Previous Editor’s Choice Titles

February 2004




Pagan in Exile

By Catherine Jinks


March 2004




The Various

By Steve Augarde


April 2004




On Sand Island

By Jaqueline Briggs Marti

Illustrated by David A. Johnson


May 2004




Hard Times For Jake Smith

By Aileen Kilgore Henderson


June 2004




The War

By Anais Vaugelade


July 2004




Petals in the Ashes

By Mary Hooper


August 2004





Airborn

By Kenneth Oppel

September 2004



The Friend

By Sarah Stewart

Illustrated by David Small


October 2004




The End of the Beginning

By Avi


November 2004




The Crow-Girl

By Bodil Bredsdorff


December 2004


The City of Ember

By Jeanne DuPrau


January 2005




A Child is A Child

By Brigitte Weninger

Illustrated by Eve Tharlet


February 2005




Zen Shorts

By Jon J. Muth


March 2005




The Truth About Sparrows

By Marian Hale


April 2005




The Quilt Makers Journey

By Jeff Brumbeau

Illustrated by Gail de Marcken


May and June 2005




A Quiet Place

By Douglas Wood

Illustrated by Dan Andreasen


July 2005




Mr. George Baker

By Amy Hest

Illustrated by Jon Muth


August 2005

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

By J.K. Rowling





September 2005




Willow Run

By Patricia Reilly Giff


October 2005

The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

By Michael Morpurgo


November 2005




Celandine

By Steve Augarde


December 2005




Wizardology

By Dugald A. Steer

Illustrations by Anne Yvonne Gilbert, John Howe, Tomislav Tomic, and Helen Ward


January and February 2006




Dickens: His work and his world

Michael Rosen

Illustrated by Robert Ingpen


March 2006




Angel on the square

By Gloria Whelan


April 2006




The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

By Kate DiCamillo


May 2006




The Valley of Secrets

By Charmian Hussey


June 2006




Septimus Heap: Book One – Magyk

By Angie Sage


July 2006




Four in All

By Nina Payne

Illustrated by Adam Payne


August 2006




Endymion Spring

By Matthew Skelton


September 2006




I had seen castles: A Novel

By Cynthia Rylant


October 2006




Life as we knew it

By Susan Beth Pfeffer


November 2006




The Dot

Peter H. Reynolds


December 2006




Shipwreck Detective

Duncan Cameron and Richard Platt


January 2007




The Supernaturalist

Eoin Colfer


February 2007




The Book Thief

Markus Zusak


March 2007




Courage

Bernard Waber


April 2007




Way Down Deep

Ruth White


May 2007




The Miner’s Daughter

Gretchen Moran Laskas


June 2007




Once Upon a Picture

Sally Swain


July 2007




Private Peaceful

Michael Morpurgo


August 2007




Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows

J.K. Rowling

September 2007


Mine!

Mathilde Stein

Illustrated by Mies van Hout


October 2007




Ida B…and her plans to Maximize fun, avoid disaster and (Possibly) save the world


Katherine Hannigan


November 2007




The Loud Silence of Francine Green


Karen Cushman


December 2007




The Arrival

Shaun Tan


January 2008




Tunnels

Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams


February 2008




At Night

By Jonathan Bean


March 2008




Why War is Never a Good Idea

By Alice Walker


April 2008




Alphabet

By Matthew Van Fleet


May 2008




Buzz

By Caroline Bingham, Ben Morgan, and Matthew Robertson


June 2008




The Dead and the Gone

By Susan Beth Pfeffer


July 2008




Sand Dollar Summer

By Kimberly K. Jones


August 2008




The Day the World Exploded

By Simon Winchester


September 2008




The Book Book

By Sophie Benini Pietromarchi


October 2008




A Visitor for Bear

Bonny Becker

Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton


November 2008




Masterpiece

Elise Broach

Illustrated by Kelly Murphy


December 2008




Sucks to be me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe)

Kimberly Pauley


January 2009




How to get rich in the California Gold Rush

Todd Olson

Illustrated by Scott Allred


February 2009




The Magic Thief: Book One

Sarah Prineas

Illustrated by Antonio Javier Caparo


March 2009




The Year the swallows came early

Kathyrn Fitzmaurice


April 2009




Trainstop

Barbara Lehman


May 2009

Hounsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk

James Howe

Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay


June 2009




Leaf

Stephen Michael King


July and August 2009




The evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Jacqueline Kelly


September and October 2009




The Cabinet of wonders

Marie Rutkoski


November and December 2009




Waiting for winter

Sebastian Meschenmoser


January and February 2010




The Carbon Diaries 2010

Saci Lloyd


March and April 2010




Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies

Julie Andrews and Emma Hamilton


May and June 2010




The Story of Cirrus Flux

Matthew Skelton


July and August 2010




Keeping the Moon

Sarah Dessen


September and October 2010




The Black Book of Secrets

F.E. Higgins


November and December 2010




Flipped

Wendelin Van Draanen


January and February 2011




Toby Alone

Timothee de Fomelle

Illustrated by Francois Place


March and April 2011

William Shakespeare: His Life and Times

Kristin McDermott and Ari Berk

Illustrated by Ian Andrew, Diz Wallis and Eloise Lambert


May and June 2011




Ten Miles Past Normal

Frances O’Roark Dowell


July and August 2011




Enclave

Ann Aguirre


September and October 2011




The Popularity Papers

Amy Ignatow


November and December 2011




In search of mockingbird

Loretta Ellsworth


January and February 2012

The sandwich Swap





Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and Kelly DiPucchio





March and April 2012




Pie

Sarah Weeks





May and June 2012




Above World

Jenn Reese


July and August 2012

A Hero for Wondla

Tony DiTerlizzi


September and October 2012

The Sixty-Eight Rooms

Marianne Malone