2018 Debuts

January (1)
1. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacey McNultey (MG)(Read in 2017)*

February (0)

March (2)
2. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (3/3)**
3. Lucy and the String by Vanessa Roeder (3/10)* (author debut)

April (2)
4. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (4/13)*
5. Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell (4/26)

May (1)
6. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (5/26)*

June (0)

July (3)
7. Front Desk by Kelly Yang (7/26)
8. Surprise! By Caroline Hadilaksono (7/29)
9. Perfect by Max Amato (7/29)* (2019 debut)

August (2)
10. Thank You, Omu! By Oge Mora (8/6)
11. Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (MG debut) (8/19)

September (2)
12. Speechless by Adam P. Schmitt (9/8)
13. Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry (9/17)*

October (1)
14. The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller (10/13)*

November (7)
15. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (11/3)* (MG debut)
16. Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier (11/5)
17. Just Like Jackie by Lindsay Stoddard (11/18)
18. If This Were a Story by Beth Turley (11/9)
19. Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Watson Hackl (11/24)
20. P. S. I Still Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy (11/25)
21. Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman (co-author debut) (11/25)*

December (5)
22. Like Vanessa by Tami Charles (12/3)*
23. The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden (12/9)*
24. The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz (12/8)
25. Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (12/21)*
26. Love Like Sky by Leslie C. Youngblood (12/ 29)

2018 Audiobooks

January (5)
1. Far from the Tree by Robin Benway (1/7)
2. Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray (1/13)
3. Dear Martin by Nic Stone (1/15)*

4. The Sleeping Prince by Melinda Salisbury (1/23)
5. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (1/28)*

February (6)
6. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2/7)
7. Scythe by Neal Shusterman (2/10)*
8. Alex & Eliza: a love story by Melissa de la Cruz (2/15)
9. All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (2/21)*
10. Posted by John David Anderson (2/23)
11. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (2/28)*

March (8)
12. Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart (3/6)
13. Ever by Gail Carson Levine (3/7)
14. Paperboy by Vince Vawter (3/9)
15. Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith (3/15)
16. Listening for Lucca by Suzanne LaFleur (3/21)
17. Beautiful Blue World by Suzanne LaFleur (3/25)
18. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge (3/27)*
19. Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (3/30)

April (8)
20. Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar (4/7)
21. I am not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (4/10)
22. American Street by Ibi Zoboi (4/12)*
23. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (4/13)*
24. Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson (4/16)
25. Patina by Jason Reynolds (4/21)

26. History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (4/27)
27. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (4/29)

May (4)
28. Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles (5/3)*
29. The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan (5/12)
30. Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier (517)*
31. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater (5/18)

June (6)
32. A Higher Loyalty by James Comey (6/7)
33. The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan (6/9)
34. Boying Up by Mayim Bialik (6/10)
35. Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist (6/13)
36. Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki (6/18)
37. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (6/30)

July (8)
38. Warcross by Marie Lu (7/4)
39. Binge by Tyler Oakley (7/6)
40. Baker’s Magic by Diane Zahler (7/8)
41. The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (7/9)
42. The Stars Beneath My Feet by David Barclay Moore (7/14)
43. Reckless by Cornelia Funke (7/14)

44. Girls Like Us by Gail Giles (7/15)*
45. The Odds of Getting Even by Sheila Turnage (7/28)*

August (12)
46. A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (8/1)
47. Everland by Wendy Spinale (8/2)*
48. The Swap by Megan Shull (8/4)
49. The Icarus Show by Sallie Christie (8/5)
50. Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider (8/11)
51. The Speaker by Traci Chee (8/15)*
52. Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig (8/18)
53. Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (8/19)
54. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (8/22)
55.Come August, Come Freedom by Gigi Amateau (8/23)
56. A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold (8/25)
57. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (8/31)*

September (7)
58. The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielsen (9/2)
59. Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (9/4)
60. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (9/13)
61. Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar (9/14)
62. Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry (9/17)*
63. From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon (9/23)
64. Black Panther: the young prince by Ronald L. Smith (9/30)

October (11)
65. Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir (10/2)
66. A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti (10/7)*
67. Sunny by Jason Reynolds (10/9)*
68. Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz (10/11)
69. The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller (10/13)*
70. The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (10/15)
71. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus (10/17)
72. Tight by Torrey Maldonado (10/18)*
73. You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly (10/21)
74. Property of the Rebel Librarian by Allison Varnes (10/25)
75. Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen (10/30)

