{"id":8248,"date":"2012-06-28T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=8248"},"modified":"2012-06-28T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T10:00:11","slug":"the-stars-so-far-the-2012-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=8248","title":{"rendered":"The Stars So Far, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

All right, Readers, we listened! Here once more is The Stars So Far, a project gathering all the year’s starred reviews for children’s and YA books from Booklist<\/a>, The Bulletin of the Center for Children\u2019s Books<\/a>, the Horn Book<\/a>, Kirkus<\/a>, Publishers Weekly<\/a>, and School Library Journal<\/a> (and VOYA<\/a> — Voice of Youth Advocates — whose starred titles will be added in the next update).
\nStarred reviews are excellent guideposts, but they don\u2019t tell the whole story, of course. There are amazing books out there that never receive a starred review but are popular and\/or critical favorites nonetheless.
\nSo far, I\u2019ve logged 719 starred reviews, representing several hundred titles. This is a detail-laden process, and as careful as I try to be, there will be bobbles here and there. For instance, I try to cull all reviews of 2012 books from 2011 and 2012 review sources, but there were some technical difficulties accessing some data from Kirkus’s 2011 fall indexes; those are being corrected in the upcoming week.
\nPublishers, please alert me to any oversights at ebluemle AT publishersweekly.com, including the review sources and dates for the starred reviews. Thanks! Please do NOT send VOYA stars. As I mentioned above, the VOYA stars will be included in the next update. (Please also do not alert me of missing price and\/or ISBN info from a correct title entry. This will be completed shortly.) Please note:<\/span> starred reviews are counted only when they have been officially published<\/em> by the review magazines, so if your book has an upcoming star, never fear; it will be included in a future update.
\nIf you want the cleanest, most consistently formatted version of this list, check back here several days after the original post, when I’ll have been able to make any fixes.
\nReceiving a starred review is a rare and wonderful honor for a book and its creators, so we hope this list will be a handy resource for buyers of all stripes. The list was compiled from all the review sources by one little indie bookseller, not by Amazon or B&N, so if you are using this as a purchasing tool, please<\/em> consider ordering from any of your favorite independents instead of a chain or online megastore. If you don’t have an indie near you, you can find independent bookstores that sell online at Indiebound.org.
\nHappy reading!
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\nSIX STARS<\/strong><\/span>
\nCode Name Verity. Elizabeth Wein. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99. 978-1-4231-5219-4
\nFault in Our Stars, The. John Green. Dutton, $17.99. 978-0-525-47881-2
\nZ Is for Moose. Kelly Bingham, illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky. Greenwillow, $16.99. 978-0-06-079984-7
\n 
\nFIVE STARS<\/strong><\/span>
\nGreen. Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Roaring Brook\/Porter, $16.99. 978-1-59643-397-7
\n 
\nFOUR STARS<\/strong><\/span>
\nAbraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship. Russell Freedman. Clarion, $18.99. 978-0-547-38562-4
\nand then it\u2019s spring. Julie Fogliano, illus. by Erin E. Stead. Roaring Brook\/Porter, $16.99. 978-1-59643-624-4
\nBeetle Book, The. Steve Jenkins. Houghton Mifflin, $16.99. 978-0-547-68084-2
\nBitterblue. Kristin Cashore. Dial, $19.99. 978-0-8037-3473-9
\nBlack Hole Is NOT a Hole, A. Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano, illus. by Michael Carroll. Charlesbridge, $18.95. 9781570917837
\nBoy on Cinnamon Street, The. Phoebe Stone. Scholastic\/Levine, $16.99. 978-0-545-21512-1
\nBrothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team. Audrey Vernick, illus. by Steven Salerno. Clarion, $16.99. 978-0-547-38557-0
\nChloe. Peter McCarty. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray, $16.99. 978-0-06-114291-8
\nDisenchantments, The. Nina LaCour. Dutton, $16.99. 978-0-525-42219-8
\nDrowned Cities, The. Paolo Bacigalupi. Little, Brown, $17.99. 978-0-316-05624-3
\nDying to Know You. Aidan Chambers. Abrams\/Amulet, $16.95. 978-1-4197-0165-8
\nExtra Yarn. Mac Barnett, illus. by Jon Klassen. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray, $16.99. 978-0-06-195338-5
\nGrave Mercy. Robin LaFevers. Houghton Mifflin, $16.99.\u00a0 978-0-547-62834-9
\nJimmy the Greatest! Jairo Buitrago, trans. from the Spanish by Elisa Amado, illus. by Rafael Yockteng. Groundwood, $18.95. 978-1-55498-178-6
\nLife in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Claire A. Nivola. FSG\/Foster, $17.99. 978-0-374-38068-7
\nMiles to Go for Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years. Linda Barrett Osborne. Abrams, $24.95. 978-1-4197-0020-0
\nMoonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95. Phillip Hoose. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $21.99. 978-0-374-30468-3
\nNo Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller. Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illus. by R. Gregory Christie. Carolrhoda Lab, $17.95. 978-0-7613-6169-5
\nSeraphina. Rachel Hartman. Random, $17.99.\u00a0 978-0-375-86656-2
\nTitanic: Voices from the Disaster. Deborah Hopkinson. Scholastic Press, $17.99. 978-0-545-11674-9
\nTraction Man and the Beach Odyssey. Mini Grey. Knopf, $16.99. 978-0-375-86952-5
\nWater Sings Blue: Ocean Poems. Kate Coombs, illus. by Meilo So. Chronicle, $16.99. 978-0-8118-7284-3
\nWe\u2019ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children\u2019s March. Cynthia Y. Levinson. Peachtree, $19.95. 978-1-56145-627-7
\n 
\nTHREE STARS<\/strong><\/span>
\nAfter the Snow. S.D. Crockett. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99. 978-0-312-64169-6
\nAuntie Yang\u2019s Great Soybean Picnic. Ginnie Lo, illus. by Beth Lo. Lee & Low, $18.95. 9781600604423
\nBarnum\u2019s Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World. Tracey Fern, illus. by Boris Kulikov. FSG\/Ferguson, $17.99 (9780374305161
\nBeneath a Meth Moon. Jacqueline Woodson. Penguin\/Paulsen, $16.99. 978-0-399-25250-1
\nBoy + Bot. Ame Dyckman, illus. by Dan Yaccarino. Knopf, $16.99. 978-0-375-86756-9
\nCaddy\u2019s World. Hilary McKay. S&S\/McElderry, $16.99. 978-1-4424-4105-7
\nChaos, The. Nalo Hopkinson. S&S\/McElderry, $16.99. 978-1-4169-5488-0
\nChuck Close Face Book. Chuck Close. Abrams, $18.95. 978-1-4197-0163-4
\nConfusion of Princes, A. Garth Nix. HarperCollins, $17.99. 9780060096946
\nCrow. Barbara Wright. Random, $16.99. 978-0-375-86928-0
\nCurveball: The Year I Lost My Grip. Jordan Sonnenblick. Scholastic Press, $17.99. 978-0-545-32069-6
\nDifference Between You and Me, The. Madeleine George. Viking, $16.99. 978-0-670-01128-5
\nDuckling Gets a Cookie, The!? Mo Willems. Hyperion, $15.99. 978-1-4231-5128-9
\nFairy Ring, The: Or, Elsie and Frances Fool the World. Mary Losure. Candlewick, $16.99. 9780763656706
\nFinal Four, The. Paul Volponi. Viking, $16.99. 9780670012640
\nForget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart. Selected by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus. by Michael Emberley. Little, Brown\/Tingley, $19.99. 978-0-316-12947-3
\nFroi of the Exiles. Melina Marchetta. Candlewick, $18.99. 978-0-7636-4759-9
\nGreyhound of a Girl, A. Roddy Doyle. Abrams\/Amulet, $16.95. 978-1-4197-0168-9
\nHero of Little Street, The. Gregory Rogers. Porter\/Roaring Brook.
