Hello, ShelfTalker readers! It’s time for a new year of starred reviews. The Stars So Far is a project in which I foolishly decide to gather all of the year’s starred reviews for children’s and YA books from Booklist, The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Horn Book, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. (In the next update, I’ll add 5Q5P titles from VOYA — Voice of Youth Advocates. I didn’t do VOYA last year, and I missed their input, so I’m adding them back in. Hooray!).
Please note: starred reviews are counted only when they have been officially printed by the review magazines, so if your book has an upcoming star, never fear; it will be included in a future update.
This is a detail-laden process, and as careful as I try to be, there will be bobbles here and there. If you want the cleanest, most comprehensive version of this list, check back here several days after the original post, when I’ll have been able to make any fixes. Publishers, please alert me to any oversights at ebluemle AT publishersweekly.com, including the review sources and dates for the starred reviews. Thanks!
Receiving a starred review is a wonderful honor for a book and its creators. We hope this list will be a handy resource for readers and buyers of all stripes — and that it won’t cause readers to overlook fabulous books that haven’t happened to receive a star. Sometimes, those are children’s very favorite books. So — read widely, read often, and stop binge-watching M*A*S*H. (That last was a note to myself.) Oh, and please consider ordering your books from indie bookstores!
FIVE STARS
Challenger Deep. Neal Shusterman, illus. by Brendan Shusterman. HarperTeen, $17.99 ISBN 9780061134111
Earmuffs for Everyone! How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs. Meghan McCarthy. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99. ISBN 9781481406376
Supertruck. Stephen Savage. Roaring Brook/Porter, $12.99. ISBN 9781596438217
Tightrope Walkers, The. David Almond. Candlewick, $17.99 ISBN 9780763673109
X. Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763669676
 FOUR STARS
Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary. Gail Jarrow. Boyds Mills/Calkins Creek, $16.95 ISBN 9781620915974
Roller Girl. Victoria Jamieson. Dial, $12.99 pb ISBN 9780803740167
Wolfie the Bunny. Ame Dyckman, illus. by Zachariah OHora. Little, Brown, $17 ISBN 9780316226141
THREE STARS
Alex Crow, The. Andrew Smith. Dutton, $18.99 ISBN 9780525426530
All the Bright Places. Jennifer Niven. Knopf, $17.99 ISBN 9780385755887
Bunker Diary, The. Kevin Brooks. Carolrhoda, $17.99 ISBN 9781467754200
Case for Loving, The: The Fight for Interracial Marriage. Selina Alko, illus. by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko. Scholastic/Levine, $16.99. ISBN 9780545478533
Counting Crows. Kathi Appelt, illus. by Rob Dunlavey. S&S/Atheneum, $17.99 ISBN 9781442423275
Dead I Know, The. Scot Gardner. HMH, $17.99 ISBN 9780544232747
Death of the Hat, The: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects. Paul B. Janeczko, illus. by Chris Raschka. Candlewick, $17.99 ISBN 9780763669638
Echo. Pam Muñoz Ryan. Scholastic Press, $19.99 ISBN 9780439874021
FDR and the American Crisis. Albert Marrin. Knopf, $24.99 ISBN 9780385753593
Fine Dessert, A: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat. Emily Jenkins, illus. by Sophie Blackall. Random/Schwartz & Wade, $20.99 ISBN 9780375868320
Ghosts of Heaven, The. Marcus Sedgwick. Roaring Brook, $17.99 ISBN 9781626721258
