2019 School Library Journal (Awarded by School Library Journal)
Awards List
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Buitrago, Jairo | Lion and Mouse (*) | General Fiction / GF | 5 |  |
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Gerstein, Mordicai | I Am Hermes!: Mischief-Making Messenger of the Gods (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Harrison, Hannah E. | Bear Is Awake! (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2019 | 5 | |
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Barnes, Daniel | The Black Mage (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2019 | 5 | |
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Garrett, Camryn | Full Disclosure (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2019 | 5 | |
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Pink, Randi | Girls Like Us (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2019 | 5 | |
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Deming, Sarah | Gravity (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2019 | 5 | |
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Snape, Emily | Old MacDonald Had a Baby (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2019 | 5 | |
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O'Hart, Sinead | The Starspun Web (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2019 | 5 | |
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Shusterman, Neal | The Toll (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Nov-2019 | 5 | |
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Alemagna, Beatrice | Child of Glass (*) | General Fiction / GF | Dec-2019 | 5 | |
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John, Jory; Oswald, Pete | The Cool Bean (*) | General Fiction / GF | Dec-2019 | 5 | |
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Charles, Tami | Freedom Soup (*) | General Fiction / GF | Dec-2019 | 5 | |
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Tallie, Mariahadessa Ekere | Layla's Happiness (*) | General Fiction / GF | Dec-2019 | 5 | |
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La Sala, Ryan | Reverie (*) | Fantasy / F | Dec-2019 | 5 | |
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Lowry, Lois | The Giver (*) | Fantasy / F | May-1993 | 5 | |
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Alexander, Kwame | The Crossover (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2014 | 5 | |
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Hicks, Faith Erin | Comics Will Break Your Heart (*) | Romance / R | Feb-2018 | 5 | |
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Edge, Christopher | The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day (*) | Fantasy / F | Apr-2018 | 5 | |
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Thomas, Angie | On the Come Up (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2018 | 5 | |
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Rivera, Lilliam | Dealing in Dreams (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2018 | 5 | |
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Spillett, Tasha | Surviving the City (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2018 | 5 | |
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Philippe, Ben | The Field Guide to the North American Teenager (*) | General Fiction / GF | Dec-2018 | 5 | |
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Walsh, Liam Francis | Make a Wish, Henry Bear (*) | General Fiction / GF | Dec-2018 | 5 | |
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Zoboi, Ibi | Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Gemeinhart, Dan | Coyote (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Lee, Yoon Ha | Dragon Pearl (*) | Fantasy / F | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Xu, Ru | EndGames (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Butler, Emily | Freya & Zoose (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Williams, Alicia D. | Genesis Begins Again (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Chokshi, Roshani | The Gilded Wolves (*) | Fantasy / F | Jan-2019 | 4 | |
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Yu, Mimi | The Girl King (*) | Fantasy / F | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Wong, Liz | The Goose Egg (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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McDaniel, Breanna J. | Hands Up! (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 4 | |
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Stein, David Ezra | Hush, Little Bunny (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Bolden, Tonya | Inventing Victoria (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Bardugo, Leigh | King of Scars (*) | Action Adventure / AA | Jan-2019 | 4.5 | |
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Khan, Sabina | The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Konigsberg, Bill | The Music of What Happens (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Luyken, Corinna | My Heart (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Solomon, Rachel Lynn | Our Year of Maybe (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Vamos, Samantha | The Pinata That the Farm Maiden Hung (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Giles, Lamar | Spin (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 4.5 | |
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Doyle, Catherine | The Storm Keeper's Island (*) | Fantasy / F | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Ferrer, Marianne | A Story About Cancer With a Happy Ending (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Sarcone-Roach, Julia | There Are No Bears in This Bakery (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Elliott, Alicia | This Place (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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McKissack, Patricia C. / McKissack, Pat | What Is Given from the Heart (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2019 | 5 | |
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Black, Holly | The Wicked King (*) | Fantasy / F | Jan-2019 | 4.5 | |
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Thorley, Addie | An Affair of Poisons (*) | Fantasy / F | Feb-2019 | 4 | |
