Best Books 2012

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1	List	Title	Author	Illustrator	Recommended Age	Category	Call Number	6 lists: 3	5 lists: 4	4 lists: 10	3 lists: 22	2 lists: 46	1 list: 182	PW: 40; SLJ: 65; Kirkus; 200; Horn Book: 27; Booklist: 55; Bulletin: 31

2	Kirkus	Above	Bobet, Leah		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA BOBET
3	Booklist	Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship	Freedman, Russell		Gr. 5-9	Non-Fiction	J 973.7 FRE
4	Kirkus	Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship	Freedman, Russell		Age 9-14	Children's	J 973.7 FRE	Top 25
5	SLJ	Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship	Freedman, Russell		Gr. 5-10	Non-Fiction	J 973.7 FRE
6	Kirkus	After Eli	Rupp, Rebecca		Age 11-15	Teen	J RUP
7	Kirkus	After the Snow	Crockett, S. D.		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA CROCKETT
8	Kirkus	Amazing Adventures of John Smith, Jr. AKA Houdini, The	Johnson, Peter		Age 9-12	Children's	J JOH
9	Kirkus	Amazing Harry Keller, The: Great American Magician	Jarrow, Gail		Age 10-14	Children's	Don't Own
10	Booklist	And Then It's Spring	Fogliano, Julie	Stead, Erin E.	PreS-Gr. 2	Fiction	JE FOG
11	Bulletin	And Then It's Spring	Fogliano, Julie	Stead, Erin E.	Age 4-6	Picture Book	JE FOG
12	Horn Book	And Then It's Spring	Fogliano, Julie	Stead, Erin E.	Primary	Picture Books	JE FOG
13	Kirkus	And Then It's Spring	Fogliano, Julie	Stead, Erin E.	Age 3-8	Children's	JE FOG
14	PW	And Then It's Spring	Fogliano, Julie	Stead, Erin E.	Age 4-7	Children's Picture	JE FOG
15	Kirkus	Applesauce	Verplancke, Klaas		Age 4-6	Children's	JE VER
16	Kirkus	Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe	Saenz, Benjamin Alire		Age 14 and up	Teen	Branch Only	Top 25
17	SLJ	Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe	Saenz, Benjamin Alire		Gr. 9 and up	Fiction	Branch Only
18	Kirkus	Ask the Passengers	King, A. S.		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA KING	Top 25
19	PW	Ask the Passengers	King, A. S.		Age 15 and up	Children's Fiction	YA KING
20	SLJ	Ask the Passengers	King, A. S.		Gr. 10 and up	Fiction	YA KING
21	Kirkus	Assassin's Curse, The	Clarke, Cassandra Rose		Age 13 and up	Teen	YA CLARKE	Top 25
22	Booklist	Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic	Lo, Ginnie	Lo, Beth	K-Gr. 2	Fiction	JE LO
23	Bulletin	Ballywhinney Girl	Bunting, Eve	McCully, Emily Arnold	Age 5-8	Picture Book	J ILLUSTRATED BUN
24	SLJ	Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World	Fern, Tracey	Kulikov, Boris	Gr. 3-5	Non-Fiction	J 921 BAR
25	Kirkus	Be My Enemy	McDonald, Ian		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA MCDONALD	Top 25
26	Kirkus	Beach Feet	Konagaya, Kiyomi	Saito, Masamitsu	Age 2-6	Children's	JE KON
27	Kirkus	Bear Has a Story to Tell	Stead, Philip C.	Stead, Erin E.	Age 3-7	Children's	JE STE
28	PW	Bear in the Book, The	Banks, Kate	Hallensleben, Georg	Age 3-6	Children's Picture	JE BAN
29	SLJ	Bear in the Book, The	Banks, Kate	Hallensleben, Greg	PreS	Picture Books	JE BAN
30	Kirkus	Beetle Book, The	Jenkins, Steve		Age 7-12	Children's	J 595.76 JEN
31	SLJ	Beetle Book, The	Jenkins, Steve		Gr. 4-7	Non-Fiction	J 595.76 JEN
32	Kirkus	Belly Flop!	McCranie, Stephen		Age 8-11	Children's	On Order