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America. Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. by Jamey Christoph. Albert Whitman, $16.99 ISBN 9780807530177
Grasshopper and the Ant, The. Jerry Pinkney. Little, Brown, $18 ISBN 9780316400817
Hold Tight, Don’t Let Go. Laura Rose Wagner. Abrams/Amulet, $17.95 ISBN 9781419712043
Last Stop on Market Street. Matt de la Peña, illus. by Christian Robinson. Putnam, $16.99 ISBN 9780399257742
Listen, Slowly. Thanhhà Lai. Harper, $16.99 ISBN 9780062229182
Little Red Riding Hood. The Brothers Grimm. Minedition, $29.99 ISBN 9789888240791
Maine Coon’s Haiku, The. Michael J. Rosen, illus. by Lee White. Candlewick, $17.99 ISBN 9780763664923
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France. Mara Rockliff, illus. by Iacopo Bruno. Candlewick, $17.99 ISBN 9780763663513
Mosquitoland. David Arnold. Viking, $17.99 ISBN 9780451470775
P. Zonka Lays an Egg. Julie Paschkis. Peachtree, $16.95 ISBN 9781561458196
Raindrops Roll. April Pulley Sayre. S&S/Beach Lane, $17.99 ISBN 9781481420648
Razorhurst. Justine Larbalestier. Soho Teen, $18.99 ISBN 9781616955441
Shadow Scale. Rachel Hartman. Random, $18.99 ISBN 9780375866579
Sidewalk Flowers. JonArno Lawson, illus. by Sydney Smith. House of Anansi/Groundwood, $16.95 ISBN 9781554984312
Stella by Starlight. Sharon M. Draper. S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 ISBN 9781442494978
Truth Commission, The. Susan Juby. Viking, $18.99 ISBN 9780451468772
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley. Lynda Blackmon Lowery, illus. by PJ Loughran. Dial, $19.99 ISBN 9780803741232
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted a Million Trees. Franck Praevot, illus. by Aurelia Fronty. Charlesbridge, $17.95 ISBN 9781580896269
War That Saved My Life, The. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Dial, $16.99 ISBN 9780803740815
TWO STARS
28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World. Charles R. Smith, Jr., illus. by Shane W. Evans. Roaring Brook, $18.99 ISBN 9781596438200
Ambush of Tigers, An: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns. Betsy R. Rosenthal, illus. by Jago. Millbrook, $19.99 ISBN 9781467714648
Audacity. Melanie Crowder. Philomel, $17.99 ISBN 9780399168994
Bear Ate Your Sandwich, The. Julia Sarcone-Roach. Knopf, $16.99 ISBN 9780375858604
Beastkeeper. Cat Hellisen. Henry Holt, $16.99 ISBN 9780805099805
Bird & Diz. Gary Golio, illus. by Ed Young. Candlewick, $19.99 9780763666606
Blackbird Fly. Erin Entrada Kelly. Greenwillow, $16.99 ISBN 9780062238610
Bone Gap. Laura Ruby. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 ISBN 9780062317605
Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, The: Young Readers Edition. William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, illus. by Anna Hymas. Dial, $16.99 9780803735118
By Mouse and Frog. Deborah Freedman. Viking, $16.99 ISBN 9780670784905
Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts. Nikki Grimes, illus. by Michele Wood. Scholastic/Orchard, $18.99 ISBN 9780439793384
Cuckoo Song. Frances Hardinge. Abrams/Amulet, $17.95 ISBN 9781419714801
Deep Sea. Annika Thor, trans. from the Swedish by Linda Schenck. Delacorte, $17.99 ISBN 9780385743853
Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews. Kathleen Benson, illus. by Benny Andrews. Clarion, $16.99 ISBN 9780544104877
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music. Margarita Engle. HMH, $16.99 ISBN 9780544102293
