2008 Kids & YA Books Read

Picture Books

1. Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
2. Fisherman and His Wife by Rachel Isadora
3. Help Me, Mr. Mutt by Janet and Susan Stevens
4. Night of the Veggie Monster by George McClements
5. How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz
6. I Don't Want to Go by Addie Meyer Sanders
7. As Good As Anybody by Richard Michelson
8. Mommy Do You Love Me by Jeanne Willis
9. The Castaway Pirates by Ray Marshall
10. No, That's Wrong! by Zhaohua Ji and Cui Xu
11. We're Off to Look For Aliens by Colin McNaughton
12. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field; illustrated by Giselle Potter
13. My Friend the Monster by Eleanor Taylor
14. Say Hello by Jack and Michael Foreman
15. You Can Be My Friend by Lauren Childs (sort've)
16. Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
17. Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
18. 1, 2, Buckle My Shoe by Anna Grossnickle Hines
19. Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks
20. Puppies and Piggies by Cynthia Rylant
21. My Name is Not Isabella by Jennifer Fosberry
22. The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg
23. The Light of the World by Katherine Paterson
24. Madam President by Lane Smith
25. The Story of Growl by Judy Horacek
26. Big Plans by Bob Shea
27. Butterflies in My Stomach by Serge Bloch
28. God Gave Us Heaven by Lisa Tawn Bergren
29. God Loves Me More Than That by Dandi Daley Mackall
30. When God Created My Toes by Dandi Daley Mackall
31. Born to Read by Judy Sierra
32. What's Under the Bed by Joe Fenton
33. Imagine a Place by Sarah L. Thomson
34. Thump, Quack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
35. Bobo and the New Neighbor by Gail Page
36. Please Don't Tease Tootsie by Margaret Chamberlain
37. A is for Art by Stephen Johnson
38. Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery (nonfiction???)
39. The Best Book to Read by Debbie Bertram
40. Big Little Monkey by Carole Lexa Schaefer
41. Be Gentle With The Dog, Dear by Matthew J. Baek
42. Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
43. Fabulous Fishes by Susan Stockdale (nonfiction)
44. The Lord is My Shepherd
45. Lonesome Puppy by Yoshitomo Nara
46. Wish by Roseanne Thong
47. Our Library by Eve Bunting
48. When Louis Armstrong Taught Me To Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein
49. Knuckleheads by Joan Holub
50. Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex
51. Where's My Mummy by Carolyn Crimi
52. The Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt
53. The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket
54. Josh's Halloween Pumpkin by Kathryn Lay
55. There's No Such Thing As Ghosts by Emmanuelle Eeckhout
56. Trick or Treat on Monster Street by Danny Schnitzlein.
57. Mama's Kiss by Jane Yolen
58. Everywhere the Cow Says "Moo!" by Ellen Slusky Weinstein
59. Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford
60. The Mystery by Maxwell Eaton III
61. Tonight You Are My Baby by Jeannine Q. Norris
62. Priscilla and the Great Santa Search by Nathaniel Hobbie
63. Deck the Halls, traditional, illustrations by Norman Rockwell
64. Hurry, Hurry, Have You Heard by Laura Krauss Melmed. Illustrated by Jane Dyer.

Fiction (Early, Middle, Teen)

1. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
2. Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
3. The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin
4. The Fold by An Na
5. The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo
6. Leftovers by Laura Wiess
7. Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague. Brandon Mull
8. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
9. Saga by Conor Kostick
10. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
11. Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George
12. The 13th Reality by James Dashner
13. Alien Feast by Michael Simmons
14. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
15. Love and Other Uses for Duct Tape by Carrie Jones
16. Dingo by Charles de Lint
17. Guinevere's Gift by Nancy McKenzie
18. Annie and Simon by Catharine O'Neill
19. Andy Shane and the Queen of Egypt by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
20. The King's Arrow by Michael Cadnum
21. Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott
22. A Beginning, A Muddle, and An End by Avi
23. Dreamrider by Barry Jonsberg
24. Primavera by Mary Jane Beaufrand
25. Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne
26. Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt
27. A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
28. Ever by Gail Carson Levine
29. The Dragon's Child by Laurence Yep
30. Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman
31. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
32. Bronte's Book Club by Kristiana Gregory
33. The Sky Inside by Clare B. Dunkle
34. Greetings From Nowhere by Barbara O'Connor
35. The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante
36. Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park
37. The Sisters Grimm: Tales From The Hood by Michael Buckley
38. Once Upon A Prom: Dream by Jeanine Le Ny
39. Good Enough by Paula Yoo
40. Once Upon A Prom: Dress. by Jeanine Le Ny.
41. Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
42. Once UPon A Prom: Date. by Jeanine Le Ny.
43. Double Click for Trouble by Chris Woodworth
44. Rumors by Anna Godbersen
45. The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie
46. Neptune's Children by Bonnie Dobkin
47. Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks
48. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
49. The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
50. Secrets of the Cirque Medrano by Elaine Scott
51. Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
52. Blue Like Friday by Siobhan Parkinson.
53. Take Me There by Susane Colasanti.
54. The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner
55. Jessie's Mountain by Kerry Madden
56. The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
57. Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs.
58. Aurelia by Anne Osterlund
59. Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus.
60. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
61. Savvy by Ingrid Law
62. Confessions of A Serial Kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen
63. The Floating Circus by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
64. The Search for the Red Dragon by James A. Owen
65. Out of the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst
66. Peeled by Joan Bauer.
67. Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
68. In Mozart's Shadow by Carolyn Meyer
69. Looks by Madeleine George
70. Frozen Fire by Tim Bowler
71. In The Company of Whispers by Sallie Lowenstein.
72. The Trials of Kate Hope by Wick Downing
73. Sherlock Files: The 100 Year Old Secret by Tracy Barrett
74. Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee
75. Skin Deep by E.M. Crane
76. 100 Days and 99 Nights by Alan Madison
77. Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
78. Shift by Charlotte Agell
79. Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught
80. The Richest Doll in the World by Polly M. Robertus
81. Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott
82. The Hanging Woods by Scott Loring Sanders
83. Planet Pregnancy by Linda Oatman High (verse novel)
84. No Cream Puffs by Karen Day
85. A Girl, A Boy, And Three Robbers by Gail Gauthier
86. A La Carte by Tanita Davis
87. Gem X by Nicky Singer.
88. 42 Miles by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer (verse novel)
89. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
90. Paper Towns by John Green
91. The Viper Within by Sam Mills
92. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
93. Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy
94. I Need You More Than I Love You and I Love You To Bits by Gunnar Ardelius
95. Hero-Type by Barry Lyga
96. Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell
97. Minn and Jake's Almost Terrible Summer by Janet S. Wong
98. The Inferior by Peadar O' Guilin
99. How They Met And Other Stories by David Levithan.
100. Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell.
101. Daisy Dawson Is On Her Way. Steve Voake.
     
102. The Resistance by Gemma Malley.
     
103. Steinbeck's Ghost by Lewis Buzbee.
     
104. Third Grade Baby by Jenny Meyerhoff.
     
105. Mary Ingalls On Her Own by Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
106. The Redheaded Princess by Ann Rinaldi
107. Don't Talk To Me About the War by David Adler
     
108. Ruby's Imagine by Kim Antieau
109. Hurricane Song by Paul Valponi
110. Love Me Tender by Audrey Couloumbis
111. High Dive by Tammar Stein
112. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
113. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
114. I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder (verse novel)
115. Stop in the Name of Pants by Louise Rennison
116. Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Moving Day by Meg Cabot
117. Memories of Babi by Aranka Siegal.
118. Wombat & Fox: Tales of the City by Terry Denton
119. Jimmy's Stars by Mary Ann Rodman
120. La Petite Four by Regina Scott
121. Found: The Missing Book 1 by Margaret Peterson Haddix
122. Wombat and Fox: Tales from the City by Terry Denton
123. All Shook Up by Shelley Pearsall
124. Girl, Hero by Carrie Jones
125. Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway
126. Dodger and Me by Jordan Sonnenblick
127. Zombie Blondes by Brian James
128. My New Best Friend by Julie Bowe
129. Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez
130. The Devouring: Sorry Night by Simon Holt
131. Cycler by Lauren McLaughlin
132. The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman
133. The Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett
134. Identical by Ellen Hopkins (verse novel)
135. The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
     
136. Wake by Lisa McMann
137. When You Wish by Kristen Harmel
138. The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau
139. Impossible by Nancy Werlin
140. Chicken Feathers by Joy Cowley
141. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
142. Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank You Notes by Peggy Gifford
143. T4 by Anne Clare LeZotte. (verse novel)
144. Madapple by Christina Meldrum.
145. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness.
146. Darkside by Tom Becker
147. If You're Reading This It's Too Late by Pseudonymous Bosch
148. Poison Ink by Christopher Golden
149. Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
150. Prey by Lurlene McDaniel
151. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
     