\nHide & Seek. Il Sung Na. Knopf, $15.99. 978-0-375-87078-1
\nHome for Bird, A. Philip C. Stead. Roaring Brook\/Porter, $16.99. 978-1-59643-711-1
\nHomer. Elisha Cooper. Greenwillow, $16.99. 978-0-06-201248-7
\nIt Jes\u2019 Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw. Don Tate, illus. by R. Gregory Christie. Lee & Low, $17.95. 9781600602603
\nJust Behave, Pablo Picasso! Jonah Winter, illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Scholastic\/Levine, $18.99. 978-0-545-13291-6
\nJust Ducks! Nicola Davies, illus. by Salvatore Rubbino. Candlewick, $15.99. 978-0-7636-5936-3
\nKeeping the Castle. Patrice Kindl. Viking, $16.99. 978-0-670-01438-5
\nKindred Souls. Patricia MacLachlan. HarperCollins\/Tegen, $15.99. 978-0-06-052297-1
\nLions of Little Rock, The. Kristin Levine. Putnam, $16.99. 978-0-399-25644-8
\nMaster of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies. Marc Aronson. Candlewick, $25.99. 978-0-7636-5025-4
\nMinette\u2019s Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat. Susanna Reich, illus. by Amy Bates. Abrams, $16.95. 9781419701771
\nMiseducation of Cameron Post, The. Emily M. Danforth. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray, $17.99. 978-0-06-202056-7
\nMom, It\u2019s My First Day of Kindergarten! Hyewon Yum. FSG\/Foster, $16.99. 978-0-374-35004-8
\nMr. and Mrs. Bunny\u2014Detectives Extraordinaire! Polly Horvath, illus. by Sophie Blackall. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $16.99. 978-0-375-86755-2
\nNever Fall Down. Patricia McCormick. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray, $17.99. 978-0-06-173093-1
\nObsidian Blade, The. Pete Hautman. Candlewick, $16.99. 978-0-7636-5403-0
\nOcean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas. Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm. Scholastic\/Blue Sky, $18.99. 978-0-545-27322-0
\nPenny and Her Song. Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow, $12.99. 978-0-06-208195-7
\nSadie and Ratz. Sonya Hartnett, illus. by Ann James. Candlewick, $14.99. 978-0-7636-5315-6
\nSecond Life of Abigail Walker, The. Frances O\u2019Roark Dowell. S&S\/Atheneum, $16.99. 978-1-442-40593-6
\nStep Gently Out. Helen Frost, photos. by Rick Lieder. Candlewick, $15.99. 978-0-7636-5601-0
\nSummer of the Gypsy Moths. Sara Pennypacker. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray, $15.99.\u00a0 978-0-06-196420-6
\nThere Is No Dog. Meg Rosoff. Putnam, $17.99. 978-0-399-25764-3
\nThree Times Lucky. Sheila Turnage. Dial. $16.99 978080376702
\nTo the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement. Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Roaring Brook\/Flash Point, $22.99. 978-1-59643-605-3
\nWaiting. Carol Lynch Williams. S&S\/Wiseman, $16.99. 978-1-4424-4353-2
\nWicked and the Just, The. Jillian Coats Anderson. Harcourt, $16.99. 9780547688374
\nWonder. R.J. Palacio. Knopf, $15.99. 978-0-375-86902-0
\n 
\nTWO STARS<\/strong><\/span>
\n1-2-3 Peas. Keith Baker. S&S\/Beach Lane, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-4551-2
\nAmazing Adventures of John Smith, Jr. aka Houdini, The. Peter Johnson. Harper, $15.99. 9780061988905
\nAmazing Harry Kellar, The: Great American Magician. Gail G. Jarrow. Boyds Mills\/Calkins Creek, $17.95. 9781590788653
\nAmelia Anne Is Dead and Gone. Kat Rosenfield. Dutton, $17.99. 978-0-525-42389-8
\nAnimal Masquerade. Marianne Dubuc, trans. from the French by Yvette Ghione. Kids Can, $16.95. 978-1-55453-782-2
\nAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz. Simon & Schuster, $16.99. 978-1-4424-0892-0
\nBallerina Swan. Allegra Kent, illus. by Emily Arnold McCully. Holiday House, $16.95. 9780823423736
\nBeach Feet. Kiyomi Konagaya, trans. from the Japanese by Yuki Kaneko, illus. by Masamitsu Saito. Enchanted Lion (Consortium, dist.), $14.95. 978-1-59270-121-6
\nBest Shot in the West: The Adventures of Nat Love. Patricia C. McKissack & Frederick L. McKissack, illus. by Randy DuBurke. Chronicle, $19.99. 9780811857499
\nBon App\u00e9tit!: The Delicious Life of Julia Child. Jessie Hartland. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99. 978-0-375-86944-0
\nBrixen Witch, The. Stacy DeKeyser, illus. by John Nickle. S&S\/McElderry, $15.99. 9781442433281
\nBus Called Heaven, A. Bob Graham. Candlewick, $16.99. 9780763658939
\nButterfly Clues, The. Kate Ellison. Egmont USA, $17.99. 9781606842638
\nCase of the Deadly Desperados, The. Caroline Lawrence. Putnam, $16.99. 9780399256332
\nChitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again. Frank Cottrell Boyce, illus. by Joe Berger. Candlewick, $15.99. 978-0-7636-5957-8
\nChomp. Carl Hiaasen. Knopf, $16.99. 9780375868429
\nChopsticks. Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral. Penguin\/Razorbill, $19.99. 9781595144355
\nDemolition. Sally Sutton, illus. by Brian Lovelock. Candlewick, $15.99. 9780763658304
\nDog in Charge. K.L. Going, illus. by Dan Santat. Dial, $16.99. 978-0-8037-3479-1
\nDouble. Jenny Valentine. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99. 978-1-4231-4714-5
\nDragonswood. Janet Lee Carey. Dial, $17.99. 9780803735040
\nDunderheads Behind Bars, The. Paul Fleischman, illus. by David Roberts. Candlewick, $16.99. 978-0-7636-4543-4
\nEnchanted. Alethea Kontis. Harcourt, $16.99. 9780547645704
\nExplorer: The Mystery Boxes. ed. Kazu Kibuishi. Abrams\/Amulet, $10.95. 9781419700095
\nFantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau, The. Michelle Markel, illus. by Amanda Hall. Eerdmans, $17. 978-0-8028-5364-6