Eden West. Pete Hautman. Candlewick, $17.99 ISBN 9780763674182
Elvis: The Story of the Rock and Roll King. Bonnie Christensen. Holt/Ottaviano, $17.99 ISBN 9780805094473
Everybody Sleeps (But Not Fred). Josh Schneider. Clarion, $16.99 ISBN 9780544339248
Finding Serendipity. Angelica Banks. Holt, $16.99 ISBN 9781627791540
Finding Spring. Carin Berger. Greenwillow, $17.99 ISBN 9780062250193
First Snow. Peter McCarty. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $16.99 ISBN 9780062189967
Fish in a Tree. Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Penguin/Paulsen, $16.99 ISBN 9780399162596
Founding Fathers, The! Those Horse-Ridin’, Fiddle-Playin’, Book-Readin’, Gun-Totin’ Gentlemen Who Started America. Jonah Winter, illus. by Barry Blitt. S&S/Atheneum, $17.99 ISBN 9781442442740
Game of Love and Death, The. Martha Brockenbrough. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 ISBN 9780545668347
Gingerbread for Liberty! How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution. Mara Rockliff, illus. by Vincent X. Kirsch. HMH, $16.99 ISBN 9780544130012
Gone Crazy in Alabama. Rita Williams-Garcia. HarperCollins/Amistad, $16.99 ISBN 9780062215871
Great War, The: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War. David Almond, John Boyne, Tracy Chevalier et al., illus. by Jim Kay. Candlewick, $19.99 ISBN 9780763675547
Half a Man. Michael Morpurgo. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763677473
Half Wild. Sally Green. Viking, $18.99 ISBN 9780670017133
Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story. David Levithan. Dutton, $17.99 ISBN 9780525428848
Home. Carson Ellis. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763665296
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise. Sean Taylor, illus. by Jean Jullien. Candlewick, $15.99 ISBN 9780763675783
Imaginary, The. A.F. Harrold, illus. by Emily Gravett. Bloomsbury, $16.99 ISBN 9780802738110
Infandous. Elana K. Arnold. Carolrhoda/Lab, $18.99 ISBN 9781467738491
It’s Only Stanley. Jon Agee. Dial, $17.99 ISBN 9780803739079
Lucky Strike. Bobbie Pyron. Scholastic/Levine, $16.99 ISBN 9780545592178
March: Book 2. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illus. by Nate Powell. Top Shelf, $19.95 ISBN 9781603094009
Meet the Dullards. Sara Pennypacker, illus. by Daniel Salmieri. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 ISBN 9780062198563
Moonpenny Island. Tricia Springstubb, illus. by Gilbert Ford. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $16.99 ISBN 9780062112934
Murder Is Bad Manners (A Wells & Wong Mystery). Robin Stevens. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 ISBN 9781481422123
My Bike. Byron Barton. Greenwillow, $16.99 ISBN 9780062336996
My Pen. Christopher Myers. DisneyHyperion, $16.99 ISBN 9781423103714
Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. Collected by Elizabeth Hammill. Candlewick, $21.99 ISBN 9780763677299
Penderwicks in Spring, The. Jeanne Birdsall. Knopf, $16.99 ISBN 9780375870774
Poem in Your Pocket, A. Margaret McNamara, illus. by G. Brian Karas. Random/Schwartz & Wade, $16.99 ISBN 9780307979476
Popcorn Astronauts, The: And Other Biteable Rhymes. Deborah Ruddell, illus. by Joan Rankin. S&S/McElderry, $17.99 ISBN 9781442465558
Potato King, The. Christoph Niemann. Owlkids, $17.95 ISBN 9781771471398
Question of Miracles, The. Elana K. Arnold. HMH, $16.99 ISBN 9780544334649
Red Butterfly. A.L. Sonnichsen, illus. by Amy June Bates. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 ISBN 9781481411097
Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia’s Desert Wilderness. Narelle Oliver. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763667610
Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama. Hester Bass, illus. by E.B. Lewis. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763669195
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. Becky Albertalli. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 ISBN 9780062348678
Smek for President! Adam Rex. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 ISBN 9781484709511
Smick! Doreen Cronin, illus. by Juana Medina. Viking, $16.99 ISBN 9780670785780
Such a Little Mouse. Alice Schertle, illus. by Stephanie Yue. Scholastic/Orchard, $16.99 ISBN 9780545649292
Sweep Up the Sun. Helen Frost, photos by Rick Lieder. Candlewick, $15.99 ISBN 9780763669041
Thickety, The: The Whispering Trees. J.A. White, illus. by Andrea Offermann. HarperCollins/Tegen, $16.99 ISBN 9780062257291
Trap, The. Steven Arnston. HMH, $16.99 ISBN 9780547824086
Trombone Shorty. Troy Andrews, illus. by Bryan Collier. Abrams, $17.99 ISBN 9781419714658
Under a Painted Sky. Stacey Lee. Putnam, $16.99 ISBN 9780399168031
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer. Kelly Jones, illus. by Katie Kath. Knopf, $16.99 ISBN 9780385755528
Use Your Words, Sophie! Rosemary Wells. Viking, $16.99 ISBN 9780670016631
Walls Around Us, The. Nova Ren Suma. Algonquin, $17.95 ISBN 9781616203726
We All Looked Up. Tommy Wallach. Simon & Schuster, $17.99 ISBN 9781481418775
When Otis Courted Mama. Kathi Appelt, illus. by Jill McElmurry. HMH, $16.99 ISBN 9780152166885
Whisper, The (The Riverman Trilogy: Book 2). Aaron Starmer. FSG, $16.99 ISBN 9780374363116
Wonderful Year, A. Nick Bruel. Roaring Brook/Porter, $17.99 ISBN 9781596436114
Yard Sale. Eve Bunting. Candlewick, $15.99 ISBN 9780763665425
ONE STAR
Abe Lincoln: His Wit and Wisdom from A-Z. Alan Schroeder. Holiday House, $17.95 ISBN 9780823424207
All the Rage. Courtney Summers. St. Martin’s Griffin, $18.99 ISBN 9781250021915
Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The. Chris Barton, illus. by Don Tate. Eerdmans, $17 ISBN 9780802853790
Ares: Bringer of War (Olympians #7). George O’Connor. First Second, $16.99 hc, $9.99 pb ISBN hc 9781626720145 ISBN pb 9781626720138
Ask Me. Bernard Waber, illus. by Suzy Lee. HMH, $16.99 ISBN 9780547733944
Baby Swap, The. Jan Ormerod, illus. by Andrew Joyner. S&S/Little Simon, $16.99 ISBN 9781481419147
Bayou Magic. Jewell Parker Carhodes. Little, Brown, $17 ISBN 9780316224840
Bear and Duck. Katy Hudson. HarperCollins, $17.99 ISBN 9780062320513
Beast Keeper. Lucy Coats, illus. by Brett Bean. Grosset & Dunlap, $5.99 pb ISBN 9780448461939
Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It. Loree Griffin Burns. HMH, $18.99 ISBN 9780547792675
Ben Draws Trouble. Matt Davies. Roaring Brook, $17.99 ISBN: 9781596437951
Black Dove, White Raven. Elizabeth Wein. Disney-Hyperion, $17.99 ISBN 9781423183105
Blown Away. Rob Biddulph. HarperCollins, $17.99 ISBN 9780062367242
Book of Storms, The. Ruth Hatfield, illus. by Greg Call. Henry Holt, $16.99 ISBN 9780805099980
Boy & the Book, The. David Michael Slater, illus. by Bob Kolar. Charlesbridge, $16.95 ISBN 9781580895620
Boy in the Black Suit, The. Jason Reynolds. S&S/Atheneum, $17.99 ISBN 9781442459502
Boy Who Lost Fairyland, The. Catherynne M. Valente, illus. by Ana Juan. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 ISBN 9781250023490
