2018 Junior Library Guild (Awarded by Junior Library Guild)

Awards List

Selection

Niblet & Ralph
(*)
Zachariah OHora
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Tom's Midnight Garden
The Norse Myths
The Crocodile and the Dentist
The Breadwinner
(*)
Deborah Ellis

The Wheel of Life and Death
Gone to Drift
(*)
Diana McCaulay

Maybe Something Beautiful
The Royal Rabbits of London
Three Little Monkeys
The 78-Story Treehouse
The Upside of Unrequited
Beyond the Bright Sea
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Midnight at the Electric
When Dimple Met Rishi
(*)
Sandhya Menon

In the Shadow of the Sun
Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries
Refugee
(*)
Alan M. Gratz

This Is Just a Test
The 91-Story Treehouse
Home Fire
(*)
Kamila Shamsie

The Losers Club
(*)
Andrew Clements

Wedgie & Gizmo
(*)
Suzanne Selfors

Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker
Dragonfly Song
(*)
Wendy Orr

Genuine Fraud
(*)
E. Lockhart

The Great Shelby Holmes Meets Her Match
Hit the Ground Running
Lone Stars
(*)
Mike Lupica

My Absolute Darling
Once You Know This
(*)
Emily Blejwas

Running Full Tilt
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Spinning
(*)
Tillie Walden

The Stars Beneath Our Feet
Swing It, Sunny
They Both Die at the End
Threads of Blue
Tumble & Blue
Warcross
(*)
Marie Lu

You Bring the Distant Near
Accident!
(*)
Andrea Tsurumi

The Afterlife of Holly Chase
All the Wind in the World
The Bad Mood and the Stick
Before the Devil Breaks You
Ben Franklin's in My Bathroom!
Bertha Takes a Drive
(*)
Jan Adkins

Bobby Lee Claremont and the Criminal Element
Bruce's Big Move
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

Cast No Shadow
Dear Martin
(*)
Nic Stone

Disappeared
(*)
Francisco X. Stork

Dogs: From Predator to Protector
The Doughnut Kingdom
(*)
Gigi D.G.

Draw the Line
(*)
Kathryn Otoshi

Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package
Far from the Tree
(*)
Robin Benway

Firewall
(*)
Sean Rodman

The Five Forms
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
Frank Einstein and the Bio-Action Gizmo
Goodnight, Hockey Fans
Graveyard Shakes
(*)
Laura Terry

Greetings from Witness Protection!
I Want That Nut!
Illegal
(*)
Eoin Colfer

Just Like Us! Birds
(*)
Bridget Heos

Lab 101
(*)
Benjamin Hulme-Cross

Laura Ingalls Is Ruining My Life
Long Way Down
(*)
Jason Reynolds

My Brigadista Year
Mystery of the Bear Cub
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Pashmina
(*)
Nidhi Chanani

The Player King
(*)
Avi

The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine
Race to the Bottom of the Sea
Rafi and Rosi: Pirates!
Robinson
(*)
Peter Sis

Satellite
(*)
Nick Lake

Shai & Emmie Star in Break an Egg!
Shelter
(*)
Celine Claire

A Short History of the Girl Next Door
Silent Days, Silent Dreams
A Skinful of Shadows
Snappsy the Alligator and His Best Friend Forever (Probably)
Starfish
(*)
Akemi Dawn Bowman

The Summer of Owen Todd
That Inevitable Victorian Thing
This Darkness Mine
Tool of War
(*)
Paolo Bacigalupi

Top Ten
(*)
Katie Cotugno

Touchdown Kid
(*)
Tim Green

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Vanilla
(*)
Billy Merrell

The War I Finally Won
The Watcher
Watchdog
(*)
Will McIntosh

The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid
Who Gives a Hoot?
Wild Beauty
(*)
Anna-Marie McLemore

Wishtree
(*)
Katherine Applegate

The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse
Woof and Quack in Winter
Bad Girls with Perfect Faces
Beasts Made of Night
The Best Tailor in Pinbaue
Betty's Burgled Bakery
The Boy and the Whale
Future Home of the Living God
Goldeline
(*)
Jimmy Cajoleas

Have Sword, Will Travel
Hellwalkers
How Oscar Indigo Broke the Universe (and Put It Back Together Again)
How to Find an Elephant
It's Shoe Time!
(*)
Mo Willems

Mirage
(*)
Somaiya Daud

Mosquitoes Don't Bite Me
Polaris
(*)
Michael Northrop

Read the Book, Lemmings!
The Real McCoys
Red Again
(*)
Barbara Lehman

The Relic War
(*)
Stel Pavlou

Seriously Hexed
This Mortal Coil
(*)
Emily Suvada

Waylon! Even More Awesome
Whistling in the Dark
Bolivar
(*)
Sean Rubin

Brave Chef Brianna
(*)
Sam Sykes

Ghosts Don't Ride Bikes, Do They?
The Gnawer of Rocks
Golden
(*)
Mary Victoria Johnson

The Haunted House Next Door
The New Kid
(*)
Karen English

Sea of Strangers
(*)
Erica Cameron

Somewhere Else
(*)
Gus Gordon

Valensteins
(*)
Ethan Long

Weave a Circle Round
The Art of Blending In
Avalanche!
(*)
Terry Lynn Johnson

Batman: Nightwalker
Betty Before X
(*)
Ilyasah Shabazz

Carnegie's Maid
The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes
The Cruel Prince
A Dash of Trouble
Escape from Aleppo
The Family with Two Front Doors
Gnomon
(*)
Nick Harkaway