\nForgive Me, I Meant to Do It: False Apology Poems. Gail Carson Levine, illus. by Matthew Cordell. Harper, $15.99. 978-0-06-178725-6
\nFreedom Song: The Story of Henry \u201cBox\u201d Brown. Sally M. Walker, illus. by Sean Qualls. HarperCollins, $17.99. 9780060583101
\nFreedom\u2019s a-Callin Me. Ntozake Shange, illus. by Rod Brown. Collins\/Amistad, $16.99. 978-0-06-133741-3
\nFriends with Boys. Erin Faith Hicks. First Second, $15.99. 9781596435568
\nGem. Holly Hobbie. Little, Brown, $16.99. 978-0-316-20334-0
\nGiants Beware. Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre. Roaring Brook\/First Second, $14.99. 978-1-59643-582-7
\nGirl with Borrowed Wings, The. Rinsai Rossetti. Dial, $16.99. 978-0-8037-3566-8
\nGirls of No Return. Erin Saldin. Scholastic\/Arthur A. Levine, $17.99. 9780545310260
\nGreat Cake Mystery, The: Precious Ramotswe\u2019s Very First Case. Alexander McCall Smith, illus. by Iain McIntosh. Random\/Anchor, $12.99. 978-0-307-74389-3
\nHades: Lord of the Dead, Book 4. (Olympians Series). George O\u2019Connor. First Second\/Porter, $16.99 9781596437616. pb. $9.99, 9781596434349
\nHans My Hedgehog: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm. Kate Coombs, illus. by John Nickle. S&S\/Atheneum, $16.99. 978-1-4169-1533-1
\nHero\u2019s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, The. Christopher Healy, illus. by Todd Harris. HarperCollins\/Walden Pond, $16.99. 978-0-06-211743-4
\nHeroes of the Surf. Elisa Carbone, illus. by Nancy Carpenter. Viking. $16.99. 9780670063123
\nHumming Room, The. Ellen Potter. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-312-64438-3
\nI Know a Wee Piggy. Kimberly Norman, illus. by Henry Cole. Dial, $16.99. 978-0-8037-3735-8
\nI Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery. <\/strong> Cynthia Grady, illus. by Michele Wood. Eerdmans, $17. 9780802853868
\nI\u2019ll Save You Bobo! Eileen Rosenthal, illus. by Marc Rosenthal. S&S\/Atheneum, $14.99. 978-1-4424-0378-9
\nI\u2019ve Lost My Hippopotamus. Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Jackie Urbanovic. Greenwillow, $18.99.\u00a0 978-0-06-201457-3
\nImpossible Rescue, The: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure. Martin W. Sandler. Candlewick, $17.99. 97807636508
\nJack and the Baked Beanstalk. Colin Stimpson. Candlewick\/Templar, $15.99. 978-0-7636-5563-1
\nJazz Age Josephine. Jonah Winter, illus. by Marjorie Priceman. S&S\/Atheneum, $16.99. 978-1-4169-6123-9
\nKali\u2019s Song. Jeanette Winter. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99. 978-0-375-87022-4
\nKepler\u2019s Dream. Juliet Bell. Putnam, $16.99. 9780399256455
\nLaundry Day. Maurie J. Manning. Clarion, $16.99. 978-0-547-24196-8
\nLiar & Spy. Rebecca Stead. Random\/Lamb, $15.99. 978-0-385-73743-2
\nLies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses. Ron Koertge, illus. by Andrea Dezs\u00f6. Candlewick, $17.99. 978-0-7636-4406-2
\nList, The. Siobhan Vivian. Scholastic\/Push, $17.99. 978-0-545-16917-2
\nListen to My Trumpet! Mo Willems. (An Elephant & Piggie Book). Hyperion, $8.99. 9781423154044
\nLittle Bird. Germano Zullo, illus. by Albertine. Enchanted Lion (Consortium, dist.), $16.95. 978-1-59270-118-6
\nLittle Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic. M\u00f4nica Carnesi. Penguin\/Paulsen, $15.99. 9780399256660
\nLittle Dog, Lost. Marion Dane Bauer. S&S\/Atheneum, $14.99. 9781442434233
\nLooking at Lincoln. Maira Kalman. Penguin\/Paulsen, $17.99. 978-0-399-24039-3
\nMagritte\u2019s Marvelous Hat. D.B. Johnson. Houghton Mifflin, $16.99. 978-0-547-55864-6
\nMarathon. Boaz Yakin, illus. by Joe Infurnari. First Second, $16.99. 9781596436800
\nMarching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s Final Hours. Ann Bausum. National Geographic, $19.95. <\/strong> 9781426309397
\nMay B. Caroline Starr Rose. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $15.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-58246-393-3
\nMe and Earl and the Dying Girl. Jesse Andrews. Abrams\/Amulet, $16.95. 9781419701764
\nMe and Momma and Big John. Mara Rockliff, illus. by William Low. Candlewick, $16.99. 978-0-7636-4359-1
\nMeet Me at the Moon. Gianna Marino. Viking, $16.99. 978-0-670-01313-5
\nMighty Mars Rovers, The: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity. Elizabeth Rusch. Houghton, $18.99. 9780547478814
\nMighty Miss Malone, The. Christopher Paul Curtis. Random\/Lamb, $15.99. 978-0-385-73491-2
\nMister Death’s Blue-Eyed Girls. Mary Downing Hahn. Clarion, $16.99. 978-0-547-76062-9
\nMooshka: A Quilt Story. Julie Paschkis. Peachtree, $16.95. 9781561456208
\nMrs. Harkness and the Panda. Alicia Potter, illus. by Melissa Sweet. Knopf, $16.99. 9780375844485
\nMy Family for the War. Anne C. Voorhoeve, trans. from German by Tammi Reichel. Dial, $17.99. 9780803733602
\nNo Go Sleep! Kate Feiffer, illus. by Jules Feiffer. S&S\/Wiseman, $16.99. 978-1-4424-1683-3
\nNow. Morris Gleitzman. Holt, $16.99. 978-0-8050-9378-0
\nOh No! Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) (Or At Least My History Grade). Mac Barnett, illus. by Dan Santat. Disney-Hyperion, $17.99. 978-1-4231-4912-5
\nOn the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave. Candace Fleming. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $16.99. 978-0-375-86781-1
\nOne and Only Ivan. Katherine Applegate, illus. by Patricia Castelao. HarperCollins, $16.99. 9780061992254
\nOne Cool Friend. Toni Buzzeo, illus. by David Small. Dial, $16.99. 978-0-8037-3413-5