33	Kirkus	Beneath a Meth Moon	Woodson, Jacqueline		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA WOODSON	Top 25
34	Bulletin	Best Shot in the West: The Adventures of Nat Love	McKissack, Patricia C.	DuBurke, Randy	Gr. 5-9	Fiction	Don't Own
35	Kirkus	Between You & Me	Calin, Marisa		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA CALIN
36	Booklist	Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust	Rappaport, Doreen		Gr. 7-12	Non-Fiction	J 940.5318 RAP
37	PW	Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust	Rappaport, Doreen		Age 10 and up	Children's Non-Fiction	J 940.5318 RAP
38	Bulletin	Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of the Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust	Rappaport, Doreen		Gr. 7-12	Non-Fiction	J 940.5318 RAP
39	Kirkus	Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of the Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust	Rappaport, Doreen		Age 10 and up	Teen	J 940.5318 RAP
40	Bulletin	Bink and Gollie: Two for One	DiCamillo, Kate and Alison McGhee	Fucile, Tony	Gr. 2-4	Fiction	J DIC
41	Bulletin	Bitterblue	Cashore, Kristin		Gr. 9-12	Fiction	On Order
42	Kirkus	Bitterblue	Cashore, Kristin		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA CASHORE	Top 25
43	PW	Bitterblue	Cashore, Kristin		Age 14 and up	Children's Fiction	On Order
44	Kirkus	Black Heart	Black, Holly		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA BLACK
45	Kirkus	Black Hole Is Not a Hole, A	DeCristofano, Carolyn Cinami	Carroll, Michael	Age 8-12	Children's	J 523.8875 DEC
46	SLJ	Black Hole is NOT a Hole, A	DeCristofano, Carolyn Cinami	Carroll, Michael	Gr. 5-7	Non-Fiction	J 523.8875 DEC
47	Horn Book	Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon	Sheinkin, Steve		Middle School; High School	Non-Fiction	J 940.9425 SHE
48	Bulletin	Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon	Sheinkin, Steve		Gr. 7-12	Non-Fiction	J 940.5425 SHE
49	SLJ	Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon	Sheinkin, Steve		Gr. 5 and up	Non-Fiction	J 940.5425 SHE
50	Kirkus	Book of Blood and Shadow, The	Wasserman, Robin		Age 12 and up	Teen	Branch Only
51	Booklist	Boot & Shoe	Frazee, Marla		PreS-Gr. 3	Fiction	JE FRA
52	Kirkus	Boot & Shoe	Frazee, Marla		Age 4-7	Children's	JE FRA	Top 25
53	Booklist	Boston Tea Party, The	Freedman, Russell	Malone, Peter	Gr. 2-5	Non-Fiction	J 973.3115 FRE
54	Booklist	Boy Called Dickens, A	Hopkinson, Deborah	Hendrix, John	Gr. 3-5	Fiction	JE 921 DIC
55	Booklist	Boy on Cinnamon Street, The	Stone, Phoebe		Gr. 4-7	Fiction	J STO
56	Kirkus	Boy21	Quick, Matthew		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA QUICK
57	Kirkus	Breath of Eyre, A	Mont, Eve Marie		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA MONT
58	Horn Book	Brides of Rollrock Island, The	Lanagan, Margo		High School	Fiction	YA LANAGAN
59	Kirkus	Brides of Rollrock Island, The	Lanagan, Margo		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA LANAGAN
60	PW	Brides of Rollrock Island, The	Lanagan, Margo		Age 14 and up	Children's Fiction	YA LANAGAN
61	Bulletin	Broken Lands, The	Milford, Kate		Gr. 6-9	Fiction	J MIL
62	Kirkus	Broken Lands, The	Milford, Kate		Age 12 and up	Teen	J MIL
63	Kirkus	Bronte Sisters, The: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne	Reef, Catherine		Age 12-16	Teen	J 823 BRO