Boys Don’t Knit. T.S. Easton. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 ISBN 9781250053312
Breaking Sky. Cor McCarthy. Sourcebooks Fire, $16.99 ISBN 9781492601418
Burning Nation (Divided We Fall, Book 2). Trent Reedy. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 ISBN 9780545548731
Bus Ride, The. Marianne Dubuc. Kids Can, $15.95 ISBN 9781771382090
Button Hill. Michael Bradford. Orca, $9.95 ISBN 9781459807556
Capital Days: Michael Shiner’s Journal and the Growth of Our Nation’s Capital. Tonya Bolden. Abrams, $21.95 ISBN 9781419707339
Case of the Missing Carrot Cake, The (A Wilcox and Griswold Mystery). Robin Newman, illus. by Deborah Zemke. Creston, $15.95 ISBN 9781939547170
Castle Hangnail. Ursula Vernon. Dial, $16.99 ISBN 9780803741294
Cat & Bunny. Mary Lundquist. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 ISBN 9780062287809
Catch You Later, Traitor. Avi. Algonquin, $16.95 ISBN 9781616203597
Chicken Followed Me Home, A!: Questions and Answers About a Familiar Fowl. Robin Page. S&S/Beach Lane, $17.99 ISBN 9781481410281
Chosen Prince, The. Diane Stanley. Harper, $16.99 ISBN 9780062248978
Cold Legacy, A. Megan Shepherd. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 ISBN 9780062128089
Cottage in the Woods, The. Katherine Coville. Knopf, $16.9. ISBN 9780385755733
Crown Affair, The: From the Files of a HardBoiled Detective. Jeanie Franz Ransom, illus. by Stephen Axelsen. Charlesbridge, $16.95 ISBN 9781580895521
Darkest Part of the Forest, The. Holly Black. Little, Brown, $18 ISBN 9780316213073
Dear Mr. Washington. Lynn Cullen, illus. by Nancy Carpenter. Dial, $16.99 ISBN 9780803730380
Detective Gordon: The First Case. Ulf Nilsson. Gecko Press, $16.99 ISBN 9781927271490
Distance Between Lost and Found, The. Kathryn Holmes. HarperTeen, $17.99 ISBN 9780062317261
Door in the Moon, The (Obsidian Mirror). Catherine Fisher. Dial, $17.99 ISBN 9780803739710
Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans, A. Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder, illus. by Mary GrandPré. Crown, $15.99 ISBN 9780385392280
Ember in the Ashes, An. Sabaa Tahir. Razorbill, $19.95 ISBN 9781595148032
Every Last Promise. Kristin Halbrook. HarperTeen, $9.99 pb ISBN 9780062121288
Fetch. Jorey Hurley. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99 ISBN 9781442489691
Finding the Worm. Mark Goldblatt. Random House, $16.99 ISBN 9780385391085
First There Was Forever. Juliana Romano. Dial, $17.99 ISBN 9780803741683
Firstborn. Tor Seidler. S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 ISBN 9781481410175
Flutter & Hum: Animal Poems/Aleteo y Zumbido: Poemas de Animales. Julie Paschkis. Holt, $17.99 ISBN 9781627791038
Fort. Cynthia DeFelice. FSG, $16.99 ISBN 9780374324278
Girl at Midnight, The. Melissa Grey. Delacorte, $17.99 ISBN 9780385744652
Great Good Summer, The. Liz Garton Scanlon. S&S/Beach Lane, $16.99 ISBN 9781481411479
Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel (Tyme #1). Megan Morrison. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 ISBN 9780545638265
Growing Up Pedro. Matt Tavares. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763668242
Hellhole. Gina Damico. HMH, $17.99 ISBN 9780544307100
High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs. Lisa Kahn Schnell, illus. by Alan Marks. Charlesbridge, $16.95 ISBN 9781580896047
Hippos Are Huge! Jonathan London, illus. by Matthew Trueman. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763665920
Honest Truth, The. Dan Gemeinhart. Scholastic Press, $16.99 ISBN 9780545665735
