Best Books of 2017: Young Adult

At the end of every year, it is always wonderful to look back and see what new books are now on the shelves. Here are the Best Books for Teen Readers, in no particular order. 

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

9781250095251, $18.99

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

9780062498533, $17.99

Neighborhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley 

9780062571854, $17.99

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

9780553524062, $17.99

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 

9780062457790, $17.99

Book of Dust by Philip Pullman 

9780375815300, $22.99

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

9781101937648, $17.99

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

9780525555360, $19.99

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds 

9781481438254, $17.99

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

9781481497589, $17.99

The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr

9780399547010, $15.99

Dimple and Rishi by Sandhya Menon

9781481478687, $17.99

Warcross by Marie Lu

9780399547966, $18.99

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

9780385744775, $18.99

Renegades by  Marissa Meyer

9781250044662, $19.99

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway 

9780062330628, $17.99

All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry

9781616206666, $17.95

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

9781101939499, $17.99

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez 

9781524700485, $17.99

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe, translated by Lilit Thwaites

9781627796187, $19.99

Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman

9780805093391, $19.99

The Last Namsara by Kristen Cicarelli

9780062567987,  $17.99

You Can Buy These Books at your Local Bookstore, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. 

Best Books of 2017: Ages 8 - 12

 At the end of every year, it is always wonderful to look back and see what new books are now on the shelves. Here are the Best Books for Ages 8 -12, in no particular order. 

A Crack in the Sea by H. M. Bouwman, illus. by Yuko Shimizu

9780399545191, $16.99

Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson

9780544785106, $16.99

Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

9781101994856, $16.99

The Explorers: The Door in the Alley by Adrienne Kress

9781101940051, $16.99

All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson

9780525429999, $12.99

Almost Paradise by Corbel Shofner

9780374303785, $16.99

Goldeline by Jimmy Cajoleas

9780062498755, $16.99

Pablo and Birdy by Alison McGhee, illus. by Ana Juan

9781481470261, $17.99

Tumble and Blue by Cassie Beasley

9780525428442, $17.99

The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City by Jodi Kendall

9780062484536, $16.99

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

9780316508889, $17.99

The Doldrums and the Helmsley Curse by Nicholas Gannon (interview here)

9780062320971, $17.99

The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kids by Colin Meloy, illus. by Carson Ellis

9780062342454, $17.99

The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

9781481419451, $16.99

The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twain and Philip Stead, illus. by Erin Stead Click for signed copies at Lemuria Bookstore! 

9780553523225, $24.99

Greetings from Witness Protection by Jake Burt

9781250107114, $16.99

Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder

9780062443410, $16.99

The Wonderling by Mira Bartok

9780763691219, $21.99

The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

9780525429203, $16.99

The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange

9781338157475, $16.99

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser

9780544876392, $16.99

The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore

9781524701246, $16.99

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate 

9781250043221, $16.99

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia 

9780062215918, $16.99

You Can Buy These Books at your Local Bookstore, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. 

Best Books of 2017: Ages 4 - 7

Best Books Ages 4 - 7

At the end of every year, it is always wonderful to look back and see what new books are now on the shelves. Here are the Best Books for Ages 4 - 7, in no particular order. 

This House Once by Deborah Freedman 

9781481442848, $17.99

Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima

9781481469098, $17.99

After the Fall by Dan Santat
9781626726826, $17.99

A Letter to My Teacher by Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by Nancy Carpenter

9780375868450, $17.99

Hattie and Hudson by Chris Van Dusen 

9780763665456, $16.99

How the Cookie Crumbled: The True (and Not-So-True) Stories of the Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie by Gilbert Ford

9781481450676, $17.99

Nothing Rhymes with Orange by Adam Rex

9781452154435, $16.99

Sam & Eva by Debbie Ohi

9781481416283, $17.99

This is Not a Normal Animal Book by Julie Segal-Walters, pictures by Brian Biggs

9781481439220, $17.99

Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, illus. by Sydney Smith 

9781554988716, $19.95

The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater, illustrated by the Fan Brothers

9781481451604, $17.99

The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt, illus. by Adam Rex 

9780062438898, $17.99

The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken

9780735227927, $18.99

The Gold Leaf by Kirsten Hall, illus. by Matthew Forsythe

9781592702145, $18.95

Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz, illus. by Brian Floca

9780763648220, $16.99

How to Climb a Tree by Liz Garton Scanlon, illus. by Hadley Hooper

9780763648220, $16.99

Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds, illus. by Peter Brown

9781442402980, $17.99

The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham 

9780763688264, $14.99

On a Magical Do-Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna, translated by Jill Davis

9780062657602, $17.99

Why Am I Me? by Paige Britt, illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Aliko 

9781338053142, $17.99

Baabwaa & Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship by David Elliott, illus. by Melissa Sweet

9780763660741, $16.99

The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse by Mac Barnett, illus. by Jon Klassen

9780763677541, $17.99

The Book of Bones by Gabrielle Balkin, illus. by Sam Brewster

9780714875125, $19.95

Alfie: (The Turtle that Disappeared) by Thyra Heder

9781419725296, $17.95

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers

9780399167898, $19.99

The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi 

9781771386630, $16.95

Wee Sister Strange by Holly Grant 

9780553508796, $17.99

The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket, illus. by Matthew Forsythe

9780316392785, $17.99

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown, illus. by John Parra

9780735842694, $17.95

You Can Buy These Books at your Local Bookstore, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.