Book Reviews
In addition to this archive of all of my book reviews, my Reading List (currently under construction) is searchable by title, author, and tag of all of the books that I have reviewed as well as books I’d like to read. There will you find book details, book cover, a short synopsis, and links to my book reviews.
In addition to this list, broken down by age level, you may also find book reviews alpha by author (further down this page)
FICTION
Adult
- The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Standing Still by Kelly Simmons
- The Next Thing On My List by Jill Smolinksi (Come Share Your Life List!)
- Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal
- Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
- A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman
- Wife of the Gods, An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery by Kwei Quartey
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - Review and Giveaway
- Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross Review (And How You Can Be Flown Out to the Movie Premiere!)
- The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale (and Shannon Singing . . . Karaoke?!)
- The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine
- Losing Kei by Suzanne Kamata
- The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris
- The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
- Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese
- The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories by Catherine Brady
- Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center (and a Giveaway!)
- Matrimony by Joshua Henkin (And a Giveaway!)
- The Only True Genius in the Family by Jennie Nash (And a Giveaway!)
- Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
- Ruby Among Us by Tina Ann Forkner
- Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West
- The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg
- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
- Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt
- The Romantics by Galt Niederhoffer
- The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- The Last Beach Bungalow by Jennie Nash
- Capote in Kansas, A Ghost Story by Kim Powers
- The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
- Janeology by Karen Harrington
- The Best Place to Be by Lesley Dormen
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- Saturday by Ian McEwan
- The First Hurt, Stories by Rachel Sherman
- The Leper Compound by Paula Nangle
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
- Quotes from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
- Quotes from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and a Confession
- The Smart One by Ellen Meister
- The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
- The Bright Side of Disaster by Katherine Center
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
- Keeper and Kid by Edward Hardy and a Giveaway
- Sky Burial by Xinran
- The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
- Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
- The Fiction Class by Susan Breen
- Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
- The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
- Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards and a GIVEWAY
- Austenland by Shannon Hale
- Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
- If You Read Only One Book This Year, Let it Be This One
- Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- How Come Good Literature Has to be Ruined by Bad Sex?
- Christmas Books by Richard Paul Evans
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Young Adult
- Calamity Jack by Shannon and Dean Hale, Illustrated by Nathan Hale
- Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
- Everything is Fine by Ann Dee Ellis
- Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
- Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines
- Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr (Including Video from Launch Party)
- Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
- Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick
- I Hadn't Mean to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Again Not Really a Review - But Rather Me Geeking Out On Release Day!) & Where You Can Win a Copy with Much Swag
- Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas
- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
- Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
- Feathered by Laura Kasischke
- I Know It's Over by C.K Kelly Martin
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (a preview of sorts)
- The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams: A Review, a Reading, and a Signed ARC Giveaway!
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki, Illustrated by Steve Rolston
- Chiggers by Hope Larson
- Fade by Lisa McMann
- Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott
- Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Letters from a Slave Girl, The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary E. Lyons
- The Way He Lived by Emily Wing Smith
- The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
- Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
- The Lightning Thief, Book One of Percy Jackson & The Olympians by Rick Riordan
- Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka
- Wake by Lisa McMann
- Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante
- Identical by Ellen Hopkins
- Lessons From a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
- I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
- Abandoned Book, X-Indian Chronicles by Thomas Yeahpau
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
- Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (But Not Really Anonymous)
- Messenger by Lois Lowry
- Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
- Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
- This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis
- The Debs by Susan McBride
- Katarina by Kathryn Winter
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
- Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
- Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
- Madapple by Christina Meldrum
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
- The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
- I Am The Messenger by Marcus Zusak
- Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
- Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- Cut & My Brother's Keeper by Patricia McCormick
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Sold by Patricia McCormick
Middle Readers
- Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham
- Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem
- All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg
- Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires
- Secrets of a Christmas Box by Steven Hornby
- A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
- Thanksgiving at the Inn by Tim Whitney
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
- The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
- Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
- Ghost in the Machine by Patrick Carman (Skeleton Creek Series)
- Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
- Chess Rumble by G. Neri, Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
- Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
- Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking and Other Natural Disasters by Lenore Look
- Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell
- Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
- Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom by Eric Wight
- Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
- On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
- The Sisters Grimm, The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
- Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
- Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories by Deborah Ellis
- Jellaby by Kean Soo
- Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
- Longhorns and Outlaws by Linda Aksomitis
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
- The 13th Reality: The Hunt for Dark Infinity by James Dashner
- Holbrook: A Lizards Tale by Bonny Becker
- My Brother, The Robot by Bonny Becker
- The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- The Well by Mildred D. Taylor
- Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
- The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
- Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
- On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
- Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
- The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
- Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
- Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
- Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
- The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
- Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
- A Midnight Clear, Selected Family Christmas Stories by Katherine Paterson
- The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis
- Quake by Joe Cottonwood
- The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones by Helen Hemphill (and a giveaway!)