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Johnston, E.K. | The Afterward (*) | Fantasy / F | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Panetta, Kevin | Bloom (*) | Contemporary Romance / CR | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Venkatraman, Padma | The Bridge Home (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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LaFevers, Robin | Courting Darkness (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Sheinmel, Alyssa B. | A Danger to Herself and Others (*) | Mystery / M | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Trelease, Gita | Enchantee (*) | Fantasy / F | Feb-2019 | 4.5 | |
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Haydu, Corey Ann | Eventown (*) | Fantasy / F | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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DasGupta, Sayantani | Game of Stars (*) | Fantasy / F | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Newman, Leslea | Gittel's Journey (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Ruzzier, Sergio | Good Boy (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Cervantes, Angela | Lety Out Loud (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Surnaite, Margarita | The Lost Book (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Ursu, Anne | The Lost Girl (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Norriss, Andrew | Mike (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Salazar, Aida | The Moon Within (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Craft, Jerry | New Kid (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Hutchinson, Shaun David | The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Schmidt, Gary D. | Pay Attention, Carter Jones (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Stoddard, Lindsey | Right as Rain (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Sloan, Holly Goldberg; Wolitzer, Meg | To Night Owl From Dogfish (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Grove, S.E. | The Waning Age (*) | Fantasy / F | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Funaro, Gregory | Watch Hollow (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Watson, Renee | Watch Us Rise (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Mejia, Tehlor Kay | We Set the Dark on Fire (*) | Fantasy / F | Feb-2019 | 4 | |
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Alkaf, Hanna | The Weight of Our Sky (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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Robinson, Christian | Another (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Godwin, Jane | Baby Day (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Jenkins, Martin | Beware of the Crocodile (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Fleck, Jessika | Beware the Night (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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King, A.S. | Dig (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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McGovern, Kate | Fear of Missing Out (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Ramee, Lisa Moore | A Good Kind of Trouble (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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McGinnis, Mindy | Heroine (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Hinds, Gareth | The Iliad (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Ahmed, Samira | Internment (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Berry, Julie | Lovely War (*) | Contemporary Romance / CR | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Dunn, Georgia | Lupin Leaps In (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Blake, Ashley Herring | The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Ansari, Rebecca K.S. | The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly (*) | Fantasy / F | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Stead, Philip C. | Music for Mister Moon (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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McCarthy, Cori | Once & Future (*) | Action Adventure / AA | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Thong, Roseanne | One Is a Pinata (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Reynolds, Justin A. | Opposite of Always (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Dubuc, Marianne | Otto and Pio (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Reynolds, Shauna LaVoy | Poetree (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Stevenson, Robin | Pride Colors (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Ruzzier, Sergio | The Quiet Boat Ride: and Other Stories (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Angleberger, Tom | Recipe for Disaster (*) | Mystery / M | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Hernandez, Carlos | Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Raschka, Chris | Side by Side (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Henkes, Kevin | Sweeping Up the Heart (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Simler, Isabelle | Sweet Dreamers (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Kenny, Padraig | Tin (*) | Fantasy / F | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Eggers, Dave | Tomorrow Most Likely (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Elliott, David | Voices (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Wees, Alyssa | The Waking Forest (*) | Fantasy / F | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Bertagna, Julie | Wildheart (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Becker, Aaron | You Are Light (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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Freedman, Deborah | Carl and the Meaning of Life (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Stark-Mcginnis, Sandy | Extraordinary Birds (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Waller, Sharon Biggs | Girls on the Verge (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Lyons, Kelly Starling | Going Down Home with Daddy (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Cherry, Matthew A. | Hair Love (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Ledyard, Stephanie | Home Is a Window (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Tullet, Herve | I Have an Idea! (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Brosgol, Vera | The Little Guys (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Benjamin, Ali | The Next Great Paulie Fink (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Maclear, Kyo | Operatic (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Jackson, Kosoko | A Place for Wolves (*) | Action Adventure / AA | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Wood, Susan | Sandy Feet! Whose Feet? (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Rufener, Brenda | Since We Last Spoke (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Foreman, Michael | Stubby (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Cummings, Pat | Trace (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Bartlett, Claire Eliza | We Rule the Night (*) | Fantasy / F | Apr-2019 | 4.5 | |
