Richie's Picks: Great Books for Children and Young Adults

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31 December 2008 THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean, HarperCollins, October 2008, 307p., ISBN: 978-0-06-053092-1 Read the review (last modified: 2 days 4 hours 35 minutes 31 seconds ago)

29 December 2008 BURN MY HEART , by Beverley Naidoo, HarperCollins/Amistad, December 2008, 201p., ISBN: 978-0-06-143297-2; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-413297-2 Read the review (last modified: 6 days 19 hours 41 minutes 31 seconds ago)

1 December 2008 THE BEST OF 2008 Read the review (last modified: 36 days 6 hours 10 minutes 25 seconds ago)

23 November 2008 THE PATRON SAINT OF BUTTERFLIES by Cecilia Galante, Bloomsbury, April 2008, 292p., ISBN: 1-59990-249-4 Read the review (last modified: 36 days 7 hours 5 minutes 48 seconds ago)

22 November 2008 DUEL! BURR AND HAMILTON'S DEADLY WAR OF WORDS , by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Larry Day (ill.), Walker, June 2008, 40p., ISBN: 9780802795830 Read the review (last modified: 45 days 4 hours 29 minutes 1 seconds ago)

27 October 2008 THE SPECTACULAR NOW by Tim Tharp, Knopf, November 2008, 294p., ISBN: 978-0-375-85179-7; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-95179-4 Read the review (last modified: 66 days 16 hours 20 minutes 19 seconds ago)

18 October 2008 THIS FULL HOUSE by Virginia Euwer Wolff, Harper Teen/The Bowen Press, January 2009, 478p.; ISBN: 978-0-06-158304-9; Libr ISBN: 978-0-06-158305-6 Read the review (last modified: 66 days 16 hours 27 minutes 57 seconds ago)

13 October 2008 HONDA: THE BOY WHO DREAMED OF CARS by Mark Weston, illustrated by Katie Yamasaki, Lee & Low Books, September 2008, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-60060-246-7 Read the review (last modified: 80 days 1 hours 51 minutes 3 seconds ago)

11 October 2008 SCAT by Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, January 2009, 371p., ISBN: 978-0-375-83486-8; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-93486-5 Read the review (last modified: 85 days 2 hours 18 minutes 37 seconds ago)

30 August 2008 IF I GROW UP by Todd Strasser, Simon and Schuster, February 2009, 224 p., ISBN: 1-4169-2523-6 Read the review (last modified: 122 days 7 hours 8 minutes 27 seconds ago)

01 August 2008 THE 39 CLUES: BOOK ONE: THE MAZE OF BONES by Rick Riordan, Scholastic, September 9, 2008, 182p., ISBN: 0-545-06039-7 Read the review (last modified: 157 days 12 hours 49 minutes 54 seconds ago)

29 July 2008 LOVE & LIES: MARISOL'S STORY by Ellen Wittlinger, Simon & Schuster BFYR, July 2008, 256p., ISBN: 1-4169-1623-7 Read the review (last modified: 160 days 4 hours 53 minutes 43 seconds ago)

24 July 2008 A RIVER OF WORDS: THE STORY OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, July 2008, 32p. ISBN: 978-0-8028-5302-8 Read the review (last modified: 160 days 4 hours 59 minutes 13 seconds ago)

14 July 2008 GUARDIAN by Julius Lester, Harper/Amistad, October 2008, 130p. ISBN: 978-0-06-155890-0; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-155891-7 Read the review (last modified: 160 days 5 hours 1 minutes 6 seconds ago)

08 July 2008 THE JUVIE THREE by Gordon Korman, Hyperion, September 2008, 249p., ISBN: 978-1-4231-0158-1 Read the review (last modified: 182 days 13 hours 47 minutes 23 seconds ago)

02 July 2008 WAR IS...: SOLDIERS, SURVIVORS, AND STORYTELLERS TALK ABOUT WAR edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell, Candlewick Press, September 2008, 200p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-3625-8 Read the review (last modified: 187 days 11 hours 25 minutes 1 seconds ago)

08 June 2008 OUR WHITE HOUSE: LOOKING IN, LOOKING OUT by created by 108 renowned authors and illustrators, Candlewick Press, September 2008, 242p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-2067-7 Read the review (last modified: 211 days 18 hours 7 minutes 14 seconds ago)

06 June 2008 CHAINS by Laurie Halse Anderson, Simon & Schuster, October 2008, 314p., ISBN: 1-4169-0585-5 Read the review (last modified: 211 days 18 hours 14 minutes 28 seconds ago)

03 June 2008 HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: DREAMS TAKING FLIGHT by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Amy June Bates, September 2008, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-7129-0 Read the review (last modified: 217 days 12 hours 3 minutes 6 seconds ago)

02 June 2008 WAITING FOR NORMAL by Leslie Connor, HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen, February 2008, 290p., ISBN: 978-0-06-0189088-9; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-089089-6 Read the review (last modified: 217 days 12 hours 4 minutes 4 seconds ago)

25 May 2008 THE MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE: SUPERNOVAE, DARK ENERGY, AND BLACK HOLES (Scientists in the Field series) by Ellen Jackson, photos and illustrations by Nic Bishop, Houghton Mifflin, May 2008, 60p., ISBN: 978-0-618-56325-8 Read the review (last modified: 225 days 14 hours 35 minutes 11 seconds ago)

23 May 2008 DOOLEY TAKES THE FALL by Norah McClintock, Red Deer Press, 2008, 314p. ISBN: 978-0-88995-403-8 Read the review (last modified: 225 days 14 hours 42 minutes 21 seconds ago)