- Journey to Topaz by Yoshicko Uchida
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Collected from Folklore and Retold by Alvin Schwartz (and a Scary Story of My Own!)
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
- As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother is Running for President by Donna Gephart
- A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
- T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte
- How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- The 13th Reality, A Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- Second-Grade Pig Pals by Kirby Larson
- Yankee Girl by Mary Ann Rodman
- A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
- A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
- Clementine Series by Sara Pennypacker
- Did You Know My Husband Published a Book?
- Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli
- What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman
- Far World, Water Keep by J. Scott Savage and a Giveaway
- Jimmy's Stars by Mary Ann Rodman
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
- The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
- Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
- Libertad by Alma Fullerton
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons by Jeff Kinney
- The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
- Horns & Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson
- Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs
- Sirens and Spies by Janet Taylor Lisle
- The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies by Laura Amy Schlitz
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- Mud City by Deborah Ellis
- Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
- Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
- Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
- Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
- The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
- The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
- Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
- Penny from Heaven by Jennifer Holm
- Rules by Cynthia Lord
- Cut & My Brother's Keeper by Patricia McCormick
- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Picture Books
- Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden, Illustrated by Don Tate
- Who Was Born this Special Day? by Eve Bunting, Illustrated by Leonid Gore
- I've Seen Santa! by David Bedford, Illustrated by Tim Warnes
- I Love Christmas by Anna Walker
- My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed, Illlustrated by Catherine Stock
- Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Saying Grace: A Prayer of Thanksgiving by Virginia Krull, Illustrated by Timothy Ladwig
- Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico! Americas' Sproutings, Haiku by Pat Mora, Pictures by Rafael López
- Gracias Thanks by Pat Mora, Illustrated by John Parra
- A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker, Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
- Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
- The Book That Eats People by John Perry, Illustrated by Mark Fearing
- A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis
- Always My Brother by Jean Reagan and Illustrated by Phyllis Pollema-Cahill (with a giveaway)
- The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
- All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, Illustrated by Marla Frazee
- Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty
- Goodnight Goon, A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex
- Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
- Where's My Mummy by Carolyn Crimi, Illustrated by John Manders
- A Very Hairy Scary Story by Rick Walton and Illustrated by David Clark
- Dear Vampa by Ross Collins
- Benny the Baffled Behemoth by Melissa Leembruggen, Illustrated by Trish McKinney
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Heroes by Ken Mochizuki, Illustrated by Dom Lee
- Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully by Julianne Moore, Illustrated by LeUyen Pham (And a GIVEAWAY!)