\nQuestion Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All. Peter Catalanotto. S&S\/Atheneum\/Jackson, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-0670-4
\nRadiant Days. Elizabeth Hand. Viking, $17.99. 978-0-670-01135-3
\nRailsea. China Mi\u00e9ville. Del Rey, $18. 978-0-345-52452-2
\nRemarkable. Lizzie K. Foley. Dial, $16.99. 9780803737068
\nRocket Writes a Story. Tad Hills. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99. 978-0-375-87086-6
\nSame Sun Here. Silas House and Neela Vaswani. Candlewick, $15.99. 978-0-7636-5684-3
\nShark King, The. R. Kikuo Johnson. Candlewick\/Toon, $12.95. 9781935179160
\nSmall Damages. Beth Kephart. Philomel, $17.99. 978-0-399-25748-3
\nSplendors and Glooms. Laura Amy Schlitz. Candlewick, $17.99. 9780763653804
\nSurfer Chick. Kristy Dempsey, illus. by Henry Cole. Abrams, $16.95. 9781419701887
\nTeam Human. Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan. HarperTeen, $17.99. 978-0-0620-8964-9
\nThose Rebels, John & Tom. Barbara Kerley, illus. by Edwin Fotheringham. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-545-22268-6
\nThrone of Glass. Sarah J. Maas. Bloomsbury, $17.99. 978-1-59990-695-9
\nTiger Lily. Jodi Lynn Anderson. HarperTeen, $17.99. 978-0-06-200325-6
\nTracing Stars. Erin E. Moulton. Philomel, $16.99. 9780399256967
\nTry Not to Breathe. Jennifer R. Hubbard. Viking, $16.99. 978-0-670-01390-6
\nTwo Crafty Criminals! And How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang. Philip Pullman, illus. by Martin Brown. Knopf, $16.99. 9780375870293
\nUnder the Never Sky. Veronica Rossi. HarperCollins, $17.95. 9780062072030
\nVirginia Wolf. Kyo Maclear, illus. by Isabelle Arsenault. Kids Can Press, $16.95. 9781554536498
\nWe March. Shane W. Evans. Roaring Brook\/Porter, $16.99. 9781596435391
\nWords Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass. Lesa Cline Ransome, illus. by James E. Ransome. S&S\/Wiseman, $16.99. 978-1-4169-5903-8
\nYear of the Beasts, The. Cecil Castellucci, illus. by Nate Powell. Roaring Brook. $16.99. 9781596436862
\n 
\nONE STAR<\/strong><\/span>
\nAbove. Leah Bobet. Scholastic\/Levine, $17.99. 978-0-545-29670-0
\nAdventures of Beanboy, The. Lisa Harkrader. Houghton, $9.99. 9780547550787
\nAdventures of Sir Balin the Ill-Fated. Gerald Morris, illus. by Aaron Renier. Houghton, $14.99. 9780547680859
\nAll by Myself! Geraldine Collet, illus. by Coralie Saudo. Owlkids, $15.95. 9781926973128
\nAll for Me and None for All. Helen Lester, illus. by Lynn Munsinger. Houghton. $16.99. 9780547688343
\nAll the Right Stuff. Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins\/Amistad, $17.99. 978-0-06-196087-1
\nAll These Lives. Sarah Wylie. FSG\/Ferguson, $17.99. 978-0-374-30208-5
\nAnnie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller. Joseph Lambert, illus. by Joseph Lambert. Disney-Hyperion, $17.99. 9781423113362
\nAnother Brother. Matthew Cordell. Feiwel & Friends, $16.99. 9780312643249
\nApple. Nikki McClure. Abrams Appleseed, $12.95. 978-1-4197-0378-2
\nArlo Needs Glasses. Barney Saltzberg. Workman, $15.95. 978-0-7611-6879-9
\nArthur’s Dream Boat. Polly Dunbar. Candlewick, $15.99. 9780763658670
\nAung San Suu Kyi (Champion of Freedom). Sherry O\u2019Keefe, illus. by Morgan Reynolds. Morgan Reynolds, $24.99.\u00a0 9781599353135
\nB Is for Brooklyn. Selina Alko. Holt\/Ottaviano, $16.99. 978-0-8050-9213-4
\nBaby Bear Sees Blue. Ashley Wolff. S&S\/Beach Lane, $16.99. 978-1-4424-1306-1
\nBaby\u2019s in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and the Beatles. Arne Bellstorf; trans. from the German by Michael Waaler. First Second\/Roaring Brook, $24.99. 9781596437715
\nBackseat A-B-See. Maria van Lieshout. Chronicle, $14.99. 9781452106649
\nBallywhinney Girl. Eve Bunting, illus. by Emily Arnold McCully. Clarion, $16.99. 978-0-547-55843-1
\nBea at Ballet. Rachel Isadora. Paulsen\/Penguin, $12.99. 9780399254093
\nBetty Bunny Wants Everything. Michael B. Kaplan, illus. by St\u00e9phane Jorisch. Dial, $16.99. 978-0-8037-3408-1
\nBig Adventure of the Smalls, The. Helen Stephens. S&S\/Aladdin, $15.99. 978-1-4424-5058-5
\nBirthday Suit. Olive Senior, illus. by Eugenie Fernandes. Annick Press, $19.95. 9781554513697 pb. $8.95, 9781554513680
\nBlack Boy White School. Brian F. Walker. HarperTeen, $17.99. 9780061914836
\nBlack Heart (Curse Workers 03). Holly Black. S&S\/McElderry, $17.99. 9781442403468
\nBlue Sky. Audrey Wood. Scholastic\/Blue Sky, $16.99. 9780545316101
\nBook of Blood and Shadow, The. Robin Wasserman. Knopf, $17.99. 978-0-375-86876-4
\nBoy and a Bear in a Boat, A. Dave Shelton. Random\/Fickling, $16.99. 9780385752480
\nBoy Called Dickens, A. Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by John Hendrix. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99. 9780375867323
\nBoy21. Matthew Quick. Little, Brown, $17.99. 9780316127974
\nBridget and Bo Build a Blog. Amanda St. John, illus. by Katie McDee. Norwood, library edition, $25.27. 9781599535074
\nBronte Sisters, The: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Catherine Reef. Clarion, $18.99. 9780547579665
\nBurn Mark. Laura Powell. Bloomsbury USA, $17.99. 9781599908434
\nBZRK. Michael Grant. Egmont, $17.99. 9781606843123
\nCamping Trip That Changed America, The. Barb Rosenstock, illus. by Mordicai Gerstein. Dial, $16.99. 9780803737105
\nCaptain Awesome to the Rescue. Stan Kirby, llus. by George O\u2019Connor. S&S\/Little Simon, $14.99. 9781442440906. pb $4.99 9781442435612
\nCastle of Shadows. Ellen Renner, illus. by Wilson Swain. Houghton, $15.99. 9780547744469
\nCatch & Release. Blythe Woolston. Carolrhoda, $17.95. 9780761377559