Good Night Sleep Tight
Hamster Princess: Whiskerella
Just Like Jackie
The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily
Love, Hate and Other Filters
Love, Life, and the List
(*)
Kasie West

My Friends Make Me Happy!
My Pillow Keeps Moving
Pass the Ball, Mo!
Shadow Weaver
(*)
Marcykate Connolly

Supergifted
(*)
Gordon Korman

A Taxonomy of Love
The Terrible Two Go Wild
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Waking the Monsters
(*)
Judd Winick

When Sophie Thinks She Can't...
The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle
All We Can Do Is Wait
The Ambrose Deception
(*)
Emily Ecton

American Panda
(*)
Gloria Chao

An American Marriage
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza
Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire
The Belles
Better Together
(*)
Kallie George

Blood of a Thousand Stars
The Boo-Boos That Changed the World
The Book about Nothing
Checked
(*)
Cynthia Kadohata

Dark Wyng
(*)
Chris D'Lacey

Easter Love Letters from God
Grace for Gus
(*)
Harry Bliss

Granted
(*)
John David Anderson

The Hazel Wood
The Heart and Mind of Frances Pauley
Heart of Iron
(*)
Ashley Poston

Honor Among Thieves
Hunger
(*)
Donna Jo Napoli

It's Springtime, Mr. Squirrel
The Journey of Little Charlie
Just Friends
(*)
Dyan Sheldon

Legends of the Lost Causes
The Not-So-Boring Letters of Private Nobody
Only Killers and Thieves
Pitch Dark
(*)
Courtney Alameda

Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein
The Prince and the Dressmaker
The Problim Children
A Pup Called Trouble
Raffie on the Run
Seeing into Tomorrow
(*)
Nina Crews

Shadow
(*)
Mere Joyce

Speak: The Graphic Novel
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen
Thank You, Earth
They Didn't Teach This in Worm School!
This Tiny Perfect World
(*)
Lauren Gibaldi

Warbler Wave
(*)
April Pulley Sayre

What the Night Sings
When God Made Light
Absolutely Alfie and the Worst Best Sleepover
The Altered History of Willow Sparks
The Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell
Archival Quality
(*)
Ivy Noelle Weir

The Astonishing Color of After
Baby Monkey, Private Eye
The Beauty That Remains
The Better Tree Fort
Blood Water Paint
(*)
Joy McCullough

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
A Busy Creature's Day Eating
The Case for Jamie
Dance! Dance! Dance!
(*)
Ethan Long

The Falling Between Us // Holding on to You
The Field
(*)
Baptiste Paul

The Fighter
(*)
Michael Farris Smith

Frank Einstein and the Space-Time Zipper
A Girl Like That
Hazy Bloom and the Pet Project
Head in the Clouds
(*)
Abby Hanlon

The Heart Forger
How Are You?
(*)
Angela Dominguez

In Search Of Us
Islandborn
(*)
Junot Diaz

Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
The Killing Drink
King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth
Like Vanessa
(*)
Tami Charles

Lucky Enough
(*)
Fred Bowen

The Mad Wolf's Daughter
Mapping the Bones
New Shoes
(*)
Sara Varon

The Night Diary
Nothing Left to Burn
People Like Us
The Poet X
(*)
Elizabeth Acevedo

The Ripple Kingdom
(*)
Gigi D.G.

Sam the Man & the Dragon Van Plan
The Shape of Water
Sparks!
(*)
Ian Boothby

The Sparsholt Affair
Speak No Evil
Strange Star
(*)
Emma Carroll

Strangers
The Tale of Angelino Brown
Teddy's Favorite Toy
Tess of the Road
Twelve Steps to Normal
When the Crickets Stopped Singing
The Wild Robot Escapes
Wizardmatch
A World Below
(*)
Wesley King

Aru Shah and the End of Time
The Backward Season
Bat and the Waiting Game
Be Prepared
(*)
Vera Brosgol

The Beloved Wild
The Best Mother
(*)
C.M. Surrisi

Big Foot and Little Foot
The Birthday Fortune
Blackfish City
(*)
Sam J. Miller

Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code
The City on the Other Side
Class Action
The Creature of the Pines
Damselfly
(*)
Chandra Prasad

Deep Water
(*)
Watt Key

Defy the Worlds
(*)
Claudia Gray

A Dog with Nice Ears
Don't Blink!
The Doughnut Fix
(*)
Jessie Janowitz

The Dragon Slayer
Dread Nation
Dude!
(*)
Aaron Reynolds

El Chupacabras!
Esos Zapatos
(*)
Maribeth Boelts

Every Month Is a New Year
Friends Stick Together
A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean!
Frog and Beaver
(*)
Simon James

Ghost Boys
Goldfish on Vacation
Hello Lighthouse
(*)
Sophie Blackall

How You Ruined My Life
I Got It!
(*)
David Wiesner

I Have Lost My Way
(*)
Gayle Forman

Ice Wolves
The Island at the End of Everything
Jasmine Toguchi, Drummer Girl
Jolly Foul Play
Leah on the Offbeat
The Lifters
Lights, Camera, Disaster
Losers Bracket
(*)
Chris Crutcher

Lulu Is Getting a Sister (Who Wants Her? Who Needs Her?)
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
A Most Unusual Day
(*)
Sydra Mallery