, Lynn; Gal, Susan	Bella's Fall Coat (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Hayes, Geoffrey	Benny and Penny in How to Say Goodbye (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Sep-2016
Portis, Antoinette	Best Frints in the Whole Universe (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2016
Peck, Richard	The Best Man (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Lane, Kathleen	The Best Worst Thing (*)		LiteraryL	Jun-2016
Sullivan, Tara	The Bitter Side of Sweet (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Olien, Jessica	The Blobfish Book (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Cronin, Doreen	Bloom (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Krishnaswami, Uma	Book Uncle and Me (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Boyne, John	The Boy at the Top of the Mountain (*)		HistoricalH	Jun-2016
Tempest, Kate	The Bricks That Built the Houses (*)		LiteraryL	May-2016
Medina, Meg	Burn Baby Burn (*)		HistoricalH	Mar-2016
James, Laura	Captain Pug (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Young, Ed	The Cat from Hunger Mountain (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2016
Harrington, Janice N.	Catching a Storyfish (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Lubar, David	Character, Driven (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Mar-2016
Jeffers, Oliver	A Child of Books (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto	Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (*)		HorrorHORR	Aug-2016
Doi, Kaya	Chirri & Chirra (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Baker, Jeannie	Circle (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Murray, Diana; Collier, Bryan	City Shapes (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2016
Franceschelli, Christopher	Cityblock (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Gratz, Alan M.	Code of Honor (*)		Action AdventureAA	Aug-2015
Larson, Hope	Compass South (*)		Action AdventureAA	Jul-2016
Acevedo, Kristy	Consider (*)		Science FictionSF	Apr-2016
Merino, Gemma	The Cow Who Climbed a Tree (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Applegate, Katherine	Crenshaw (*)		FantasyF	Sep-2015
Hunter, Anne	Cricket Song (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Bardugo, Leigh	Crooked Kingdom (*)		Action AdventureAA	Oct-2016
Shevah, Emma	Dara Palmer's Major Drama (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2015
Samanci, Ozge	Dare to Disappoint (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Nov-2015
Castner, K.D.	Daughters of Ruin (*)		FantasyF	Apr-2016
Cliff, Tony	Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling (*)		Action AdventureAA	Mar-2016
Pilkey, Dav	Dog Man (*)		Action AdventureAA	Sep-2016
Latham, Jennifer	Dreamland Burning (*)		MysteryM	Feb-2017
Shannon, David	Duck on a Tractor (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Yoon, Salina	Duck, Duck, Porcupine! (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Ryder, Joanne	Each Living Thing (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2000
Wynne-Jones, Tim	The Emperor of Any Place (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2015
Caletti, Deb	Essential Maps for the Lost (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Apr-2016
Quick, Matthew	Every Exquisite Thing (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Johnston, E.K.	Exit, Pursued by a Bear (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
O'Leary, Sara	A Family Is a Family Is a Family (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Levy, Dana Alison	The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Corona, Jorge	Feathers (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Dec-2015
McGinnis, Mindy	The Female of the Species (*)		MysteryM	Sep-2016
Nelson, Colleen	Finding Hope (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Kurtz, Jane	Fire on the Mountain (*)		FantasyF	Feb-1998
Moore, Lisa	Flannery (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Idle, Molly	Flora and the Peacocks (*)		LiteraryL	May-2016
Oh, Ellen	Flying Lessons & Other Stories (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2017
Waller, Sharon Biggs	The Forbidden Orchid (*)		HistoricalH	Mar-2016
Cameron, Sharon	The Forgetting (*)		Science FictionSF	Sep-2016
Perkins, Lynne Rae	Frank and Lucky Get Schooled (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2016
Myers, Walter Dean; Cooper, Floyd	Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2017
Dooley, Sarah	Free Verse (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Bryan, Ashley	Freedom Over Me (*)		HistoricalH	Sep-2016
Wong, David	Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (*)		Science FictionSF	Oct-2015
Grimes, Nikki	Garvey's Choice (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Leopoldo, Gout	Genius: The Game (*)		Action AdventureAA	May-2016
Brown, Jaye Robin	Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Sep-2016
Reynolds, Jason	Ghost (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Telgemeier, Raina	Ghosts (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Sep-2016