\nCecil the Pet Glacier. Matthea Harvey, illus. by Giselle Potter. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99. 978-0-375-86773-6
\nCheesie Mack Is Cool in a Duel. Steve Cotler, illus. by Adam McCauley. Random House, $15.99. 9780375864384
\nChildren and the Wolves, The. Adam Rapp. Candlewick, $16.99. 9780763653378
\nChloe and the Lion. Mac Barnett, illus. by Adam Rex. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99. 9781423113348
\nCinder. Marissa Meyer. Feiwel and Friends, $17.99. 978-0-312-64189-4
\nCloud Spinner, The. Michael Catchpool, illus. by Alison Jay. Knopf, $16.99. 9780375870118
\nCode of Silence: Living a Lie Comes with a Price. Tim Shoemaker. Zonderkidz. $14.99 9780310726531
\nCold Cereal. Adam Rex. HarperCollins\/Balzer & Bray, $16.99. 9780062060020
\nCrater. Helium-3, Bk. 1. Homer Hickam. Thomas Nelson, $14.99. 9781595546647
\nCreep and Flutter: The Secret World of Insects and Spiders. Jim Arnosky. Sterling, $14.95. 978-1-4027-7766-0
\nCrogan\u2019s Loyalty. Chris Schweizer. Oni. $14.99 9781934964408
\nDaredevil, v.1. Mark Waid, illus. by Paolo Rivera. Marvel, $19.99. 9780785152378
\nDark Eyes. William Harlan Richter. Penguin\/Razorbill, $17.99. 9781595144577
\nDay by Day. Susan Gal. Knopf, $16.99. 9780375869594
\nDevine Intervention. Martha Brockenbrough. Scholastic\/Levine, $17.99. 9780545382137
\nDiamond in the Desert, A. Kathryn Fitzmaurice. Viking, $16.99. 9780670012923
\nDietrich Bonhoeffer. Michael J. Martin. Morgan Reynolds, library edition, $28.95 (9781599351698).
\nDinosaur Thunder. Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Scholastic Press, $16.99. 978-0-590-45296-0
\nDog Loves Drawing. Louise Yates. Knopf, $16.99. 9780375870675
\nDon’t Squish the Sasquatch! Kent Redecker, illus. by Bob Staake. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99. 9781423152323
\nDon\u2019t Copy Me! Jonathan Allen. Boxer Bks., dist. by Sterling, $16.95. 9781907967207
\nDragonborn. Toby Forward. Bloomsbury, $16.99. 978-1-59990-724-6
\nDragons Love Tacos. Adam Rubin, illus. by Daniel Salmieri. Dial, $16.99. 978-0-8037-3680-1
\nDrama. Raina Telgemeier with colors by Gurihiru. Scholastic Graphix, $10.99. 978-0-545-32699-5
\nEarwig and the Witch. Diana Wynne Jones, illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky. Greenwillow, $15.99. 978-0-06-207511-6
\nEdgar Allan Poe\u2019s Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems. J. Patrick Lewis, illus. by Michael Slack. Harcourt, $16.99. 978-0-547-51338-6
\nEep! Joke van Leeuwen. Translated by Bill Nagelkerke. Gecko, $7.95. 9781877579073
\nEmbrace. Jessica Shirvington. Sourcebooks, $9.99. 9781402271250
\nEmperor of Time. Gregory King, illus. by Holly Wood. Weston & Wright, $21.95. 9780965693226
\nErebos. Ursula Poznanski, trans. from the German by Judith Pattinson. Annick (Firefly, dist.), $29.95. 978-1-55451-373-4
\nEverything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse. Lucas Klauss. S&S\/Simon Pulse, $16.99. 9781442423886
\nExtraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, The. Trenton Lee Stewart, illus. by Diana Sudyka. Little, Brown\/Tingley, $17.99. 780316176194
\nFailstate. John W. Otte. Marcher Lord (www.marcherlordpress.com), $15.99. 978-1-935929-48-2
\nFalcon. Tim Jessell. Random, $17.99. 978-0-375-86866-5
\nFall from Grace. Charles Benoit. HarperTeen, $17.99. 978-0-06-194707-0
\nFalse Prince, The. Jennifer A. Nielsen. Scholastic Press, $16.99. 978-0-545-28413-4
\nFish Had a Wish. Michael Garland. Holiday House, $14.95. 9780823423941
\nFive Funny Bunnies: Three Bouncing Tales. Jean Van Leeuwen, illus. by Anne Wilsdorf. Marshall Cavendish, $17.99. 9780761461142
\nFive Lives of Our Cat Zook. Joanne Rocklin. Abrams\/Amulet. $16.96. 9780823424009
\nFlying the Dragon. Natalie Dias Lorenzi, illus. by Kelly Murphy. Charlesbridge, $16.95. 9781580894340
\nFor Darkness Shows the Stars. Diana Peterfreund. HarperCollins\/Balzer & Bray, $17.99. 9780062006141
\nFox Tails: Four Fables from Aesop. Amy Lowry, illus. by Amy Lowry. Holiday. $16.95 9780823424009
\nFracture. Megan Miranda. Walker, $17.99. 978-0-8027-2309-3
\nFreaky Fast Frankie Joe. Lutricia Clifton. Holiday House, $16.95. 9780823423675
\nFrogs!: Strange and Wonderful. Laurence Pringle, illus. by Meryl Henderson. Boyds Mills, $16.95. 9781590783719
\nFurther Tale of Peter Rabbit, The. Emma Thompson, illus. by Eleanor Taylor. Penguin\/Warne, $20. 978-0-7232-6910-6
\nGeorge Bellows: Painter with a Punch! Robert Burleigh. Abrams, $18.95. 978-1-4197-0166-5
\nGeorgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O\u2019Keeffe Painted What She Pleased. Amy Novesky, illus. by Yuyi Morales. Harcourt, $16.99. 978-0-15-205420-5
\nGiant and How He Humbugged America, The. Jim Murphy. Scholastic. $19.99 9780439691840
\nGideon. Olivier Dunrea. Houghton, $9.99. 9780618436613
\nGirl in the Park, The. Mariah Fredericks. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $16.99. 978-0-375-86843-6
\nGo Out and Play! Kaboom! illus. by Julianna Rose. Candlewick, $11.99. 9780763655303
\nGoblin Secrets. William Alexander. S&S\/McElderry, $16.99. 9781442427266
\nGolden Ass of Lucius Apuleius, The. adapted by M.D. Usher, illus. by T. Motley. Godine, $17.95. 9781567924183
\nGolden Prince, The. Arthur Felix, illus. by Jenny Capon. Inside Pocket Publishing, $7.99. 9780956712233
\nGoldilocks and Just One Bear. Leigh Hodgkinson. Candlewick\/Nosy Crow, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6172-4
\nGrave Robber\u2019s Apprentice, The. Allan Stratton. Harper, $16.99. 9780061976087