I Am the Wolf… and Here I Come! Bénédicte Guettier, trans. from the French by Penelope Todd. Gecko Press, $14.95 ISBN 9781877579424
I Don’t Want to Be a Frog. Dev Petty, illus. by Mike Boldt. Doubleday, $16.99 ISBN 9780385378666
I Was Here. Gayle Forman. Viking, $18.99 ISBN 9780451471475
I’ll Meet You There. Heather Demetrios. Holt, $17.99 ISBN 9780805097955
If You Find This. Matthew Baker. Little, Brown, $17 ISBN 9780316240086
In. Nikki McClure. Abrams Appleseed, $16.95 ISBN 9781419714863
In a Village by the Sea. Muon Van, illus. by April Chu. Creston, $16.95 ISBN 9781939547156
Kidney Hypothetical, The: Or How to Ruin Your Life in Seven Days. Lisa Yee. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 ISBN 9780545230940
Last Leaves Falling, The. Sarah Benwell. Simon & Schuster, $17.99 ISBN 9781481430654
Last Time We Say Goodbye, The. Cynthia Hand. HarperTeen, $17.99 ISBN 9780062318473
League of Beastly Dreadfuls, The. Holly Grant. Random House, $16.99 ISBN 9780385370073
Legends: The Best Players, Games, and Teams in Football. Howard Bryant. Philomel, $16.99 ISBN 9780399169045
Liars, Inc. Paula Stokes. HarperTeen, $17.99 ISBN 9780062323286
Lies I Told. Michelle Zink. HarperTeen, $17.99 ISBN 9780062327123
Like a River: A Civil War Novel. Kathy Cannon Wiechman. Calkins Creek, $17.95 ISBN 9781629792095
Little Mouse Santi, The. David Eugene Ray. Bienville Ray LLC, $15 ISBN 9780692252253
Little Red Henry. Linda Urban, illus. by Madeline Valentine. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763661762
Look! Jeff Mack. Philomel, $16.99 ISBN 9780399162053
Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure. Nadja Spiegelman. Illus. by Sergio Garcia Sanchez. Candlewick/Toon, $16.95 ISBN 9781935179818
Lost Marble Notebook of Forgotten Girl & Random Boy, The. Marie Jaskulka. Sky Pony Press, $16.99 ISBN 9781632204264
Lost Track of Time, The. Paige Britt, illus. by Lee White. Scholastic Press, $17.99 ISBN 9780545538121
Luck Uglies, The: ForkTongue Charmers. Paul Durham. Harper, $16.99 ISBN 9780062271532
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy. Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis, illus. by Brooke Allen & Shannon Watters. Boom! Studios, $14.99 ISBN 9781608866878
Lunch Witch, The. Deb Lucke. Papercutz, $14.99 pb ISBN 9781629911625
Magonia. Maria Dahvana Headley. Harper, $17.99 ISBN 9780062320520
Mahalia Jackson. Nina Nolan, illus. by John Holyfield. HarperCollins/Amistad, $17.99 ISBN 9780060879440
Mama Seeton’s Whistle. Jerry Spinelli, illus. by LeUyen Pham. Little, Brown, $17 ISBN 9780316122177
Marilyn’s Monster. Michelle Knudsen, illus. by Matt Phelan. Candlewick, $15.99 ISBN 9780763660116
Mark of the Thief. Jennifer A. Nielsen. Scholastic Press, $17.99 ISBN 9780545561549
Masterminds. Gordon Korman. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $16.99 ISBN 9780062299963
Max’s Math. Kate Banks, illus. by Boris Kulikov. FSG/Foster, $17.99 ISBN 9780374348755
Messengers, The. Edward Hogan. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763671129
Monkey Wars. Richard Kurti. Delacorte, $17.99 ISBN 9780385744416
Monty’s Magnificent Mane. Gemma O’Neill. Candlewick/Templar, $15.99 ISBN 9780763675936
Moon Bear. Gill Lewis, illus. by Alessandro Gottardo. S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 ISBN 9781481400947
Ms. Rapscott’s Girls. Elise Primavera. Dial, $16.99 ISBN 9780803738225
My Heart and Other Black Holes. Jasmine Warga. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 ISBN 9780062324672