November (12)
76. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (11/1)*
77. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (11/3)*
78. Squirm by Carl Hiaasen (11/8)*
79. Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (11/8)

80. My Brigadista Year by Katherine Paterson (11/8)
81. The Perfect Score by Rob Buyea (11/11)
82. The Key to Every Thing by Pat Schmatz (11/14)
83. The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell (11/20)
84. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle (11/22)*
85. The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L. Holm (11/23)
86. Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman (11/25)*
87. Zora and Me: the cursed ground by T. R. Simon (11/30)*

December (7)
88. Lu by Jason Reynolds (12/6)*
89. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbit (12/7)*
90. Failing Up: how to take risks, aim higher and never stop learning by Leslie Odom, Jr. (12/15)

91. The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon (12/16)
92. Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (12/21)*
93. Pride by Ibi Zoboi (12/22)
94. The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee (12/29)*

2018 Picture Books

January (9)
1. The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain (1/4)
2. Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper by Anastasia Suen (1/4)
3. The Fish Who Cried Wolf by Julia Donaldson (1/5)
4. Colores de la vida: Mexican Folk Art colors in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill. (1/10)
5. The Too-scary Story by Bethanie Deeney Murguia (1/11)
6. Groovy Joe Dance Party Countdown by Eric Litwin (1/11)
7. Zog and the Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson (1/12)
8. Schomburg: the man who built a library by Carole Boston Weatherford (1/18)
9. Don't Forget Dexter! by Lindsay Ward (1/22)*

February (13)
10. Bertha Takes a Drive: how the Benz automobile changed the world by Jan Adkins (2/7)
11. The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: a true story about an accidental invention (really) by Barry Wittenstein (2/7)*
12. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown (2/11)
13. Dorothea Lange: the photographer who found the faces of the Depression by Carole Boston Weatherford (2/11)
14. The Legendary Miss Lena Horne by Carole Boston Weatherford (2/12)
15. Malcolm Little: the boy who grew up to become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz (2/12)
16. Voices from the Underground Railroad by Kay Winters (2/15)
17. Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai (2/19)
18. Barack Obama: son of promise, child of hope by Nikki Grimes (2/19)
19. Ella: queen of jazz by Helen Hancocks (2/19)
20. Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade by Trinka Hakes Noble (2/19)*
21. Blue Grass Boy by Barb Rosenstock (2/22)
22. Waiting for Pumpsie by Barry Wittenstein (2/22)*

March (17)
23. Lucy and the String by Vanessa Roeder (3/6)*
24. The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds (3/14)*
25. Tiny and the Big Dig by Sherri Duskey Rinker (3/14)
26. When Sophie Thinks She Can't by Molly Bang (3/14)
27. Ducks Away by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek (3/15)
28. Little Choo by Stephen Shaskan (3/15)
29. Be Brave, Little Penguin by Giles Andreae (3/15)
30. The Pink Hat by Andrew Joyner (3/24)
31. Unplugged by Steve Antony (3/24)
32. Thank You, Mr. Panda (3/24)
33. Breathe and Be by Kate Coombs (3/26)
34. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: the story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca (3/26)
35. Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark (3/26)
36. Muddy: the story of Blues legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin (3/28)
37. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (3/28)
38. The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson (3/29)
39. Keith Haring: the boy who just kept drawing by Kay A. Haring (3/29)

April (9)
40. Lines by Suzy Lee (43)*
41. Animal Ark: celebrating our wild world in poetry and pictures by Kwame Alexander (4/3)
42. Mama Africa: how Mirian Makeba spread hope with her song by Kathryn Erskine (4/9)*
43. Long-armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics by Jean L.S. Patrick (4/9)
44.  Caroline's Comets: a true story by Emily Arnold McCully (4/9)
45. American Gothic: the life of Grant Wood by Susan Wood (4/9)
46. Charlie Takes His Shot: how Charlie Sifford broke the color barrier in golf by Nancy Churnin (4/18)
47. Hedgehog Needs a Hug by Jen Betton (4/26)
48. Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell (4/26)

May (3)
49. Llama Llama loves to read (5/26)
50. Run Wild by David Covell (5/26)
51. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (5/26)*

June (2)
52. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (6/1)