\nGreat Unexpected, The. Sharon Creech. HarperCollins, $16.99. 9780061892325
\nHamsters Holding Hands. Kass Reich. Orca, $9.95. 978-1-4598-0123-3
\nHappy Like Soccer. Maribeth Boelts, illus. by Lauren Castillo. Candlewick, $15.99. 978-0-7636-4616-5
\nHappy Little Yellow Box, The: A Pop-up Book of Opposites. David A. Carter. S&S\/Little Simon, $12.99. 978-1-4169-4096-8
\nHappy. Mies van Hout. Lemniscaat USA, $17.95. 978-1-9359-5414-9
\nHarlem\u2019s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills. Renee Watson, illus. by Christian Robinson. Random, $17.99 9780375869730
\nHere Come the Girl Scouts! The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette Daisy Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure. Shana Corey, illus. by Hadley Hooper. Scholastic, $17.99. 9780545342780
\nHilda and the Midnight Giant. Luke Pearson. Nobrow (Consortium, dist.), $24. 978-1-907704-25-3
\nHippopposites. Janik Coat. Abrams Appleseed, $14.95. 978-1-4197-0151-1
\nHis Name Was Raoul Wallenberg. Louise Borden. Houghton, $18.99.\u00a09780618507559
\nHope and Tears: Ellis Island Voices. Gwenyth Swain. Boyds Mills\/Calkins Creek, $17.95. 978-1-59078-765-6
\nHorse and the Plains Indians, The: A Powerful Partnership. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, photos by William Mu\u00f1oz. Clarion, $17.99.\u00a09780547125510
\nHorse Camp. Nicole Helget and Nate LeBoutillier. Egmont, $15.99. 9781606843512
\nHorten’s Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery, & a Very Strange Adventure. Lissa Evans. Sterling, $14.95. 9781402798061
\nHouse Held Up by Trees. Ted Kooser, illus. by Jon Klassen. Candlewick, $16.99. 9780763651077
\nHow Many Jelly Beans? A Giant Book of Giant Numbers!Andrea Menotti, illus. by Yancey Labat. Chronicle, $18.99. 978-1-4521-0206-1
\nHueys in the New Sweater, The. Oliver Jeffers. Penguin\/Philomel, $10.99. 9780399257674
\nHuman Body Factory: The Nuts and Bolts of Your Insides. Dan Green, illus. by Edmond Davis. Kingfisher, $16.99. 978-0-7534-6808-1
\nI Am Thomas. Libby Gleeson, illus. by Armin Greder. IPG\/Allen & Unwin.
\nI Don\u2019t Believe It, Archie! Andrew Norriss, illus. by Hannah Shaw. Random\/Fickling, $12.99 (9780385752503)
\nI Have the Right to Be a Child. Alain Serres, trans. by Helen Mixter, illus. by Aurelia Fronty. Groundwood, $18.95. 9781554981496
\nI Hunt Killers. Barry Lyga. Little, Brown, $17.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-316-12584-0
\nI Like Old Clothes. Mary Ann Hoberman, illus. by Patrice Barton. Knopf.
\nI Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail. Ramsingh Urveti. Tara Books, $17.50. 9789380340142
\nI, Galileo. Bonnie Christensen. Knopf, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-86753-8
\nI, Too, Am America. Langston Hughes, illus. by Bryan Collier. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-2008-3
\nIf All the Animals Came Inside. Eric Pinder, illus. by Marc Brown. Little, Brown.
\nIlluminate: A Gilded Wings Novel, Book One. Aimee Agresti. Harcourt, $17.99. 9780547626147
\nImmortal Rules, The. Julie Kagawa. Harlequin Teen, $18.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-3732-1051-0
\nIn Darkness. Nick Lake. Bloomsbury, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-59990-743-7
\nIn the Sea. David Elliott, illus. by Holly Meade. Candlewick, $16.99 (9780763644987).
\nIncorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book III: The Unseen Guest. Maryrose Wood. HarperCollins\/Balzer and Bray, $15.99\u00a0 9780061791185
\nInvincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure. Jim Murphy and Alison Blank. Clarion, $18.99. 9780618535743
\nIrises. Francisco X. Stork. Scholastic\/Levine, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-545-15135-1
\nIsland of Thieves. Josh Lacey. Houghton. $15.99 9780547763279
\nIt\u2019s Raining, It\u2019s Pouring (with CD). Christine Davenier. Performed by Peter, Paul, and Mary. Imagine\/Peter Yarrow, $17.95. 9781936140770
\nJake and Lily. Jerry Spinelli. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray, $15.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-028135-9
\nJean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved America. Susan Goldman Rubin, illus. by Jeff Himmelman. Abrams, $18.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8109-9733-2
\nJersey Angel. Beth Ann Bauman. Random\/Lamb, $15.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-385-74020-3
\nJustin Case: Shells, Smells, and the Horrible Flip-Flops of Doom. Rachel Vail, illus. by Matthew Cordell. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99. 9781250000811
\nKaleidoscope. Salina Yoon. Little, Brown, $12.99 (18p) ISBN 978-0-316-18641-4
\nKids of Kabul. Deborah Ellis. Groundwood.
\nKill Switch. Chris Lynch. Simon & Schuster. $16.99 (9781416927020
\nKing Arthur\u2019s Very Great Grandson. Kenneth Kraegel. Candlewick, $15.99 ISBN 978-0-7636-5311-8
\nKite Day. Will Hillenbrand. Holiday House.
\nLarf. Ashley Spires. Kids Can, $16.95 9781554537013
\nLaugh with the Moon. Shana Burg. Delacorte.
\nLeo Geo. Jon Chad. Roaring Brook.
\nLeopard Boy, The. Julia Johnson, illus. by Marisa Lewis. Frances Lincoln, $8.99. 9781847802132
\nLetter Q: Queer Writers\u2019 Notes to Their Younger Selves. Sarah Moon. Scholastic\/Levine. $17.99 (9780545399326).
\nLetters to Leo. Amy Hest, illus. by Julia Denos. Candlewick.
\nLia\u2019s Guide to Winning the Lottery. Keren David. Frances Lincoln, $16.99. 9781847803313
\nLittle Rock Girl 1957 (Captured History series). Shelley Tougas. Compass Point.