Girard, M-E	Girl Mans Up (*)		RomanceR	Sep-2016
Barnhill, Kelly	The Girl Who Drank the Moon (*)		Action AdventureAA	Aug-2016
Parker, S.M.	The Girl Who Fell (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Mar-2017
De Robertis, Carolina	The Gods of Tango (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2015
Hartnett, Sonya	Golden Boys (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Federle, Tim	The Great American Whatever (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Jenkins, Emily	A Greyhound, a Groundhog (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2017
Messer, Claire	Grumpy Pants (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Murray, Alison	Hare and Tortoise (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Edwards, Michelle	A Hat for Mrs. Goldman (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Jackson, Richard; Hawkes, Kevin	Have a Look, Says Book. (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Barrow, David	Have You Seen Elephant? (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Escoffier, Michaeel	Have You Seen My Trumpet? (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Meyer, Marissa	Heartless (*)		FantasyF	Nov-2016
Zagarenski, Pamela	Henry & Leo (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Whaley, John Corey	Highly Illogical Behavior (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Niven, Jennifer	Holding Up the Universe (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Oct-2016
Williams, Vera B.	Home at Last (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Judge, Lita	Hoot and Peep (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Dyckman, Ame	Horrible Bear! (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Voskuil, Hannah	Horus and the Curse of Everlasting Regret (*)		Action AdventureAA	Aug-2016
Young, Karen Romano	Hundred Percent (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Isadora, Rachel	I Hear a Pickle: And Smell, See, Touch, & Taste It, Too! (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2016
Levis, Caron	Ida, Always (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Stead, Philip C.	Ideas Are All Around (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Perkins, Stephanie	"In Ninety Minutes, Turn North" (*) (ss)		Contemporary RomanceCR	May-2016
Jackson, Richard	In Plain Sight (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Gidwitz, Adam	The Inquisitor's Tale Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (*)		Action AdventureAA	Oct-2016
Byrd, Robert	Jason and the Argonauts (*)		FantasyF	Oct-2016
Medina, Juana	Juana and Lucas (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Rivera, Gabby	Juliet Takes a Breath (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Neumeier, Rachel	The Keeper of the Mist (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Lloyd, Natalie	The Key to Extraordinary (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Cordova, Zoraida	Labyrinth Lost (*)		FantasyF	Sep-2016
Kelly, Erin Entrada	The Land of Forgotten Girls (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Kiely, Brendan	The Last True Love Story (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Sep-2016
Brosgol, Vera	Leave Me Alone (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Altebrando, Tara	The Leaving (*)		MysteryM	Jun-2016
Hardinge, Frances	The Lie Tree (*)		General FictionGF	May-2015
Maturana, Andrea	Life Without Nico (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Resau, Laura	The Lightning Queen (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2015
Engle, Margarita	Lion Island (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Agee, Jon	Lion Lessons (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2016
Empson, Jo	Little Home Bird (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2016
Gravett, Emily	Little Mouse's Big Book of Beasts (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Rylant, Cynthia	Little Penguins (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Baldwin, Christopher	Little Dee and the Penguin (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Apr-2016
Velasquez, Eric	Looking for Bongo (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Ross, Joel	The Lost Compass (*)		Action AdventureAA	May-2016
Pung, Alice	Lucy and Linh (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Hough, Robert	The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Sands, Kevin	Mark of the Plague (*)		Action AdventureAA	Sep-2016
Appelt, Kathi	Maybe a Fox (*)		FantasyF	Feb-2016
Stork, Francisco X.	The Memory of Light (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Avery, Lara	The Memory Book (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Jul-2016
Braxton-Smith, Ananda	Merrow (*)		FantasyF	Nov-2016
Kirk, Shannon	Method 15/33 (*)		ThrillerT	May-2015
Sullivan, Deirdre	Ming Goes to School (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2016
