Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader and Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice.
The Art of Not Breathing by Sarah Alexander.280 p. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, April 26, 2016. 9781544633889.
Publisher synopsis: Since her twin brother, Eddie, drowned five years ago, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main has tried to remember what really happened that fateful day on the beach. One minute Eddie was there, and the next he was gone. Seventeen-year-old Tay McKenzie is a cute and mysterious boy that Elsie meets in her favorite boathouse hangout. When Tay introduces Elsie to the world of freediving, she vows to find the answers she seeks at the bottom of the sea.
First line: The thing I hate most about my father is that he hates me.
Page 56: Time to play a game. I want to wind Dillon up, but I'm also testing the water for myself.
"Where do you go with Lara? To her house? Doesn't she live on Rosemarkie Beach?"
Dillon glares at me. My father gets all jumpy.
"But you stay inside the house, right? You don't go to the beach, eh?" he asks.
"Yes, Dad. Don't worry. I don't go to the beach."
I hesitated before deciding that the above was the first line. You see, two pages before, there's a cute knock-knock joke and the page before, there's this:
D,
I need to talk to you about what happened that day. I'll be
at the Point tomorrow at six. Please come.
This is another book where I already love the voice. It's also a debut!
WoW is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine in which we share the titles we can't wait to release.
Moo by Sharon Creech. 224 p. HarperCollins Publishers, September 16, 2016. 9780062415240.
There's not much out there yet about this one. I just happened to catch this photo posted by Mr. Schu. There is no synopsis at the HarperCollins web page for the book.
No matter. It's a new verse novel by Sharon Creech. Automatic purchase for me. I wonder if there will be arcs at Midwinter! Fingers crossed!
This week's TTT theme over at Broke and Bookish is 2016 resolutions - blogging, reading or otherwise.
1. Read more. I have not met my GR goal of 365 books (a book a day) for the past two years. This year's goal is 366 - it's a leap year. I need to step up.
2. Blog more. I wanted to do that in 2015. In fact, I posted one fewer time in 2015 than 2014.
3. Review more. There was a time that I reviewed every book I read. Now, my review status is rather pitiful.
4. Read more YA. I've been remiss in that department.
5. Apply to review more professionally. I have been reviewing for School Library Journal for a few years now but feel the urge to try to review for other journals as well. What's stopping me? The deadlines!
6. Meditate daily. I have been toying with meditation for a while now but committed to it over this winter break. I have managed to meditate daily since Christmas Eve (even twice daily a few days). It really is calming and centering.
7. Get back to birdwatching. I haven't gone on any birding walks since April of 2012. I miss it. I have feeders and birdhouses around my home, but there is something quite invigorating about taking a walk with experienced birders.
8. Deepen my yoga practice. I have been practicing yoga for five or six years now. About two years ago, after completing chemotherapy, I committed a bit more deeply by practicing four or five times per week. This past year, I have practiced nearly daily. I have improved my flexibility and feel better.
9. Laugh more.
10. Cook more. I love to cook but sometimes, I get in a rut.
Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader and Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice.
Anything You Want by Geoff Herbach. 302 p. Sourcebooks, May 3, 2016. 9781402291449.
Publisher synopsis: none online yet. From the back cover: Taco's mom always said, "Today is the best day of your life, and tomorrow will be even better." That was hard to believe the day she died of cancer and when Taco's dad had to move up north for work, but he sure did believe it when Maggie Corrigan agreed to go with him to junior prom. Taco loves Maggie-even more than the tacos that earned him his nickname. And she loves him right back.
Except, all that love? It gets Maggie pregnant. Everyone else may be freaking out, but Taco can't wait to have a real family again. He just has to figure out what it means to be a dad and how to pass calculus. And then there's getting Maggie's parents to like him. Because it would be so much easier for them to be together if he didn't have to climb the side of the Corrigan's house to see her.
First line: When did this start? Dug, dingus. Last spring.
Page 56: I kept repeating to myself, This is the best day ever.
I didn't feel so great though. Not at all.