\nLittle Treasures: Endearments from Around the World. Jacqueline K. Ogburn, illus. by Chris Raschka. Houghton, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-547-42862-8
\nLong Lankin. Lindsey Barraclough. Candlewick, $16.99. 9780763658083
\nLove & Leftovers. Sarah Tregay. HarperCollins\/Tegen.
\nMachines Go to Work in the City. William Low. Holt.
\nMadhattan Mystery. John J. Bonk. Walker. $16.99 (9780802723499
\nMario Makes a Move. Jill McElmurry. Random\/Schwartz & Wade, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-86854-2
\nMartin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert. Gary D. Schmidt, illus. by David Diaz. Clarion. $16.99 9780547612188
\nMartin on the Moon. Martine Audet, illus. by Luc Melanson. Owlkids, $15.95. 9781926973166
\nMarty McGuire Digs Worms! Kate Messner, illus. by Brian Floca. Scholastic, $17.99. 9780545142458 pb $5.99 9780545142472
\nMaudie and Bear. Jan Ormerod, illus. by Ferya Blackwood. Putnam. $16.99 (9780399257094).
\nMillion Suns, A: An Across the Universe Novel. Beth Revis. Razorbill, $17.99. 9781595143983
\nMoney in Sports. Nick Hunter. Heinemann. hardcover, $34 (9781432959777); Raintree, paperback, $9 (9781432959821).
\nMonkey Colors. Darrin Lunde, illus. by Patricia J. Wynne. Charlesbridge, $15.95 9781570917417. pb. $6.95 9781570917424
\nMonster Returns, The. Peter McCarty. Holt, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9030-7
\nMonument 14. Emmy Laybourne. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-56903-7
\nMoon Pie. Simon Mason. Random\/Fickling.
\nMoonlight. Helen V. Griffith, illus. by Laura Dronzek. Greenwillow.
\nMore. I.C. Springman, illus. by Brian Lies. Houghton.
\nMrs. Noodlekugel. Daniel Pinkwater, illus. by Adam Stower. Candlewick, $14.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5053-7
\nMy Dad Is Big and Strong, BUT…: A Bedtime Story. Coralie Saudo, trans. from the French by Claudia Bedrick, illus. by Kris DiGiacomo. Enchanted Lion (Consortium, dist.), $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-59270-122-3
\nMy Life Next Door. Huntley Fitzpatrick. Dial, $16.99 ISBN 978-0-8037-3699-3
\nMy Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece. Annabel Pitcher. Little, Brown, $17.99. 9780316176903
\nMy Snake Blake. Randy Siegel, illus. by Serge Bloch. Roaring Brook\/Porter, $16.99. 9781596435841
\nNanny Piggins and the Wicked Plan. R.A. Spratt, illus. by Dan Santat. Little, Brown, $16.99. 9780316199230
\nNational Parks: A Kid\u2019s Guide to America\u2019s Parks, Monuments, and Landmarks. Erin McHugh, illus. by Neal Aspinall et al. Black Dog and Leventhal, $19.95 (128p) ISBN 978-1-57912-884-5
\nNew Year\u2019s Reunion, A. Yu Li-Qiong, illus. by Zhu Cheng-Liang. Candlewick.
\nObstinate Pen, The. Frank W. Dormer. Holt.
\nOliver. Judith Rossell. HarperCollins, $16.99. 9780062022103
\nOlivia and the Fairy Princesses. Ian Falconer. S&S\/Atheneum, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-5027-1
\nOlivia Bean, Trivia Queen. Donna Gephardt. Delacorte, $16.99. 9780385740524
\nOne for the Murphys. Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Putnam\/Paulsen, $16.99. 9780399256158
\nOne Special Day. Lola M. Schaefer, illus. by Jessica Meserve. Disney-Hyperion.
\nOne Two That\u2019s My Shoe! Alison Murray. Disney-Hyperion.
\nOtto the Book Bear. Katie Cleminson. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99. 9781423145622
\nOut of the Way! Out of the Way! Uma Krishnaswami. Groundwood, $17.95. 9781554981304
\nOut on the Prairie. Donna M. Bateman, illus. by Susan Swan. Charlesbridge, $15.95. 9781580893770 pb. $7.95 9781580893787
\nOutside Your Window: A First Book of Nature. Nicola Davies, illus. by Mark Hearld. Candlewick, $19.99 (108p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5549-5
\nPaiute Princess: The Story of Sarah Winnemucca. Deborah Kogan Ray. FSG\/Foster, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-374-39897-2
\nPandemonium. Lauren Oliver. HarperCollins, $17.99. 9780061978067
\nPandemonium. Chris Wooding, illus. by Cassandra Diaz. Scholastic\/Graphix, $22.99. 9780545252218. pb $12.99. 9780439877596
\nPassion for Victory, A: The Story of the Olympics in Ancient and Early Modern Times. Benson Bobrick. Knopf. $19.99 ISBN 9780375868696
\nPeculiars, The. Maureen Doyle McQuerry. Abrams\/Amulet, $16.95 ISBN 9781419701788
\nPerfect Escape. Jennifer Brown. Little, Brown, $17.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-316-18557-8
\nPete\u2019s Robot (iPad app). Heartdrive Media.
\nPig Pig Meets the Lion. David McPhail. Charlesbridge, $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58089-358-9
\nPiggy Bunny. Rachel Vail, illus. by Jeremy Tankard. Feiwel and Friends, $14.99. ISBN 978-0-312-64988-3
\nPink Smog: Becoming Weetzie Bat. Francesca Lia Block. HarperTeen, $17.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-156598-4
\nPip\u2019s Trip. Janet Morgan Stoeke. Dial.
\nPirate Cinema. Cory Doctorow. Tor, $19.99 9780765329080
\nPoem Runs: Baseball Poems and Paintings. Douglas Florian. Harcourt, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-547-68838-1
\nPresident\u2019s Stuck in the Bathtub, The: Poems About the Presidents. Susan Katz, illus. by Robert Neubecker. Clarion.
\nPrince Albert and the Doomsday Device. Clive London. Zova, $14.99. 9780615510569
\nPromise the Night. Michaela Maccoll. Chronicle.
\nQuarantine: The Loners. Lex Thomas. Egmont. $17.99 (9781606843291
\nRachel\u2019s Secret. Shelly Sanders. Second Story. $12.95. (9781926920375)
\nRaja: Story of a Racehorse. Anne Hambleton. Old Bow Publishing, $12.95. 9780615540290
\nRebel McKenzie. Candice Ransom. Disney-Hyperion. $16.99. 9781423145394
\nRed Knit Cap Girl. Naoko Stoop. Little, Brown, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-12946-6
\nRed, White and Boom! Lee Wardlaw, illus. by Huy Voun Lee. Holt.