- Crocodaddy by Kim Norman, Illustrated by David Walker
- Chicken Butt! by Erica S. Perl, Illustrated by Henry Cole
- All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant, Illustrated by Nikki McClure
- Always by Ann Stott, Illustrated by Matt Phelan
- There's a Wolf at the Door: Five Classic Tales Retold by Zoe B. Alley, Illustrated by R.W. Alley
- Mary Veronica's Egg by Mary Nethery, Illustrated by Paul Yalowtiz
- A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker, Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
- An Ant's Day Off by Bonny Becker, Illustrated by Nina Laden
- The Christmas Crocodile by Bonny Becker, Illustrated by David Small
- Ella the Elegant Elephant, Ella Sets the Stage, Ella Takes the Cake and Ella Sets Sail by Carmelia and Steven D'Amico
- Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki, Illustrated by Dom Lee
- Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine, Illustrations by Kadir Nelson
- Consider Love, It's Moods and Many Ways by Sandra Boynton
- Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated by Hudson Talbott
- Snow by Cynthia Rylant, Illustrated by Lauren Stringer
- A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe
- The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket
- Room for a Little One, A Christmas Tale by Martin Waddell
- The Light of Christmas by Richard Paul Evans
- Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo
- Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt
- A Very Marley Christmas by John Grogan
- Santa Claus the World's Number One Toy Expert by Marla Frazee
- Mrs. Claus Explains It All: (At Last) Answers to the Questions Real Kids Ask! by Elsbeth Claus
- Amadi's Snowman by Katia Novet Saint-Lot
- There's No Such Thing as Ghosts by Emmanuelle Eeckhout
- My Favorite Baby Board Books by Leslie Patricelli
- The Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery
- The Magic Kerchief by Kirby Larson
- Walk On! A Guide for Babies of All Ages
NON-FICTION
Memoir/Biography
- Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change by Michelle Cook
- The Blue Cotton Gown, A Midwife's Memoir by Patricia Harman
- Picking Cotton, Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo
- War Child, A Child Soldier's Story by Emmanuel Jal
- They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys From Sudan by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, Benjamin Ajak with Judy A. Bernstein
- I Am a Star, Child of the Holocaust by Inge Auerbacher
- First Comes Loves, Then Comes Malaria by Eve Brown-Waite
- That Went Well, Adventures in Caring for My Sister by Terrell Harris Dougan
- Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller
- Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez
- An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
- Surviving Ben's Suicide, A Woman's Journey of Self-Discovery by C. Comfort Shields
- Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer
- Apples and Oranges, My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner
- The Road of Lost Innocence, The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine by Somaly Mam
- Tears of the Desert, A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis
- Of Beetles & Angels, A Boy's Remarkable Journey From a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom
- Escape by Carolyn Jessop
- Shattered Dreams, My Life as a Polygamist's Wife by Irene Spencer
- The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
- Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway
- Admit One: A Journey into Film by Emmett James
- We Are On Our Own: A Memoir by Miriam Katin
- I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
- Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazer & Damien Lewis
- The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
- The Translator, A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
- Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat
- Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza
- Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
General
- Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at the Airport by Jason Barger
- The Voice That Challenged A Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman
- Freedom Walkers, The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman
- Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
- Genocide in Darfur by Janey Levy
- Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival by Jen Marlowe
- The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur by Brian Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace
- We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
- Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
- Not On Our Watch by Don Cheadle & John Prendergast, What You Can Do to Help End the Genocide in Darfur
- Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- The Baby Owner's Manual - A Must Have for Any Dad!