53. Grandad Mandela by Zazi Siwelene and Zindzi Mandela (6/29)

July (9)
54. The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee (7/4)*
55. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson (7/4)
56. Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña (7/4)
57. Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: a Navajo Code Talker's Story by Joseph Bruchac (7/4)
58. Thank you, Earth: a love letter to our planet by April Pulley Sayre (7/12)
59. Surprise! by Caroline Hadilaksono (7/29)
60. Hope by Matthew Cordell (7/29)
61. Perfect by Max Amato (7/29)*
62. Grow Up, David! by David Shannon (7/29)

August (21)
63. Pride: the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders (8/4)
64. Thank You, Omu! By Oge Mora (8/6)
65. It’s Show and Tell Dexter! By Lindsay Ward (8/10)
66. Who Eats Orange? by Dianne White (8/12)
67. Irving Berlin: the immigrant boy who made America sing by Nancy Churnin (8/12)

68. Write on Irving Berlin by Leslie Kimmelman (8/12)
69. Tool School by Joan Holub (8/13)

70. Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Gris Grimly (8/13)

71. Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague (8/13)

72. Back to School with Bigfoot by Samantha Berger and Martha Brockenbrough (8/13)

73. Monster’s New Undies by Samantha Berger (8/13)

74. Mary McScary by R.L. Stine (8/13)

75. Alabama Spitfire: the story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird by Bethany Hegedus (8/18)
76. Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes (8/20)

77. The 5 O’Clock Band by Troy Andrews (8/20)*

78. Small Things by Mel Tregonning (8/20)
79. Sisters & Champions by Howard Bryant (8/28)

80. The Rough Patch by Brian Lies (8/29)*

81. Drawn Together by Minh Le (8/29)

82. Walt’s Imagination: the life of Walt Disney by Doreen Rappaport (8/29)
83. Between the Lines: how Ernie Barnes went from the football field to the art gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace (8/30)

September (8)
84. Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the spirit of New Orleans (9/3)*

85. How Sweet the Sound: the story of Amazing Grace by Carole Boston Weatherford (9/3)
86. Good Rosie! By Kate DiCamillo (9/8)

87. Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor: the woman who loved reptiles by Patricia Valdez (9/9)

88. Nothing Stopped Sophie: the story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain by Cheryl Bardoe (9/9)
89. Who Says Women Can’t be Computer Programmers? By Tanya Lee Stone (9/23) 90. Bone Soup by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (9/23) 91. Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot by Matthew Clark Smith (9/23)

October (11)
92. I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings (10/15)
93. What Do You Do with a Voice Like That: The story of extraordinary congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton (10/15)*
94The Epic Adventures of Huggie and Stick by Drew Daywalt (10/16)

95. Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman (10/16)
96. Elizabeth Warren: nevertheless, she persisted by Susan Wood (10/17)
97. A House in the Sky and Other Uncommon Animal Homes by Steve Jenkins (10/23)

98. Wet Hen: a short e adventure by Molly Coxe (10/24)

99. I am Human: a book of empathy by Susan Verde (10/27)

100. Seeing into Tomorrow: haiku by Richard Wright. Biography and illustrations by Nina Crews (10/28)

101. Loops, repeat, repeat by Patricia Stockland (10/29)

102. Yasmin the Explorer by Saadia Faruqi (10/29)

November (9)
103. This is the Day! By Amy Parker (11/1)
104. Bunny’s Staycation (Mama’s Business Trip) by Lori Richmond (11/2)

105. Good Night Bunny by Lauren Thompson (11/3)

106. Rabbit Moon by Jean Kim (11/3)
107. A Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach (11/4)

108. The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier (11/5)

109. Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein (11/9)*

110. Storm by Sam Usher (11/9)
111. Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (11/14)

December
112. Up & Down: the adventures of John Jeffries, first American to fly by Don Brown (12/13)
113. Flying Deep: climb inside deep-sea submersible ALVIN by Michelle Cusolito (12/13)

114. A Moon for Moe and Mo by Jane Breskin Zalben (12/14)
115. Three Years and Eight Months by Icy Smith (12/17)

116. Stretch to the Sun: from a tiny sprout to the tallest tree on Earth by Carrie A. Pearson (12/17)*

117. Captain Raptor and the Perilous Planet by Kevin O’Malley and Patrick O’Brien (12/ 17)

118. Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki (12/18)

119. Pig the Fibber by Aaron Blabey (12/26)*
120. Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates by Kevin O’Malley (12/28)

121. Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery by Kevin O’Malley (12/29)

2018 Reading

2018 was a productive reading year. I forgot to celebrate ten years of blogging on December 8! Onward and upward to 2019. Happy reading!