64	Booklist	Brothers at Bat	Vernick, Audrey	Salerno, Steven	Gr. 1-3	Non-Fiction	JE 796.357 VER
65	Bulletin	Brothers at Bat	Vernick, Audrey		Gr. 3-5	Non-Fiction	JE 796.357 VER
66	SLJ	Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story	Nelson, S. D., retel.		Gr. 3-6	Non-Fiction	J 970.3 HIDATSA
67	Kirkus	Burn Mark	Powell, Laura		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA POWELL
68	Kirkus	Call the Shots	Calame, Don		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA CALAME
69	Kirkus	Cardboard	TenNapel, Doug		Age 10 and up	Children's	J GRAPHIC TEN
70	Kirkus	Case of the Deadly Desperados, The	Lawrence, Caroline		Age 10-14	Children's	J LAW
71	Kirkus	Castle: How It Works	Macaulay, David with Sheila Keenan	Macaulay, David	Age 4-8	Children's	J 940.1 MAC
72	Kirkus	Cat Tale	Hall, Michael		Age 3-5	Children's	JE HAL
73	Kirkus	Catch & Release	Woolston, Blythe		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA WOOLSTON
74	Horn Book	Certain October, A	Johnson, Angela		High School	Fiction	YA JOHNSON
75	Kirkus	Certain October, A	Johnson, Angela		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA JOHNSON
76	Kirkus	Chaos, The	Hopkinson, Nalo		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA HOPKINSON	Top 25
77	Kirkus	Charley's First Night	Hest, Amy	Oxenbury, Helen	Age 4-8	Children's	JE HES	Top 25
78	Horn Book	Chickadee	Erdrich, Louise		Intermediate	Fiction	J ERD
79	Booklist	Children and the Wolves, The	Rapp, Adam		Gr. 9-12	Fiction	Don't Own
80	Kirkus	Children and the Wolves, The	Rapp, Adam		Age 14 and up	Teen	Don't Own
81	Kirkus	Chloe	McCarty, Peter		Age 3-6	Children's	JE MCC
82	Kirkus	Chuck Close Face Book	Close, Chuck		Age 8-12	Children's	J 759.13 CLO
83	PW	Chuck Close Face Book	Close, Chuck		Age 8-12	Children's Non-Fiction	J 759.13 CLO
84	SLJ	Chuck Close Face Book	Close, Chuck		Gr. 4-8	Non-Fiction	J 759.13 CLO
85	PW	Cinder	Meyer, Marissa		Age 12 and up	Children's Fiction	YA MEYER
86	Booklist	Code Name Verity	Wein, Elizabeth		Gr. 9-12	Fiction	Branch Only
87	Bulletin	Code Name Verity	Wein, Elizabeth		Gr. 9-12	Fiction	Branch Only
88	Horn Book	Code Name Verity	Wein, Elizabeth		High School	Fiction	Branch Only
89	Kirkus	Code Name Verity	Wein, Elizabeth		Age 14 and up	Teen	Branch Only	Top 25
90	PW	Code Name Verity	Wein, Elizabeth		Age 14 and up	Children's Fiction	Branch Only
91	SLJ	Code Name Verity	Wein, Elizabeth		Gr. 9 and up	Fiction	Branch Only
92	Kirkus	Cold Cereal	Rex, Adam		Age 11-13	Children's	J REX
93	Booklist	Cold Snap	Spinelli, Eileen	Priceman, Marjorie	PreS-Gr. 2	Fiction	JE SPI
94	Kirkus	Cold Snap	Spinelli, Eileen	Priceman, Marjorie	Age 4-8	Children's	JE SPI
95	Kirkus	Confusion of Princes, A	Nix, Garth		Age 14 and up	Teen	J NIX
96	Kirkus	Crimson Crown, The	Chima, Cinda Williams		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA CHIMA
97	Kirkus	Day By Day	Gal, Susan		Age 4-9	Children's	JE GAL
98	Kirkus	Demon Catchers of Milan, The	Beyer, Kat		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA BEYER
99	Kirkus	Devine Intervention	Brockenbrough, Martha		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA BROCKENBROUGH
100	Kirkus	Difference Between You and Me, The	George, Madeleine		Age 13 and up	Teen	Don't Own