- I Am a Mother by Jane Clayson Johnson
- Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents
- Today We Colored the Snow Thanks to the Toddler's Busy Book
Picture Books
- We Are the Ship, The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
- Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change by Michelle Cook
- The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria
- Let's Talk Elephants Today! Travels with Tarra and Just for Elephants by Carol Buckley
- Zlata's Diary, A Child's Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic
- Giveaway - 14 Cows For America and Thomas Gonzalez Shares the Illustration Process for this Beautiful Picture Book
- 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy in Collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, Illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez
- Unite or Die, How Thirteen States Became a Nation by Jacqueline Jules, Illustrated by Jef Czekaj
- Passage to Freedom, The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki, Illustrated by Dom Lee
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, Illustrated by George Ford
- Frogs by Nic Bishop
- Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grime, Illustrated by Bryan Collier
- The Raucous Royals by Carlyn Beccia
- This is the Feast by Diane Z. Shore
Book Reviews Alpha by Author
A | B | C | D| E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q |R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi – Half of a Yellow Sun
- Agarwal, Shilpa – Haunting Bombay
- Ajak, Benjamin (with Benson & Alephonsion Deng)- They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys From Sudan
- Aksomitis, Linda – Longhorns and Outlaws
- Alexie, Sherman – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
- Alley, Zoe B. – There’s a Wolf at the Door: Five Classic Tales
- Anonymous – Go Ask Alice
- Appelt, Kathi – The Underneath
- Asher, Jay – Thirteen Reasons Why
- Asgedom, Mawi – Of Beetles & Angels, A Boy’s Remarkable Journey From a Refugee Camp to Harvard
- Atwater, Richard & Florence – Mr. Popper’s Penguins
- Aurebacher , Inge – I Am a Star, Child of the Holocaust
B
- Baker, Tiffany – The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
- Baraket, Ibtisam – Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
- Barrows, Annie (with Mary Ann Shaffer) – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- Bashir, Halima – Tears of the Desert, A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
- Bauer, Joan – Hope Was Here
- Bauer, Marion Dane – On My Honor
- Beccia, Carlyn – The Raucous Royals
- Beck, Glenn – The Christmas Sweater
- Becker, Bonny – A Birthday for Bea
- Becker, Bonny – A Visitor for Bear
- Becker, Bonny – An Ant’s Day Off
- Becker, Bonny – Holbrook: A Lizards Tale
- Becker, Bonny – My Brother, The Robot
- Becker, Bonny – The Christmas Crocodile
- Bedford, David – I’ve Seen Santa! by David Bedford
- Berg, Elizabeth – The Handmaid and the Carpenter
- Bishop, Nic – Frogs
- Bitton-Jackson, Livia – I Have Lived a Thousand Years
- Blume, Judy – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
- Blume, Judy – Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
- Boston Weatherford, Carole – Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
- Boyne, John – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- Boynton, Sandra – Consider Love, It’s Moods and Many Ways
- Bradbury, Ray – The Halloween Tree
- Brady, Catherine – The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories
- Breen, Susan – The Fiction Class
- Brenner, Marie – Apples and Oranges, My Brother and Me, Lost and Found
- Bridges, Ruby – Through My Eyes
- Brown, Peter – The Curious Garden
- Brown- Waite, Eve – First Comes Loves, Then Comes Malaria
- Buckley, Carol – Travels with Tarra
- Buckley, Carol – Just for Elephants
- Buckley, Michael – The Sisters Grimm, The Fairy Tale Detectives
- Bunting, Eve – Who Was Born this Special Day?
- Burg, Shana – A Thousand Never Evers
C
- Campbell Bartoletti, Susan – The Boy Who Dared
- Campbell Bartoletti, Susan – Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow
- Carman, Patrick – Ghost in the Machine by Patrick Carman
- Carman, Patrick – Skeleton Creek
- Carson Levine, Gail – Ella Enchanted
- Center, Katherine – Everyone is Beautiful
- Center, Katherine – The Bright Side of Disaster
- Chaltas, Thalia – Because I Am Furniture
- Cheadle, Don (with John Prendergast) – Not On Our Watch
- Claus, Elsbeth – Mrs. Claus Explains It All: (At Last) Answers to the Questions Real Kids Ask!