January (23)

1. The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain (1/4)

2. Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper by Anastasia Suen (1/4)

3. The Fish Who Cried Wolf by Julia Donaldson (1/5)

4. Far from the Tree by Robin Benway (1/7)

5. Colores de la vida: Mexican Folk Art colors in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill. (1/10)

6. The Too-scary Story by Bethanie Deeney Murguia (1/11)

7. Groovy Joe Dance Party Countdown by Eric Litwin (1/11)

8. Zog and the Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson (1/12)

9. Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray (1/13)

10. Dear Martin by Nic Stone (1/15)*

11. Hi Jack! by Mac Barnett (1/17)

12. Schomburg: the man who built a library by Carole Boston Weatherford (1/18)

13. The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson (1/19)*

14. Smart Cookie by Elly Swartz (1/20)

15. Victor Dowd and the World War II Ghost Army by Enigma Alberti (1/21)*

16. 50 Cities of the U.S.A. by Gabrielle Balkan (1/21)

17. Don't Forget Dexter! by Lindsay Ward (1/22)*

18. The Sleeping Prince by Melinda Salisbury (1/23)

19. Notorious RBG: the life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Young Readers' Edition) by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik (1/26)

20. Remy Sneakers vs. the Robo-Rats by Kevin Sherry (1/26)

21. The Force Oversleeps by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (1/27)

22. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (1/28)*

23. Evil Emperor Penguin by Laura Ellen Anderson (1/31)

February (26)

24. Heroes of Black History by the Editors of Time for Kids (2/2)

25. Ain't Nothing but a Man: my quest to find the real John Henry by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson (2/3)

26. Bertha Takes a Drive: how the Benz automobile changed the world by Jan Adkins (2/7)

27. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2/7)

28. The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: a true story about an accidental invention (really) by Barry Wittenstein (2/7)*

29. Scythe by Neal Shusterman (2/10)*

30. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown (2/11)

31. Dorothea Lange: the photographer who found the faces of the Depression by Carole Boston Weatherford (2/11)

32. The Legendary Miss Lena Horne by Carole Boston Weatherford (2/12)

33. Malcolm Little: the boy who grew up to become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz (2/12)

34. Time Shifters by Chris Grine (2/13)

35. Voices from the Underground Railroad by Kay Winters (2/15)

36. Alex & Eliza: a love story by Melissa de la Cruz (2/15)

37. When Paul Met Artie: the story of Simon & Garfunkel by G. Neri (2/16)*

38. Curse of the Harvester by Greg Grunbeg & Lucas Turnbloom (2/17)

39. Last Laughs: prehistoric epitaphs by J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen (2/18)

40. The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Oxtertag (2/18)

41. Graveyard Shakes by Laura Terry (2/18)

42. How to Make Awesome Comics by Neill Cameron (2/18)

43. Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai (2/19)

44. Barack Obama: son of promise, child of hope by Nikki Grimes (2/19)

45. Ella: queen of jazz by Helen Hancocks (2/19)

46. Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade by Trinka Hakes Noble (2/19)*

47. Chadwick's Epic Revenge by Lisa Doan (2/20) (SLJ review)

48. All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (2/21)*

49. Blue Grass Boy by Barb Rosenstock (2/22)

50. Waiting for Pumpsie by Barry Wittenstein (2/22)

51. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander (2/23)*

52. Bravo! Poems about Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle (2/23)

53. Posted by John David Anderson (2/23)

54. Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey (2/24)*

55. Forgotten Bones: uncovering a slave cemetery by Lois Miner Huey (2/25)*

56. Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer Choldenko (2/25)**

57. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (2/28)*

March (29)

58. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (3/3)**

59. Marley Dias Gets It Done: and so can you by Marley Dias (3/3)

60. Lucy and the String by Vanessa Roeder (3/6)*

61. Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart (3/6)

62. Ever by Gail Carson Levine (3/7)

63. Sparks! by Ian Boothby & Nina Matsumoto (3/7)

64. Kung Pow Chicken: let's get cracking! by Cyndi Marko (3/7)

65. Mega Robo Bros by Neill Cameron (3/8)

66. Foods with Moods by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers (3/8)*

67. Cucumber Quest Vol. 1: The Doughnut Kingdom by Gigi D.G. (3/8)

68. Paperboy by Vince Vawter (3/9)

69. The Jigsaw Jungle by Kristin Levine (3/13)

70. Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved (3/13)