My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth. Ann Turner, illus. by James Ransome. HarperCollins, $17.99 ISBN 9780060758981
My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay. Cari Best, illus. by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. FSG, $17.99 ISBN 9780374388195
New Shoes. Susan Lynn Meyer, illus. by Eric Velasquez. Holiday House, $16.95 ISBN 9780823425280
New Small Person, The. Lauren Child. Candlewick, $17.99 ISBN 9780763678104
Octopuses!: Strange and Wonderful. Laurence Pringle, illus. by Mary Henderson. Boyds Mills, $16.95 ISBN 9781590789285
One Family. George Shannon, illus. by Blanca Gomez. FSG, $17.99 ISBN 9780374300036
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Caesey and the Recycling Women of the Gambia. Miranda Paul, illus. by Elizabeth Zunon. Millbrook, $19.99 ISBN 9781467716086
Orangutanka: A Story in Poems. Margarita Engle, illus. by Renée Kurilla. Holt, $17.99 ISBN 9780805098396
Orphan Army, The (Nightsiders #1). Jonathan Maberry. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 ISBN 9781481415750
Paper Things. Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763663230
Peep and Ducky Rainy Day. David Martin, illus. by David Walker. Candlewick, $14.99 ISBN 9780763668846
Polaris. Mindee Arnett. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 ISBN 9780062235626
Prairie Fire. E.K. Johnston. Carolrhoda, $18.99 ISBN 9781467739092
Prickly Jenny. Sibylle Delacroix, trans. from the French by Karen Li. Owlkids, $16.95 ISBN 9781771471299
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters. Shannon Hale. Bloomsbury, $17.99 ISBN 9781619634855
Princess Pistachio. Marie-Louise Gay. Pajama Press, $10.95 ISBN 9781927485699
Queen’s Shadow, The: A Story About How Animals See. Cybèlé Young. Kids Can, $16.95 ISBN 9781894786607
Read Between the Lines. Jo Knowles. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763663872
Ready Rabbit Gets Ready! Brenna Maloney, photos by Chuck Kennedy. Viking, $16.99 ISBN 9780670015498
Red: A Crayon’s Story. Michael Hall. Greenwillow, $17.99 ISBN 9780062252074
Remembering Inez: The Last Campaign of Inez Milholland, Suffrage Martyr. Robert P.J. Cooney, Jr. American Graphic,. $14.95 ISBN 9780977009527
Return to Augie Hobble. Lane Smith. Roaring Brook, $16.99 ISBN 9781626720541
Rhymoceros. Janik Coat. Abrams Appleseed, $15.95 ISBN 9781419715143
Rise and Fall of the Gallivanters. M.J. Beaufrand. Abrams/Amulet, $16.95 ISBN 9781419714955
Rodeo Red. Maripat Perkins, illus. by Molly Idle. Peachtree, $16.95 ISBN 9781561458165
Saint Anything. Sarah Dessen. Viking, $19.99 ISBN 9780451474704
Salt & Stone. Victoria Scott. Scholastic, $17.99 ISBN 9780545537483
See You Next Year. Andrew Larson, illus. by Todd Stewart. Owlkids, $16.95 ISBN 9781926973999
Shadow Cabinet, The (Shades of London #3). Maureen Johnson. Putnam, $17.99 ISBN 9780399256622
Shadow of the War Machine (Secret Order #3). Kristin Bailey. Simon Pulse, $17.99 ISBN 9781442468054
Should You Be a River: A Poem About Love. Ed Young. Little, Brown, $18 ISBN 9780316230896
Sin Eater’s Daughter, The. Melinda Salisbury. Scholastic Press, $17.99 ISBN 9780545810623
Six. M.M. Vaughan. S&S/McElderry, $16.99 ISBN 9781481420693
Small Elephant’s Bathtime. Tatyana Feeney. Knopf, $16.99 ISBN 9780553497212
Sona and the Wedding Game. Kashmira Sheth, illus. by Yoshiko Jaeggi. Peachtree, $16.95 ISBN 9781561457359
Soulprint. Megan Miranda. Bloomsbury, $17.99 ISBN 9780802737748