- Clayson Johnson, Jane – I Am a Mother
- Coelho, Paula – The Alchemist
- Coetzee, J.M. – Slow Man
- Coles, Robert – The Story of Ruby Bridges
- Collins, Ross – Dear Vampa
- Collins, Suzanne – Catching Fire
- Collins, Suzanne – The Hunger Games
- Coman, Carolyn – What Jamie Saw
- Cottin, Menena – The Black Book of Colors
- Cotton, Ronald (with Jennifer Thompson-Cannino) – Picking Cotton, Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
- Cottonwood, Joe – Quake
- Craighead George, Jean – Julie of the Wolves
- Crimi, Carolyn – Where’s My Mummy
- Curtis, Christopher Paul – Elijah of Buxton
- Cushman, Karen – The Midwife’s Apprentice
D
- Dahl, Roald – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Dahl, Roald – Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Dahl, Roald – James and the Giant Peach
- Dahl, Roald -The Witches
- Dalgliesh, Alice – The Courage of Sarah Noble
- Dallas, Sandra – Prayers for Sale
- D’Amico, Carmelia & Steven – Ella the Elegant Elephant, Ella Sets the Stage, Ella Takes the Cake and Ella Sets Sail
- Dashner, James – The 13th Reality: The Hunt for Dark Infinity
- Dashner, James – The 13th Reality, A Journal of Curious Letters
- Deedy, Carmen Agra – 14 Cows for America
- Deng, Benson & Alephonsion – They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys From Sudan
- DiCamillo, Kate -The Magician’s Elephant
- DiCamillo, Kate -The Tiger Rising
- DiCamillo, Kate -The Tale of Despereaux
- DiCamillo, Kate -Because of Winn-Dixie
- DiCamillo, Kate -Great Joy
- DiCamillo, Kate -The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- Dirie, Waris -Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
- Doctorow, Cory -Little Brother
- Dormen, Lesley -The Best Place to Be
E
- Ebershoff, David -The 19th Wife
- Edwards, Kim -The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- Eeckhout, Emmanuelle -There’s No Such Thing as Ghosts
- Eggers, Dave -What is the What
- Ellis, Ann Dee -Everything is Fine
- Ellis, Ann Dee -This is What I Did
- Ellis, Deborah -The Heaven Shop
- Ellis, Deborah -Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories
- Ellis, Deborah -Parvana’s Journey
- Ellis, Deborah -The Breadwinner
- Ellis, Deborah -Mud City
- Evans, Richard Paul – The Christmas Box
- Evans, Richard Paul -The Christmas Box Miracle
- Evans, Richard Paul – Finding Noel
- Evans, Richard Paul -The Gift
- Evans, Richard Paul -The Light of Christmas
F
- Fitmaurice, Kathryn -The Year the Swallows Came Early
- Fleischman, Sid -The Whipping Boy
- Filipovic, Zlata -Zlata’s Diary, A Child’s Life in Sarajevo
- Forkner, Tina Ann -Ruby Among Us
- Fox, Paula -The Slave Dancer
- Frazee, Marla -Santa Claus the World’s Number One Toy Expert
- Frazee, Marla -Walk On! A Guide for Babies of All Ages
- Freedman, Russell -The Voice That Challenged A Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
- Freedman, Russell -Freedom Walkers, The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Freeman, Ru -A Disobedient Girl
- Freese, Mathias B.- Down to a Sunless Sea
- Fullerton, Alma -Libertad
G
- Gaiman, Neil -The Graveyard Book
- Galante, Cecilia -The Patron Saint of Butterflies
- Galloway, Steven -The Cellist of Sarajevo
- Garton Scanlon, Liz -All the World
- George Speare, Elizabeth -The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- Gephart, Donna -As If Being 12 3/4 Isn’t Bad Enough, My Mother is Running for President
- Gilbert, Elizabeth -Eat Pray Lov
- Goldberg, Myla -Bee Season
- Gourevitch, Philip -We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
- Grime, Nikki -Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