\nRevenge of the Dinotrux. Chris Gall. Little, Brown, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-13288-6
\nRock God. Barnabas Miller. Sourcebooks\/Jabberwocky.
\nRuby Redfort: Look into My Eyes. Lauren Child. Candlewick, $16.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5120-6
\nScarlet. A.C. Gaughen. Walker. $17.99 (9780802723468)
\nSecret Letters. Leah Scheier. Disney-Hyperion.
\nSecret of the Manhattan Project, The. Doreen Gonzales. Enslow, library edition, $31.93 (9780766039544)
\nSecret Tree, The. Natalie Standiford. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-545-33479-2
\nSecrets of the Garden. Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, illus. by Priscilla Lamont. Knopf.
\nSee You at Harry\u2019s. Jo Knowles. Candlewick, $16.99. 9780763654078
\nShadow and Bone. Leigh Bardugo. Holt.
\nShip of Souls. Zetta Elliott. AmazonEncore, paperback, $9.95 9781612182681.
\nSilence of Our Friends, The. Mark Long and Jim Demonakos; illus. by Nate Powell. First Second\/Roaring Brook, $16.99.\u00a0 ISBN 978-1-59643-618-3
\nSisters of Glass. Stephanie Hemphill. Knopf. $16.99 (9780375861093
\nSlide. Jill Hathaway. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-207790-5
\nSomebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am. Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis. Simon & Schuster, $15.99. 9781416938958
\nSon. Lois Lowry. Houghton, $17.99 9780547887203
\nSoonchild. Russell Hoban, illus. by Alexis Deacon. Candlewick, $15.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5920-2
\nSophie\u2019s Fish. A.E. Cannon, illus. by Lee White. Viking, $15.99. 9780670012916
\nSquid and Octopus: Friends for Always. Tao Nyeu. Dial. $16.99. 9780803735651
\nSteve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different. Karen Blumenthal. Feiwel and Friends, hardcover, $16.99 (9781250015570); Feiwel and Friends, paperback, $8.99 (9781250014450). Grades 7-10
\nStory of Things, The: From the Stone Age to the Modern Age in 10 Pop-Up Spreads. Neal Layton, paper engineering by Corina Fletcher. Hodder (IPG\/Trafalgar Sq., dist.), $19.99 (22p) ISBN 978-0-340-94532-2
\nStory of Us, The. Deb Caletti. S&S\/Simon Pulse, $16.99 9781442423466
\nStoryteller, The. Michaelis, Antonia (author), trans. by Miriam Debbage. Abrams\/Amulet, $18.95 (9781419700477).
\nStronger: A Super Human Crash (Super Human #03). Michael Carroll. Philomel, $16.99. 9780399257612
\nSuch Wicked Intent: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, Book Two. Kenneth Oppel. Simon & Schuster, $16.99. 9781442403185
\nSummer of the Wolves. Polly Carlson-Voiles. Houghton, $15.99. 9780547745916
\nSummer on the Moon. Adrian Fogelin. Peachtree, $15.95 (9781561456260
\nSuperman Versus the Ku Klux Klan. Rick Bowers. National Geographic.
\nTemple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World. Sy Montgomery. Houghton.
\nThat\u2019s Not a Daffodil! Elizabeth Honey. Allen & Unwin, dist. by IPG.
\nThis Is Not a Test. Courtney Summers. St. Martin\u2019s Griffin, $9.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-65674-4
\nTime Snatchers. Richard Ungar. Putnam, $16.99 (9780399254857
\nTimeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives. Gene Barretta. Holt, $16.99. 9780805091083
\nTina\u2019s Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary. Kashyap, Keshni (author). Illustrated by Mari Araki. Houghton, $18.95 (9780618945191).
\nTraveling Restaurant, The: Jasper’s Voyage in Three Parts. Barbara Else. Gecko Press, $17.95. 9781877579035
\nTreason. Berlie Doherty. Andersen, dist. by IPG.
\nTua and the Elephant. R.P. Harris, illus. by Taeeun Yoo. Chronicle, $16.99. 9780811877817
\nTwo for One (Bink and Gollie Series). Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illus. by Tony Fucile. Candlewick.
\nTwo Little Monkeys. Mem Fox, illus. by Jill Barton. S&S\/Beach Lane, $16.99. 9781416986874
\nUnbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls, The. Julie Schumacher. Delacorte, $16.99. 9780385737739
\nUnder the Baobab Tree. Julie Stiegemeyer, illus. by E.B. Lewis. Zonderkidz, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-310-72561-9
\nUnfortunate Son, The. Constance Leeds. Viking, $16.99. 9780670013982
\nUp Above and Down Below. Paloma Valdivia, trans. from the Spanish by Susan Ouriou. Owlkids (PGW, dist.), $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-926973-39-5
\nVampirina Ballerina. Anne Marie Pace, illus. by LeUyen Pham. Disney-Hyperion, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4231-5753-3
\nVarious Positions. Martha Schabas. FSG\/Foster, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-374-38086-1
\nWalking on Earth and Touching the Sky: Poetry and Prose By Lakota Youth at Red Cloud Indian School. Timothy P. McLaughlin, illus. by S.D. Nelson. Abrams, $19.95 (9781419701795
\nWhat Little Boys Are Made of. Robert Neubecker. HarperTeen\/Balzer & Bray, $14.99. 9780062023551
\nWhat to Do if an Elephant Stands on Your Foot. Michelle Robinson, illus. by Peter H. Reynolds. Dial, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3398-5
\nWhen Dinos Dawned, Mammals Got Munched, and Pterosaurs Took Flight: A Cartoon Prehistory of Life in the Triassic. Hannah Bonner. National Geographic, $17.95. ISBN 9781426308628
\nWhen the Sea Is Rising Red. Cat Hellison. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $16.99 ISBN 978-0-374-36475-5
\nWhole Story of Half a Girl, The. Veera Hiranandani. Delacorte, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-385-74128-6
\nWild About You! Judy Sierra, illus. by Marc Brown. Knopf, $17.99 ISBN 978-0-307-93178-8
\nWild Book, The. Margarita Engle. Harcourt, $16.99. 9780547581316
\nWill Puberty Last My Whole Life? Julie Metzger and Robert Lehman. Sasquatch Books.
\nWorld Away, A. Nancy Grossman. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99. 9781423151531
\nYou\u2019re Getting a Baby Sister! Sheila Sweeny Higginson, illus. by Sam Williams. S&S\/Little Simon, $7.99 ISBN 978-1-4424-2050-2
\nZeke Bartholomew. Jason Pinter. Sourcebooks\/Jabberwocky.
\nZelda the Varigoose. Sebastian Loth. North-South, $15.95. 978-0-7358-4076-8
\nZoe Letting Go. Nora Price. Penguin\/Razorbill, $17.99. 9781595144669
\nZoo Girl. Rebecca Elliott. Lion Children\u2019s Books, $14.99. 9780745963235<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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