Special Delivery. Philip C. Stead. illus. by Matthew Cordell. Roaring Brook/Porter, $17.99 ISBN 9781596439313
Spots in a Box. Helen Ward. Candlewick/Templar, $16.99 ISBN 9780763675974
Start of Me and You, The. Emery Lord. Bloomsbury, $17.99 ISBN 9781619633599
Stick and Stone. Beth Ferry, illus. by Tom Lichtenfeld. HMH, $16.99 ISBN 9780544032569
Stolen Moon, The (Lost Planet #2). Rachel Searles. Feiwel and Friends, $15.99 ISBN 9781250038807
Story Thieves. James Riley. S&S/Aladdin, $16.99 ISBN 9781481409193
Strange Wilderness, This: The Life and Art of John James Audubon. Nancy Plain. University of Nebraska Press, $19.95 ISBN 9780803248847
Super Fly: The World’s Smallest Superhero! Todd H. Doodler. Bloomsbury, $14.99 ISBN 9781619633797
Tapper Twins Go to War (with Each Other), The. Geoff Rodkey. Little, Brown, $13.99 ISBN 9780316297790
Terrorist: Gavrilo Princip, the Assassin Who Ignited World War I. Henrik Rehr. Lerner/Graphic Universe, $11.99 pb ISBN 9781467772846
There Will Be Lies. Nick Lake. Bloomsbury, $17.99 ISBN 9781619634404
This Side of Home. Renee Watson. Bloomsbury, $17.99 ISBN 9781599906683
Tiger Boy. Mitali Perkins, illus. by Jamie Hogan. Charlesbridge, $14.95 ISBN 9781580896603
Tragic Age, The. Stephen Metcalfe. St. Martin’s Griffin, $18.99 ISBN 9781250054418
Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower. Greg Pizzoli. Viking, $17.99 ISBN 9780670016525
Troto and the Trucks. Uri Shulevitz. FSG, $16.99 ISBN 9780374300807
Turtle and Me. Robie H. Harris, illus. by Tor Freeman. Little Bee, $16.99 ISBN 9781499800463
Undertow. Michael Buckley. HMH, $18.99 ISBN 9780544348257
Unlikely Hero of Room 13B, The. Teresa Toten. Delacorte, $17.99 ISBN 9780553507867
Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army. Georg Rauch, trans. from the German by Phyllis Rauch. FSG, $17.99 ISBN 9780374301422
Vanishing Girls. Lauren Oliver. Harper, $18.99 ISBN 9780062224101
Vivian Apple at the End of the World. Katie Coyle. HMH, $17.99 ISBN 9780544340114
Way Home Looks Now, The. Wendy Wan-Long Shang. Scholastic Press, $16.99 ISBN 9780545609562
Whale Trails, Before and Now. Lesa Cline-Ransome, illus. by G. Brian Karas. Henry Holt, $17.99 ISBN 9780805096422
Where Are My Books? Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Simon & Schuster, $17.99 ISBN 9781442467415
Where is Pim? Lena Landström. Gecko Press, $16.99 ISBN 9781927271735
Wherever You Go. Pat Zietlow Miller, illus. by Eliza Wheeler. Little, Brown, $17 ISBN 9780316400022
Whisperer, The. Fiona McIntosh. Knopf, $16.99 9780553498271
Wild About Shapes. Jérémie Fischer. Nobrow/Flying Eye, $16.99 ISBN 9781909263383
Wild Boy and the Black Terror. Rob Lloyd Jones. Candlewick, $16.99 ISBN 9780763662530
Wild Ideas: Let Nature Inspire Your Thinking. Elin Kelsey. Owlkids, $18.95 ISBN 9781771470629
Winner’s Crime, The (Winner’s Trilogy #2). Marie Rutkoski. FSG, $17.99 ISBN 9780374384708
Wish Girl. Nikki Loftin. Razorbill, $16.99 ISBN 9781595146861
Work of Art, A. Melody Maysonet. Merit Press, $17.99 ISBN 9781440582547
Worst in Show. William Bee, illus. by Kate Hindley. Candlewick, $15.99 ISBN 9780763673185
Wrong Side of Right, The. Jean Marie Thorne. Dial, $17.99 ISBN 9780803740570
Yo Miss: A Graphic Look at High School. Lisa Wilde. Microcosm, $12.95 ISBN 9781621069874
You Can Do It, Bert! Ole Könnecke, trans. from the German by Catherine Chidgey. Gecko Press, $16.95 ISBN 9781927271032
You’re in Trouble (Jasper John Dooley). Caroline Adderson, illus. by Ben Clanton. Kids Can, $15.95 ISBN 9781554538089