- Grogan, John -A Very Marley Christmas
H
- Haddon, Mark – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Haines, Lise -Girl in the Arena
- Hale, Shannon -The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale
- Hale, Shannon -Austenland
- Hale, Shannon -Book of a Thousand Days
- Hale, Shannon – Princess Academy
- Hale, Shannon (with Dean Hale) – Calamity Jack
- Hale, Shannon (with Dean Hale) -Rapunzel’s Revenge
- Halse Anderson, Laurie -Chains
- Halse Anderson, Laurie – Speak
- Halse Anderson, Laurie -Wintergirls
- Hardy, Edward -Keeper and Kid
- Hari, Daoud -The Translator, A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur
- Harrington, Karen -Janeology
- Harris, Paul -The Secret Keeper
- Harris Douga, Terrell -That Went Well, Adventures in Caring for My Sister
- Helgerson, Joseph – Horns & Wrinkles
- Hemphill, Helen -The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones
- Henkin, Joshua -Matrimony
- Hesse, Karen -Out of the Dust
- Holloway, Kris – Monique and the Mango Rains
- Holm, Jennifer – Penny from Heaven
- Hopkins, Ellen -Identical
- Hornby, Steven -Secrets of a Christmas Box
- Hosseini, Khaled -The Kite Runner
- Hosseini, Khaled -A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Hrdlitschka, Shelley -Sister Wife
I
- Ilibagiza, Immaculee -Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
- Isaacs, Anne -Torn Thread
J
- Jal, Emmanuel – War Child, A Child Soldier’s Story
- James, Emmett -Admit One: A Journey into Film
- Jessop, Carolyn -Escape
- Jules, Jacqueline -Unite or Die, How Thirteen States Became a Nation
K
- Kadohata, Cynthia -Kira-Kira
- Kadohata, Cynthia – Weedflower
- Kamata, Suzanne – Losing Kei
- Kasischke, Laura -Feathered
- Katin, Miriam – We Are On Our Own: A Memoir
- Kinney, Jeff – Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
- Kinney, Jeff -Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
- Kinney, Jeff -Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons
- Knowles, Jo -Lessons From a Dead Girl
- Krouse Rosenthal, Amy -Duck! Rabbit!
- Krull, Virginia -Saying Grace: A Prayer of Thanksgiving
L
- Larson, Hope – Chiggers
- Larson, Kirby – Hattie Big Sky
- Larson, Kirby – The Magic Kerchief
- Larson, Kirby – Second-Grade Pig Pals
- Larson, Kirby (with Mary Nethery) – The Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival
- Law, Ingrid – Savvy
- Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird
- Leembruggen, Melissa – Benny the Baffled Behemoth
- Leembruggen, Melissa – The Sudan Project
- L’Engle, Madeline – A Wrinkle in Time
- Levine, Ellen – Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
- Levine, James A. – The Blue Notebook
- Levine, Karen – Hana’s Suitcase
- Levy, Janey – Genocide in Darfur
- LeZotte, Ann Clare – T4
- Lisle, Janet Taylor – Sirens and Spies
- Lockhart, E. – The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
- Look, Lenore – Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking and Other Natural Disasters
- Look, Lenore – Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
- Lord, Cynthia – Rules
- Lowry, Lois – Gathering Blue
- Lowry, Lois – The Giver
- Lowry, Lois – Messenger
- Lowry, Lois – Number the Stars
- Lowry, Lois – The Willoughbys
- Lyons, Mary E. – Letters from a Slave Girl, The Story of Harriet Jacobs
- Lynch Williams, Carol -The Chosen One
M
- Maclachlan, Patricia – Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Mam, Somaly – The Road of Lost Innocence, The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
- Marlowe, Jen – Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival
- Martin, C.K. Kelly – I Know It’s Over