71. The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds (3/14)*

72. Tiny and the Big Dig by Sherri Duskey Rinker (3/14)

73. When Sophie Thinks She Can't by Molly Bang (3/14)

74. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya (3/14)

75. Ducks Away by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek (3/15)

76. Little Choo by Stephen Shaskan (3/15)

77. Be Brave, Little Penguin by Giles Andreae (3/15)

78. Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith (3/15)

79. Snowy Owl Invasion by Sandra Markle (3/17)*

80. The Great Penguin Rescue by Sandra Markle (3/17)*

81. Listening for Lucca by Suzanne LaFleur (3/21)

82. Hawk Mother: the story of a red-tailed hawk who hatched chickens by Kara Hagedorn (3/23)

83. The Pink Hat by Andrew Joyner (3/24)

84. Unplugged by Steve Antony (3/24)

85. Thank You, Mr. Panda/ Gracias, Senor Panda (3/24)

86. The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis (3/25)**

87. Beautiful Blue World by Suzanne LaFleur (3/25)

88. The Star Wars Cookbook: BB-Ate: awaken to the force of breakfast and brunch by Lara Starr (3/26)

89. Breathe and Be: a book of mindfulness poems by Kate Coombs (3/26)

90. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: the story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca (3/26)

91. Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark (3/26)

92. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge (3/27)*

93. The Shape of the World: a portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright by K.L. Going (3/28)

94. Muddy: the story of Blues legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin (3/28)

95. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (3/28)

96. The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson (3/29)

97. Keith Haring: the boy who just kept drawing by Kay A. Haring (3/29)

98. Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (3/30)

April (28)

99. Third Grade Mermaid and the Narwhals by Peter Raymundo (4/1)

100. My Miserable Life by F. L. Block (4/2)

101. Lines by Suzy Lee (43)*

102. Animal Ark: celebrating our wild world in poetry and pictures by Kwame Alexander (4/3)

103. Rebound by Kwame Alexander (4/7)

104. Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar (4/7)

105. Wings of Fire: the graphic novel: The dragonet prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland (4/9)

106. Mama Africa: how Mirian Makeba spread hope with her song by Kathryn Erskine (4/9)*

107. Long-armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics by Jean L.S. Patrick (4/9)

108. Caroline's Comets: a true story by Emily Arnold McCully (4/9)

109. American Gothic: the life of Grant Wood by Susan Wood (4/9)

110. Ten Pigs: an epic bath adventure by Derek Anderson (4/9)

111. I am not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (4/10)

112. American Street by Ibi Zoboi (4/12)*

113. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (4/13)*

114. Shadow Magic by Joshua Khan (4/14)*

115. Sherlock Holmes and the Disappearing Diamond by Sam Hearn (4/14)

116. She Loves You Yeah, Yeah, Yeah by Ann Hood (4/15)*

117. Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson (4/16)

118. A Seal Named Patches by Roxanne Beltran and Patrick Robinson (4/18)

119. Not So Different: what you really want to ask about having a disability by Shane Burcaw (4/18)

120. Charlie Takes His Shot: how Charlie Sifford broke the color barrier in golf by Nancy Churnin (4/18)

121. Patina by Jason Reynolds (4/21)

122. Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant (4/26)

123. Hedgehog Needs a Hug by Jen Betton (4/26)

124. History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (4/27)

125. Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell (4/28)

126. A Long Line of Cakes by Deborah Wiles (4/29)(SLJ)*

127. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (4/29)

May (18)

128. Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wins (5/3)*

129. What Makes a Monster? by Jess Keating (5/5)

130. 1001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom (5/6)

131. Sharing Posts: the spread of fake news by Stephen Currie (5/7)

132. Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald (5/10)

133. The Dark Prophecy (Trials of Apollo #2) by Rick Riordan (5/12)

134. Silenced in the Library: Banned Books by Zeke Jarvis (5/12)

135. Positively Izzy by Teri Libenson (5/13)

136. For Every One by Jason Reynolds (5/17)

137. Sophie Quire and the last storyguard by Jonathan Auxier (5/17)*

138. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater (5/18)

139. This Moment is Your life (and so is this one) by Mariam Gates (5/20)

140. Trouble Makes a Comeback by Stephanie Tromly (5/22)

141. Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1991 by Larry Dane Brimner (5/23

142. Soof by Sarah Weeks (5/24)

143.The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles (5/25)*

144. Llama Llama loves to read (5/26)

145. Run Wild by David Covell (5/26)

June (16)

146. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (6/1)

147. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (6/2)

148. Girling Up: How to be Strong, Smart and Spectacular by Mayim Bialik (6/3)

149. Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson (6/6)

150. First Flight around the World by Tim Grove (6/7)

151. A Higher Loyalty by James Comey (6/7)

152. The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan (6/9)

153. Boying Up by Mayim Bialik (6/10)

154. Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist (6/13)

155. Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki (6/18)

156. Nate Expectations by Tim Federle (6/21)*

157. Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh (6/24)*(SLJ)

158. Jazz Owls: a novel of the Zoot Suit riots by Margarita Engle (6/25)

159. Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech (6/26)*

160. What I Leave Behind by Alison McGhee (6/26)*

161. Grandad Mandela by Zazi Siwelene and Zindzi Mandela (6/29)

162. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (6/30)*

163. Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (6/30)*

July (23)

164. Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo (7/1)*

165. No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen (7/1)*

166. Raid of No Return by Nathan Hale (7/2)

167. You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P. by Alex Gino (7/4)

168. Warcross by Marie Lu (7/4)

169. The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee (7/4)*

170. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson (7/4)*

171. Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña (7/4)

172. Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: a Navajo Code Talker's Story by Joseph Bruchac (7/4)

173. Boy Bites Bug by Rebecca Petruck (7/5)*

174. Binge by Tyler Oakley (7/6)

175. Baker’s Magic by Diane Zahler (⅞)

176. The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (7/9)

177. I’m Ok by Patti Kim (7/11)

178. Thank You, Earth: a love letter to our planet by April Pulley Sayre (7/12)*

179. Speak: the graphic novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. Illustrated by Emily Carroll (7/13)*

180. Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead (7/13)

181. The Stars Beneath My Feet by David Barclay Moore (7/14)

182. Reckless by Cornelia Funke (7/14)

183.The Assassination of Brainwein Spurge by M.T. Anderson (7/15)*

184. Girls Like Us by Gail Giles (7/15)*

185. The Girl with More Than One Heart by Laura Geringer Bass (7/16)

186. Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol (7/18)*

187. Bounce by Megan Shull (7/22)

188. Mascot by Antony John (7/23)*

189. Grenade by Alan Gratz (7/26)*

190. Front Desk by Amy Tang (6/26)

191. Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome (7/28)*

192. The Odds of Getting Even by Sheila Turnage (7/28)*

193. Surprise! By Caroline Hadilaksono (7/29)

194. Hope by Matthew Cordell (7/29)

195. Perfect by Max Amato (7/29)*

196. Grow Up, David! By David Shannon (7/30)

August (53)

197. A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (8/1)

198. Lost Soul, Be at Peace by Maggie Thrash (8/2)

199. Everland by Wendy Spinale (8/2)*

200. Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash (8/3)

201. The Swap by Megan Shull (8/4)

202. Pride: the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders (8/4)

203. The Icarus Show by Sallie Christie (8/5)

204. Thank You, Omu! By Oge Mora (8/6)

205. Shaking Things Up: 14 young women who changed the world by Susan Hood (8/7)

206. The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue (8/8)

207. It’s Show and Tell Dexter! By Lindsay Ward (8/10)

208. Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider (8/11)

209. Who Eats Orange? By Dianne White (8/12)

210. Irving Berlin: the immigrant boy who made America sing by Nancy Churnin (8/12)

211. Write on Irving Berlin by Leslie Kimmelman (8/12)

212. Tool School by Joan Holub (8/13)

213. Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Gris Grimly (8/13)

214. Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague (8/13)

215. Back to School with Bigfoot by Samantha Berger and Martha Brockenbrough (8/13)

216. Monster’s New Undies by Samantha Berger (8/13)

217. Mary McScary by R.L. Stine (8/13)

218. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: how Maria Merian’s art changed science by Joyce Sidman (8/14)

219. The Speaker by Traci Chee (8/15)*

220. Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig (8/16)(SLJ review)

221. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (8/16)*

222. Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig (8/18)

223. Alabama Spitfire: the story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird by Bethany Hegedus (8/18)

224. Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (8/19)

225. Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes (8/20)

226. The 5 O’Clock Band by Troy Andrews (8/20)*

227. Small Things by Mel Tregonning (8/20)

228. Sweep: the story of a girl and her monster by Jonathan Auxier (8/21)**

229. Made for Each Other: why dogs and people are perfect partners by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (8/22)

230. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (8/22)(audio reread)