152. Toy Dance Party by Emily Jenkins
153. Cicada Summer by Andrea Beaty
     
154. Something Wicked by Alan Gratz
155. Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen
156. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
157. The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
158. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation: Volume 2: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
159. Ellie McDoodle New Kid In School by Ruth McNally Barshaw
160. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
     
161. Mousetraps by Pat Schmatz
162. Shifty by Lynn Hazel
163. Would You by Marthe Jocelyn
164. The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
165. Ten Cents A Dance by Christine Fletcher
166. What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
167. Hot To Hook A Hottie by Tina Ferraro
168. Unraveling by Michelle Baldini and Lynn Biederman
169. I Know It's Over by C.K. Kelly Martin
170. Kendra by Coe Booth
171. How To Build A House by Dana Reinhardt
172. The Screwed Up Life of Charlie the Second by Drew Ferguson
     
173. The Day I Killed James by Catherine Ryan Hyde
174. Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
175. My Life As A Rhombus by Varian Johnson
176. After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
     
177. Getting the Girl by Susan Juby
178. Alive and Well in Prague, New York by Daphne Grab
     
179. My Mother Is A French Fry and Further Proof of my Fuzzed Up Life by Colleen Sydor
180. The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas
181. Voss: How I Come to America and Am Hero Mostly by David Ives
182. The Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
     
183. The Comeback Season by Jennifer E. Smith
184. Debbie Harry Sings In French by Meagan Brothers
185. Love & Lies by Ellen Wittlinger
186. You Know Where To Find Me by Rachel Cohn
187. Play Me by Laura Ruby
188. I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephanie Kuehnert
     
189. The Stowaway by R.A. Salvatore and Geno Salvatore.
190. Isabelle's Boyfriend by Caroline Hickey
191. The Humming of Numbers by Joni Sensel
192. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
193. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti
194. How Not To Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler
195. House of Dance by Beth Kephart
196. Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
197. How To Be Bad by E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle
198. Season of Ice by Diane Les Becquets
199. Facts of Life #31 by Denise Vega
200. Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka
201. Undone by Brooke Taylor
202. Weeping Under This Same Moon by Jana Laiz
203. Freefall by Anna Levine
204. Feathered by Laura Kasischke
205. Prom Kings and Drama Queens by Dorian Cirrone
206. The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
     
207. Sovay by Celia Rees
208. The Opposite of Invisible by Liz Gallagher
209. They Called Me Red by Christina Kilbourne
210. Thaw by Monica M. Roe
211. Andy Shane and the Queen of Egypt by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
212. Keeping Holiday by Starr Meade
213. Swimming with The Sharks by Debbie Reed Fischer
214. Split by A Kiss by Luisa Plaja
     
215. The Squad: Perfect Cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
216. Everything You Want by Barbara Shoup
217. Girl Overboard by Justina Chen Headley
218. The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
219. Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
220. Ringside, 1925 by Jen Bryant
221. Annie and Simon by Catharine O'Neill
222. Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech
     

Poetry

1. America at War by Lee Bennett Hopkins
2. The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle
3. Lady Liberty by Doreen Rappaport
4. Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford.
5. On The Farm by David Elliott
6. Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex
7. Hip Hop Speaks to Children, editor Nikki Giovanni
8. M is for Mischief by Linda Ashman
   

Nonfiction

1. What To Do About Alice by Barbara Kerley
2. I Am Scout by Charles J. Shields
3. What's Inside Your Tummy, Mommy by Abby Cocovini
4. Duel: Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words by Dennis Brindell Fradin
5. Independent Dames by Laurie Halse Anderson
6. King George What was His Problem by Stephen Sheinkin
7. Yum: Your Ultimate Manual for Good Nutrition by Daina Kalnins
8. She Touched the World by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander
9. The Year We Disappeared by Cylin and John Busby
10. Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Loved To Draw by Deborah Kogan Ray
11. Painting the Wild Frontier by Susanna Reich
12. This is the Feast by Diane Shore
13. The Trouble Begins at 8 by Sid Fleischman
14. The Raucous Royals by Carlyn Beccia.
    

Graphic Novels:

1. The After Hours (Twilight Zone)
2. Walking Distance (Twilight Zone)
3. Coraline by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell
4. Appetite for Detention by Sloane Tanen
5. Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale
6. The Mystery of the Fool and The Vanisher by David and Ruth Ellwand
   

Short Story Collections

1. How They Met And Other Stories by David Levithan
2. Ghosts of Kerfol by Deborah Noyes
3. Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls edited by Deb Loughead and Jocelyn Shipley