- McBride, Susan – The Debs
- McCall Smith, Alexandar – The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
- McCarty, Peter – Jeremy Draws a Monster
- McCormick, Patricia – Cut
- McCormick, Patricia – My Brother’s Keeper
- McCormick, Patricia – Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick
- McCormick, Patricia – Sold
- McCourt, Frank – Angela and the Baby Jesus
- McCracken, Elizabeth – An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
- McEwan, Ian – Saturday
- McMann, Lisa – Fade
- McMann, Lisa – Wake
- Meister, Ellen – The Smart One
- Meldrum, Christina – Madapple
- Meyer, Stephenie – Breaking Dawn
- Meyer, Stephenie – The Host
- Miller, Kristen – Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
- Mochizuki, Ken – Baseball Saved Us
- Mochizuki, Ken – Heroes by Ken Mochizuki
- Mochizuki, Ken – Passage to Freedom, The Sugihara Story
- Mohammed, Khadra (with Karen Williams) – My Name is Sangoel
- Monroe, Colleen – A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree
- Moore, Julianne – Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully
- Mora, Pat - Gracias Thanks
- Mora, Pat – Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico! Americas’ Sproutings
- Mukherjee, Bharati – Jasmine
- Mull, Brandon – Fablehaven
- Murphy, Louise – The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
N
- Nangle, Paula – The Leper Compound
- Napoli, Jo – Zel
- Nash, Jennie – The Last Beach Bungalow
- Nash, Jennie – The Only True Genius in the Family
- Nazer, Mende – Slave: My True Story
- Neri, G. - Chess Rumble
- Nethery, Mary – Mary Veronica’s Egg
- Nethery, Mary (with Kirby Larson) – The Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival
- Niederhoffer, Galt – The Romantics
- Norman, Kim – Crocodaddy
- Novet Saint-Lot, Katia – Amadi’s Snowman
O
- O’Roark Dowell, Frances – Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell
- Otsuka, Julie – When the Emperor Was Divine
P
- Paterson, Katherine – A Midnight Clear, Selected Family Christmas Stories
- Paterson, Katherine – Bridge to Terabithia
- Paterson, Katherine – The Great Gilly Hopkins
- Patricellli, Leslie – All Board Book Titles
- Patron, Susan -The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
- Paulsen, Gary – Nightjohn
- Pearson, Mary E. – The Adoration of Jenna Fox
- Peck, Richard – A Long Way from Chicago
- Peck, Richard – A Season of Gifts
- Peck, Richard – A Year Down Yonder
- Peck, Richard – On the Wings of Heroes
- Pennypacker, Sara – Clementine
- Pennypacker, Sara – The Talented Clementine
- Pennypacker, Sara – Clementin’s Letter
- Perkins, Lynne Rae – Criss Cross
- Perl, Erica S. – Chicken Butt!
- Perry, John – The Book That Eats People
- Picoult, Jodi – Change of Heart
- Picoult, Jodi – Plain Truth
- Picoult, Jodi – The Tenth Circle
- Picoult, Jodi – Nineteen Minutes
- Portis, Antoinette – A Penguin Story
- Powers, Kim – Capote in Kansas, A Ghost Story
- Prendergast, John (with Don Cheadle) – Not On Our Watch
Q
- Quartey, Kwei – Wife of the Gods, An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery
R
- Raleigh Baskin, Nora – Anything but Typical
- Reagan, Jean – Always My Brother
- Reilly Giff, Patricia – Lily’s Crossing
- Reilly Giff, Patricia – Pictures of Hollis Woods
- Rex, Michael – Goodnight Goon, A Petrifying Parody
- Riordan, Rick – The Lightning Thief, Book One of Percy Jackson & The Olympians
- Rockwell, Thomas – How to Eat Fried Worms
- Rodman, Mary Ann – Jimmy’s Stars
- Rodman, Mary Ann – Yankee Girl
- Rodriguez, Deborah – Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
- de Rosnay, Tatiana – Sarah’s Key