231. Come August, Come Freedom by Gigi Amateau (8/23)

232. A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold (8/25)

233. The Bad Guys in Alien vs Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey (8/25)

234. Just Being Jackie by Margaret Cardillo (8/26)

235. Illegal by Eoin Colfer (8/26)*

236. Monster Mayhem by Christopher Eliopoulos (8/27)

237. Reading in the Dark: using film as a tool in the English classroom by John Golden (8/28)

238. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas by Dav Pilkey (8/28)

239. Sisters & Champions by Howard Bryant (8/28)

240. The Rough Patch by Brian Lies (8/29)**

241. Drawn Together by Minh Le (8/29)

242. Walt’s Imagination: the life of Walt Disney by Doreen Rappaport (8/29)

243. Mr. Wolf’s Class by Aron Nels Steinke (8/29)

244. Eavesdropping on Elephants by Patricia Newman (8/30)*

245. Evil Emperor Penguin Strikes Back! By Laura Ellen Anderson (8/30)

246. Game Changers: the story of Venus and Serena Williams (8/30)

247. Between the Lines: how Ernie Barnes went from the football field to the art gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace (8/30)

248. Eraser by Anna Kang (8/31)*

249. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (8/31)* (Audio reread)

September (21)

250. The Law of Finders Keepers by Sheila Turnage (9/1)*

251. The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielsen (9/2)

252. Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the spirit of New Orleans (9/3)*

253. How Sweet the Sound: the story of Amazing Grace by Carole Boston Weatherford (9/3)

254. Bat Citizens: defending the ninjas of the night by Rob Laidlaw (9/4)

255. Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (9/4)

256. Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (9/5)

257. Speechless by Adam P. Schmitt (9/8)

258. Good Rosie! By Kate DiCamillo (9/8)

259. Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor: the woman who loved reptiles by Patricia Valdez (9/9)

260. Nothing Stopped Sophie: the story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain by Cheryl Bardoe (9/9)

261. Revenge of the Teacher’s Pet by Jennifer Ziegler (9/10)

262. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (9/13)

263. Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar (9/14)

264. Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry (9/17)*

265. From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon (9/23)

266. Who Says Women Can’t be Computer Programmers? By Tanya Lee Stone (9/23)

267. Bone Soup by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (9/23)

268. Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot by Matthew Clark Smith (9/23)

269. Fear by Bob Woodward (9/29)

270. Black Panther: the young prince by Ronald L. Smith (9/30)

October (24)

271. Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir (10/2)

272. Depression & Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina Benaim (10/6)

273. The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell (10/7)

274. Photographic: the life of Graciela Iturbide (10/7)

275. A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti (10/7)*

276. Science Comics: Rockets: defying gravity by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd (10/8)

277. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina & 13 Artists (10/9)

278. Sunny by Jason Reynolds (10/9)*

279. America Border Culture Dreamer: The Young Immigrant Experience from A to Z by Wendy Ewald (10/10)(SLJ review)

280. Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz (10/11)

281. The Principal Strikes Back by Jarrett J Krosoczka (10/12)

282. The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller (10/13)*

283. The Dragon Slayer: folktales from Latin America (10/13)

284. Everything in the Universe by Tracy Winfield Holczer (10/14)*

285. I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings (10/15)

286. Back from the Brink: saving animals from extinction by Nancy F. Castaldo (10/15)*

287. What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The story of extraordinary congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton (10/15)*

288. The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (10/15)

289. The Epic Adventures of Huggie and Stick by Drew Daywalt (10/16)

290. Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman (10/16)

291. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus (10/17)

292. Elizabeth Warren: nevertheless, she persisted by Susan Wood (10/17)

293. Tight by Torrey Maldonado (10/18)*

294. You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly (10/21)

295. A House in the Sky and Other Uncommon Animal Homes by Steve Jenkins (10/23)

296. Orphaned by Eliot Schrefer (10/24)*

297. Wet Hen: a short e adventure by Molly Coxe (10/24)

298. Property of the Rebel Librarian by Allison Varnes (10/25)

299. I am Human: a book of empathy by Susan Verde (10/27)

300. Seeing into Tomorrow: haiku by Richard Wright. Biography and illustrations by Nina Crews (10/28)

301. Loops, repeat, repeat by Patricia Stockland (10/29)

302. Yasmin the Explorer by Saadia Faruqi (10/29)

303. Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen (10/30)

November (38)

304. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (11/1)*

305. This is the Day! By Amy Parker (11/1)

306. Bunny’s Staycation (Mama’s Business Trip) by Lori Richmond (11/2)

307. Good Night Bunny by Lauren Thompson (11/3)

308. Rabbit Moon by Jean Kim (11/3)

309. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (11/3)*

310. Sleep, My Bunny by Rosemary Wells (11/4)

311. A Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach (11/4)

312. The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier (11/5)

313. Write to Me: letters from Japanese American Children to the librarian they left behind by Cynthia Grady (11/5)

314. Avalanche Dog Heroes: Piper and friends learn to search the snow by Elizabeth Rusch (11/6)*

315. Squirm by Carl Hiaasen (11/8)*

316. Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (11/8)

317. My Brigadista Year by Katherine Paterson (11/8)

318. If This Were a Story by Beth Turley (11/9)

319. Strongheart by Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann (11/9)

320. Woodpeckers: drilling holes and bagging bugs by Sneed B. Collard III (11/9)*

321. Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein (11/9)*

322. Storm by Sam Usher (11/9)

323. Captain Superlative by J.S. Puller (11/9)

324. SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson (11/11)*

325. The Perfect Score by Rob Buyea (11/11)

326. Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (11/14)

327. The Key to Every Thing by Pat Schmatz (11/14)

328. Daphne Definitely Does Not Do Drama by Tami Charles (11/17)

329. Eliza Bing is (Not) a Star by Carmella Van Vleet (11/17)

330. Bat and the Waiting Game by Elana K. Arnold (11/18)*

331. One True Way by Shannon Hitchcock (11/18)

332. Just Like Jackie by Lindsay Stoddard (11/18)

333. The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell (11/20)*

334. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle (11/22)*

335. The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L. Holm (11/23)

336. Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Watson Hackl (11/24)

337. P. S. I Still Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy (11/25)

338. Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman (11/25)*

339. Made by Hand: a crafts sampler by Carole Lexa Schaefer (11/27)

340. Zora and Me: the cursed ground by T. R. Simon (11/30)*

341. Wimpy Kid 13: Meltdown by Jeff Kinney (11/30)

December (33)

342. Lights! Camera! Alice! The thrilling true adventures of the first woman filmmaker by Mara Rockliff (12/3)

343. My Story My Dance: Robert Battle’s journey to Alvin Ailey by Lisa Cline-Ransome (12/3)

344. Like Vanessa by Tami Charles (12/3)*

345. Lu by Jason Reynolds (12/6)*

346. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbit (12/7)*

347. The Doughnut Fix by Anne Nesbit (12/8)

348. The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden (12/9)*

349. Snow Lane by Josie Angelini (12/11)*

350. Up & Down: the adventures of John Jeffries, first American to fly by Don Brown (12/13)

351. Flying Deep: climb inside deep-sea submersible ALVIN by Michelle Cusolito (12/13)

352. A Moon for Moe and Mo by Jane Breskin Zalben (12/14)

353. Beyond Words: what elephants and whales think and feel (Young Reader’s Adaptation) by Carl Safina (12/15)(SLJ review)

354. Failing Up: how to take risks, aim higher and never stop learning by Leslie Odom, Jr. (12/15)

355. The Not-So-Boring Letters of Private Nobody by Matthew Landis (12/16)
356. The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon (12/16)*

357. Three Years and Eight Months by Icy Smith (12/17)

358. Stretch to the Sun: from a tiny sprout to the tallest tree on Earth by Carrie A. Pearson (12/17)*

359. Captain Raptor and the Perilous Planet by Kevin O’Malley and Patrick O’Brien (12/ 17)

360. Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki (12/18)

361. The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA by Brenda Woods (12/19)*

362. The Hidden Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag (12/20)

363. Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (12/21)*

364. Kristy’s Big Day (BSC #6) by Gale Galligan (12/22)

365. Pride by Ibi Zoboi (12/22)

366. Skylark and Wallcreeper by Anne O’Brien Carelli (12/25)

367. Pig the Fibber by Aaron Blabey (12/26)*

368. Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word by Sarah Jane Marsh (12/26)

369. The Hyena Scientist by Sy Montgomery (12/28)*

370. Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates by Kevin O’Malley (12/28)

371. Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery by Kevin O’Malley (12/29)

372. Love Like Sky by Leslie C. Youngblood (12/ 29)

373. The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee (12/29)*

374. Mac Undercover by Mac Barnett (12/31)

375. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey (12/31)