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Wilson, Kip | White Rose (*) | Historical / H | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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Choi, Susan | Camp Tiger (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Archer, Micha | Daniel's Good Day (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Hare, John | Field Trip to the Moon (*) | Fantasy / F | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Lanan, Jessica | The Fisherman & the Whale (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Zunon, Elizabeth | Grandpa Cacao (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Melleby, Nicole | Hurricane Season (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Strong, Karen | Just South of Home (*) | Mystery / M | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Phelan, Matt | Knights vs. Monsters (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Ali, S.K. | Love from A to Z (*) | Romance / R | May-2019 | 4.5 | |
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Quintero, Isabel | My Papi Has a Motorcycle (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Warga, Jasmine | Other Words for Home (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Lai, Remy | Pie in the Sky (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Kadohata, Cynthia | A Place to Belong (*) | Historical / H | May-2019 | 4.5 | |
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Panteleakos, Nicole | Planet Earth Is Blue (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Savage, Stephen | Sign Off (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Kaplan, A.E. | We Are the Perfect Girl (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Faizal, Hafsah | We Hunt the Flame (*) | Fantasy / F | May-2019 | 4 | |
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Lukoff, Kyle | When Aidan Became a Brother (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Acevedo, Elizabeth | With the Fire on High (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Parry, Rosanne | A Wolf Called Wander (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2019 | 5 | |
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Alexander, Kwame | How to Read a Book (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2019 | 5 | |
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Bryon, Nathan | Look Up! (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2019 | 5 | |
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Ribay, Randy | Patron Saints of Nothing (*) | Thriller / T | Jun-2019 | 5 | |
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Pinkney, Brian | Puppy Truck (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2019 | 5 | |
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Meconis, Dylan | Queen of the Sea (*) | Historical / H | Jun-2019 | 5 | |
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Safi, Aminah Mae | Tell Me How You Really Feel (*) | Contemporary Romance / CR | Jun-2019 | 4 | |
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Cotterill, Samantha | This Beach Is Loud! (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2019 | 5 | |
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Sugiura, Misa | This Time Will Be Different (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2019 | 5 | |
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Andrews, Ryan | This Was Our Pact (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2019 | 5 | |
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Reed, Amy | The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World (*) | Fantasy / F | Jul-2019 | 5 | |
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Choi, Carolyn | IntersectionAllies (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2019 | 5 | |
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Zachariah, Abdul-Razak | The Night is Yours (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2019 | 5 | |
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del Toro, Guillermo; Hogan, Chuck | Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun (*) | Fantasy / F | Jul-2020 | 5 | |
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Mercurio, Ishta | Small World (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2019 | 5 | |
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Tolman, Stacia | The Spaces Between Us (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2019 | 5 | |
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Courage, Nick | Storm Blown (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2019 | 5 | |
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Reidy, Jean | Truman (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2019 | 5 | |
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Rauf, Onjali Q. | The Boy at the Back of the Class (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2019 | 5 | |
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Northrop, Michael | Dear Justice League (*) | Fantasy / F | Aug-2019 | 5 | |
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Lee, Stacey | The Downstairs Girl (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2019 | 5 | |
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Lockington, Mariama J. | For Black Girls Like Me (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2019 | 5 | |
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Henry, Katie | Let's Call It a Doomsday (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2019 | 5 | |
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Mackler, Carolyn | Not If I Can Help It (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2019 | 5 | |
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Armstrong, Kelley | A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying (*) | Fantasy / F | Aug-2019 | 4.5 | |
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Emezi, Akwaeke | Pet (*) | Fantasy / F | Sep-2019 | 5 | |
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Gillman, Melanie | Stage Dreams (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2019 | 5 | |
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Walker, Suzanne | Mooncakes (*) | Action Adventure / AA | Oct-2019 | 4 | |
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