15 May 2008 THE LAST EXIT TO NORMAL by Michael Harmon, Knopf, March 2008, 273p., ISBN: 0-375-84098-2; Libr. ISBN: 0-375-94098-7 Read the review (last modified: 235 days 18 hours 5 minutes 1 seconds ago)

12 May 2008 THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, October 2008, 407p., ISBN: 0-439-02348-3 Read the review (last modified: 238 days 18 hours 30 minutes 50 seconds ago)

04 May 2008 THE TRIALS OF KATE HOPE by Wick Downing, Houghton Mifflin, April 2008, 329 p., ISBN: 978-0-618-89133-7 Read the review (last modified: 244 days 11 hours 35 minutes 40 seconds ago)

19 April 2008 SHIFT by Jennifer Bradbury, Atheneum, May 2008, 245p., ISBN: 1-4169-4732-9 Read the review (last modified: 261 days 7 hours 19 minutes 46 seconds ago)

15 April 2008 THE LINCOLNS: A SCRAPBOOK LOOK AT ABRAHAM AND MARY by Candace Fleming, Schwartz & Wade Books, October 2008, 176 pages, ISBN: 978-0-375-83618-3; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-93618-0 Read the review (last modified: 263 days 17 hours 43 minutes 47 seconds ago)

11 April 2008 TEN MILE RIVER by Paul Griffin, Dial, June 2008, 196p. ISBN: 978-0-8037-3284-1 Read the review (last modified: 263 days 17 hours 44 minutes 19 seconds ago)

4 April 2008 AIN'T NOTHING BUT A MAN: MY QUEST TO FIND THE REAL JOHN HENRY by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson, National Geographic, January 2008, 64p. ISBN: 978-1-4263-0000-4 Read the review (last modified: 263 days 17 hours 45 minutes 33 seconds ago)

03 April 2008 THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY by Siobhan Dowd, RH/David Fickling Books, February 2008, 324p. ISBN: 978-0-375-84976-3 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 16 minutes 13 seconds ago)

31 March 2008 GHOST OF SPIRIT BEAR by Ben Mikaelsen, HarperCollins, June 2008, 154p. ISBN: 978-0-06-009007-4 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 17 minutes 8 seconds ago)

24 March 2008 SWEETHEARTS by Sara Zarr, Little Brown, April 2008, 217p. ISBN: 0-316-01455-9 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 18 minutes ago)

17 March 2008 LITTLE BROTHER by Cory Doctorow, Tor, May 2008, 365p. ISBN: 0-7653-1985-3 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 19 minutes 37 seconds ago)

03 March 2008 THE UNDERNEATH by Kathi Appelt with drawings by David Small, Atheneum, May 2008, 314p. ISBN: 1-4169-5058-3 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 20 minutes 26 seconds ago)

26 February 2008 THE WILLOUGHBYS by Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, March 2008, 174p. ISBN: 0-618-97974-3 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 21 minutes 36 seconds ago)

23 February 2008 DIAMOND WILLOW by Helen Frost, FSG/Frances Foster Books, April 2008, 112p. ISBN: 0-374-31776-3 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 22 minutes 43 seconds ago)

20 February 2008 THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS by E. Lockhart, Hyperion, March 2008, 345p. ISBN: 0-7868-3818-3 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 23 minutes 37 seconds ago)

09 February 2008 THE TROUBLE BEGINS AT 8: A LIFE OF MARK TWAIN IN THE WILD, WILD WEST by Sid Fleischman, Greenwillow, July 2008, 200p. ISBN: 978-0-06-134431-2 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 24 minutes 39 seconds ago)

08 February 2008 ZEN TIES by Jon J. Muth, Scholastic Press, February 2008, 40p. ISBN: 0-439-63425-3 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 25 minutes 37 seconds ago)

05 February 2008 TRACKING TRASH: FLOTSAM, JETSAM, AND THE SCIENCE OF OCEAN MOTION by Loree Griffin Burns (Scientists in the Field series), Houghton Mifflin, 2007, 58p. ISBN: 0-618-58131-6 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 26 minutes 34 seconds ago)

01 February 2008 PLANTING THE TREES OF KENYA: THE STORY OF WANGARI MAATHAI by Claire A. Nivola, FSG/Frances Foster Books, April 2008, 32p. ISBN: 0-374-39918-2 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 27 minutes 41 seconds ago)

01 February 2008 PEELED by Joan Bauer, Putnam, May 2008, 248p. ISBN: 978-0-399-23475-0 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 28 minutes 27 seconds ago)

30 January 2008 THE WOLVES ARE BACK by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Wendell Minor, Dutton, April 2008, 32p. ISBN: 0-525-47947-3 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 29 minutes 25 seconds ago)

28 January 2008 HONEYBEE by Naomi Shihab Nye, Greenwillow, March 2008, 176p., ISBN: 978-0-06-085590-7; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-085591-4 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 30 minutes 39 seconds ago)

08 January 2008 TROUBLE by by Gary D. Schmidt, Clarion, April 2008. ISBN: 978-0-618-92766-1 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 31 minutes 31 seconds ago)

06 January 2008 HE FORGOT TO SAY GOODBYE by Benjamin Alire Saenz, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, June 2008, ISBN: 1-4169-4963-1 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 33 minutes 11 seconds ago)

26 December 2007 THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX by Mary E. Pearson, Holt, April 2008, ISBN: 0-8050-7668-9 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 34 minutes 18 seconds ago)

23 December 2007 THE BEST OF 2007 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 35 minutes 24 seconds ago)

14 December 2007 WRITE NAKED by Peter Gould, Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 2008, ISBN: 978-0-374-38483-8 Read the review (last modified: 274 days 19 hours 36 minutes 27 seconds ago)