Macy, Sue	Miss Mary Reporting (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Murray, Martine	Molly & Pim and the Millions of Stars (*)		FantasyF	Jan-2017
Hillenbrand, Will	Mother Goose Picture Puzzles (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Burningham, John	Motor Miles (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Anderson, John David	Ms. Bixby's Last Day (*)		Action AdventureAA	Jun-2016
Bower, Tamara	The Mummy-Makers of Egypt (*)		HistoricalH	Mar-2016
Birdsall, Jeanne	My Favorite Pets: By Gus W. for Ms. Smolinski's Class (*)		LiteraryL	Jul-2016
Gray Smith, Monique	My Heart Fills with Happiness (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Barton, Byron	My House (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Zemke, Deborah	My Life in Pictures (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Larbalestier, Justine	My Sister Rosa (*)		ThrillerT	Nov-2016
Willems, Mo	Nanette's Baguette (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Gall, Chris	Nanobots (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Fan, Terry; Fan, Eric	The Night Gardener (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Busby, Cylin	The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs (*)		Action AdventureAA	Feb-2016
Avery, Tom	Not as We Know It (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
OHora, Zachariah	The Not So Quiet Library (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2016
Davies, Jacqueline	Nothing But Trouble (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2016
Vernon, Ursula	Of Mice and Magic (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Mar-2016
Fogliano, Julie	Old Dog Baby Baby (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Duyvis, Corinne	On the Edge of Gone (*)		Action AdventureAA	Mar-2016
Hashimi, Nadia	One Half from the East (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Nielsen, Susin	Optimists Die First (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2017
Long, Loren	Otis and the Kittens (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Godwin, Laura	Owl Sees Owl (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Poulin, Andree	Pablo Finds a Treasure (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Parker, Danny	Parachute (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Bracken, Alexandra	Passenger (*)		Action AdventureAA	Jan-2016
Berry, Julie	The Passion of Dolssa (*)		HistoricalH	Apr-2016
Pennypacker, Sara	Pax (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Garner, Paula	Phantom Limbs (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Badescu, Ramona	Pomelo's Opposites (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2013
Whitley, Jeremy; Goodwin, M.	Princeless Book 1 (*)		Action AdventureAA	Jul-2016
Lauren, Ruth	Prisoner of Ice and Snow (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2017
Gratz, Alan M.	Projekt 1065 (*)		Action AdventureAA	Oct-2016
Franzen, Jonathan	Purity (*)		LiteraryL	Sep-2015
John, Jory	Quit Calling Me a Monster! (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Hubbard, Kirsten	Race the Night (*)		Action AdventureAA	Nov-2016
Steptoe, Javaka	Radiant Child (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Reeve, Philip	Railhead (*)		Science FictionSF	Apr-2016
Ehlert, Lois	Rain Fish (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Patel, Sonia	Rani Patel in Full Effect (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Stiefvater, Maggie	The Raven King (*)		Paranormal RomancePNR	May-2016
DiCamillo, Kate	Raymie Nightingale (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Park, Patricia	Re Jane (*)		General FictionGF	May-2015
Chee, Traci	The Reader (*)		Action AdventureAA	Jan-2016
Hoefler, Kate	Real Cowboys (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Magoon, Kekla	Rebellion of Thieves (*)		Action AdventureAA	Oct-2016
Maschari, Jennifer	The Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price (*)		MysteryM	Feb-2016
Austin, Mike	Rescue Squad No. 9 (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Becker, Aaron	Return (*)		Action AdventureAA	Aug-2016
Crossley-Holland, Kevin	The Riddlemaster (*)		Action AdventureAA	Aug-2016
Preussler, Otfried	The Robber Hotzenplotz (*)		Action AdventureAA	May-2016
Ahdieh, Renee	The Rose and the Dagger (*)		Action AdventureAA	May-2016
Bansch, Helga	Rosie the Raven (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2017
Morales, Yuyi	Rudas (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Sepetys, Ruta	Salt to the Sea (*)		Action AdventureAA	Feb-2016
Lester, Julius	Sam and the Tigers (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-1996
Stead, Philip C.	Samson in the Snow (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Rex, Adam	School's First Day of School (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2016
Shusterman, Neal	Scythe (*)		Action AdventureAA	Nov-2016
Mankell, Henning	Secrets in the Fire (*)		HistoricalH	Sep-2003
Farrey, Brian	The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse (*)		Action AdventureAA	Apr-2016