- Rowling, J.K.. – The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- Roy, Jennifer – Yellow Star
- Russell, Rachel Renee – Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life
- Rylant, Cynthia – All in a Day
- Rylant, Cynthia – Missing May
- Rylant, Cynthia- Snow
S
- de Saint-Exupery, Antoine – The Little Prince
- de los Santos, Marisa – Love Walked In
- Schiltz, Laura Amy – Good Masters! Sweet Ladies
- Schmidt, Gary – The Wednesday Wars
- Schroeder, Lisa – I Heart You, You Haunt Me
- Schwartz, Alvin – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Collected from Folklore
- Shields, C. Comfort – Surviving Ben’s Suicide, A Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery
- Shore, Diane Z. – This is the Feast
- Scott, Elizabeth – Living Dead Girl
- Scott, Elizabeth – Something, Maybe
- Sebold, Alice – The Almost Moon
- Sedaris, David – Holidays on Ice
- Sendak, Maurice – Where the Wild Things Are
- Setterfield, Diane – The Thirteenth Tale
- Sherman, Rachel – The First Hurt, Stories
- Shaffer, Mary Ann (with Annie Barrows) – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- Sijie, Dai – Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
- Simmons, Kelly – Standing Still
- Smith, Betty – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Smolinksi, Jill – The Next Thing On My List
- Snicket, Lemony – The Lump of Coal
- Soo, Kean – Jellaby
- Sparks, Nicholas – The Lucky One
- Spencer, Irene – Shattered Dreams, My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife
- Sperry, Armstrong – Call It Courage
- Spiegelman, Art – The Complete Maus
- Sppinelli, Eileen – Where I Live
- Stead, Rebecca – When You Reach Me
- Steidle, Brian – The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
- Steinbeck, John – Of Mice and Men
- Stockett, Kathryn – The Help
- Stott, Ann – Always
T
- Tamaki, Mariko – Emiko Superstar
- Taylor, Mildred D. – The Well
- Ten Boom, Corrie – The Hiding Place
- Thompson-Cannino, Jennifer (with Ronald Cotton) – Picking Cotton, Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
U
- Uchida, Yoshicko – Journey to Topaz
V
- Venkatraman, Padma – Climbing the Stairs
W
- Waddell, Martin – Room for a Little One, A Christmas Tale
- Walker, Anna – I Love Christmas
- Wall, Elissa – Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
- Walton, Rick – A Very Hairy Scary Story
- Weatherford, Carole Boston – Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
- Whitney, Tim – Thanksgiving at the Inn
- Williams, Mary – Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
- Woolfolk Cross, Donna – Pope Joan
- West, Michael Lee – Mermaids in the Basement
- Wight, Eric – Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom
- Willems, Mo – Leonardo the Terrible Monster
- Williams, Karen Lynn (with Khadra Mohammed) – My Name is Sangoel
- Wing Smith, Emily – The Way He Lived
- Winter, Kathryn – Katarina
- Wolf, Joan M. – Someone Named Eva
- Woodson, Jacqueline – Behind You
- Woodson, Jacqueline -Feathers
- Woodson, Jacqueline – Hush
- Woodson, Jacqueline – I Hadn’t Mean to Tell You This
- Woodson, Jacqueline – If You Come Softly
- Woodson, Jacqeuline – Locomotion
- Woodson, Jacqueline – Miracle’s Boys
- Woodson, Jacqueline – Peace, Locomotion
- Wodson, Jacqueline - Show Way
X
- Xinran - Sky Burial
Y
- Yeahpau, Thomas – X-Indian Chronicles
- Yolen, Jane – Briar Rose
- Yolen, Jane – The Devil’s Arithmetic
Z
- Zarr, Sara – Once Was Los
- Zarr, Sara – Story of a Girl
- Zarr, Sara – Sweethearts
- Zevin, Gabrielle – Elsewhere
- Zusak, Markus – The Book Thief
- Zusak, Markus – I Am The Messenger



