Johnson, Jaleigh	The Secrets of Solace (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Stewart, Trenton Lee	The Secret Keepers (*)		Action AdventureAA	Oct-2016
Khan, Joshua	Shadow Magic (*)		Action AdventureAA	Apr-2016
Older, Daniel Jose	Shadowshaper (*)		Action AdventureAA	Jul-2015
Kelly, Jacqueline	Skunked! (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2016
Johnston, Tony	A Small Thing . . . But Big (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Kuehn, Stephanie	The Smaller Evil (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Phelan, Matt	Snow White (*)		HistoricalH	Sep-2016
Auxier, Jonathan	Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard (*)		Action AdventureAA	Apr-2016
Goldsaito, Katrina	The Sound of Silence (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Starmer, Aaron	Spontaneous (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Cole, Henry	Spot, the Cat (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Rockwell, Anne	A Spy Called James (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2016
Hapgood, Harriet Reuter	The Square Root of Summer (*)		Science FictionSF	May-2016
Jackson, Naomi	The Star Side of Bird Hill (*)		LiteraryL	Jul-2015
Chokshi, Roshani	The Star-Touched Queen (*)		FantasyF	May-2016
Winters, Cat	The Steep and Thorny Way (*)		HorrorHORR	Mar-2016
King, A.S.	Still Life with Tornado (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Turk, Evan	The Storyteller (*)		LiteraryL	Jul-2016
Starmer, Aaron	The Storyteller (*)		FantasyF	Mar-2016
Manley, Curtis; Berube, Kate	The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2016
Tanner, Lian	Sunker's Deep (*)		Action AdventureAA	Aug-2016
Bow, Erin	The Swan Riders (*)		Action AdventureAA	Sep-2016
Light, Steve	Swap! (*)		Action AdventureAA	Feb-2016
Tonatiuh, Duncan	A Tale of Two Volcanoes (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Bruchac, Joseph	Talking Leaves (*)		HistoricalH	Aug-2016
Moriarty, Jaclyn	A Tangle of Gold (*)		FantasyF	Apr-2016
Young, Rebecca	Teacup (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Willems, Mo	The Thank You Book (*)		LiteraryL	May-2016
Wallach, Tommy	Thanks for the Trouble (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
Coy, John	Their Great Gift (*)		HistoricalH	Mar-2016
Smith, Lane	There Is a Tribe of Kids (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Wenzel, Brendan	They All Saw a Cat (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Kephart, Beth	This Is the Story of You (*)		LiteraryL	Apr-2016
Ruzzier, Sergio	This Is Not a Picture Book! (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Alexie, Sherman	Thunder Boy Jr. (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Brremaud, Frederic; Bertolucci, Federico	The Tiger (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Mar-2015
Gottesfeld, Jeff	The Tree in the Courtyard (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Smiley, Jane	Twenty Yawns (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Thomson, Bill	The Typewriter (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Spotswood, Jessica	A Tyranny of Petticoats (*)		HistoricalH	Mar-2016
Burg, Ann E.	Unbound: A Novel in Verse (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2016
Cuevas, Michelle	The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2016
Porter, Sarah	Vassa in the Night (*)		HorrorHORR	Sep-2016
Olshan, Matthew	A Voyage in the Clouds (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2016
Del Rio, Tania	Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye (*)		FantasyF	Nov-2015
Budhos, Marina	Watched (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Smith, Amber	The Way I Used to Be (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Pennypacker, Sara	Waylon! One Awesome Thing (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2016
Ringgold, Faith	We Came to America (*)		General FictionGF	May-2016
Klassen, Jon	We Found a Hat (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2016
Greenidge, Kaitlyn	We Love You, Charlie Freeman (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2016
Goslee, Suzanne Cudd	Whatever (*)		RomanceR	Aug-2016
Henkes, Kevin	When Spring Comes (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2016
McLemore, Anna-Marie	When the Moon Was Ours (*)		FantasyF	Oct-2016
Lin, Grace	When the Sea Turned to Silver (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2016
Lord, Emery	When We Collided (*)		RomanceR	Apr-2016
Peevyhouse, Parker	Where Futures End (*)		Science FictionSF	Feb-2016
Hutchins, Pat	Where, Oh Where, Is Rosie's Chick? (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016
Lake, Nick	Whisper to Me (*)		RomanceR	May-2016
Bogart, Jo Ellen	The White Cat and the Monk (*)		HistoricalH	Mar-2016
Brown, Peter	The Wild Robot (*)		Action AdventureAA	Apr-2016
Wolk, Lauren	Wolf Hollow (*)		HistoricalH	May-2016
Beckhorn, Susan Williams	The Wolf's Boy (*)		HistoricalH	Jun-2016
Stringer, Lauren	Yellow Time (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2016

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