I am really enjoying Taco's voice so far. He's endearingly naive. And, doesn't the cover image remind you of a young Nicolas Cage?
Out with the old and in with the new. Let go of the past and face the future. I did not meet my Goodreads goal of 365 books. I haven't met my GR goals in the past 2 years. No worries. I've been busy with new things that detract from my reading time. The important thing is that I read 285 books and favorited nearly 60 of them!
I read 74 of those 285 books with my ears. Again a drop in reading with my ears but I'm focusing on what I accomplished in a busy year.
Reading resolutions for the upcoming year? Well, I set my GR goal at 366 books, one for each day of this Leap Year. (Should leap year be capitalized?) Perhaps I should vow to read a picture book a day. But since I couldn't even read a picture book for each day of Picture Book Month (November), this is not a realistic goal.
I do want to up my reviewing though. I probably said that last New Year's Day. Wait a sec, let me check.
...
Back. Yes, I did. I posted two fewer times in 2015 as compared to 2014. In 2013, when I switched my blog over to Blogger, I posted 262 times.
Oh! Happy anniversary at Blogger to me. I started blogging in December of 2008 over at LiveJournal. Huh, 7 years of blogging and I'm still having fun.
And that's the point. I'm having fun. I'm not going to beat myself up over the monstrous tbr or the crappy reviews I write. I will be present and grateful.
Happy New Year folks! Make it a good one.
January (3)
1. The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming (1/4)
2. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (1/13)
3. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner (1/23)
February (4)
4. Delirium by Lauren Oliver (2/6)
5. Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (2/14)
6. Fairest by Marissa Meyer (2/17)
7. The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne Valente (2/22)
March (4)
8. Winger by Andrew Smith (3/1)*
9. Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders by Geoff Herbach (3/2)
10. The Young Elites by Marie Lu (3/7)
11. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (3/29)
April (7)
12. The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm (4/3)
13. The Candymakers by Wendy Mass (4/3)
14. The Way to Stay in Destiny by Augusta Scattergood (4/4)
15. Paper Towns by John Green (4/9)
16. The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis (4/18)
17. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (4/26)
18. Requiem by Lauren Oliver (4/30)
May (9)
19. The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going (5/2)
20. The Contract (5/4)
21. Carter's Unfocused One-track Mind by Brent Crawford (5/8)
22. Hit & Miss by Derek Jeter (5/9)
23. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (5/16)*
24. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein (5/16)
25. The Luck of the Buttons by Anne Ylvisaker (5/19)
26. Dreamland Social Club by Tara Altebrando (5/23)
27. Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan (5/30)*
June (5)
28. The Unstoppable Octobia May by Sharon Flake (6/8)
29. The Boneshaker by Kate Milford (6/12)*
30. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (6/17)*
31.The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente (6/1)
32. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (6/23)
July (9)
33. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce (7/3)
34. Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen (7/9)
35. Vango: Between Sky and Earth by Timothée de Fombelle (7/11)
36. I am the Messenger by Marcus Zusak (7/12)
37. The Truth about Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh (7/13)
38. We are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen (7/16)
39. The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud (7/22)*
40. Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley (7/23)*
41. The Julian Chapter by R.J. Palacio (7/25)*
August
42. The Black Reckoning by John Stephens (8/1)*
43. X: a novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon (8/6)*
44. Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper (8/7)
45. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (8/14)
46. Michael Vey: the prisoner of cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans (8/15)
47. Denton Little's Death Date by Lance Rubin (8/17)*
48. The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith (8/22)
49. The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (8/24)
50. Princess Academy #2: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale. (8/28)
51. Stealing Air by Trent Reedy (8/30)
September (6)
52. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (9/5)
53. Stonewall by Ann Bausum (9/5)*
54. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs (9/17)*
55. Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray (9/26)*
56. Space Case by Stuart Gibbs (9/26)
57. Devoted: 38 extraordinary tales of love, loyalty and life with dogs by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh (9/30)
October (7)
58. Redeployment by Phil Klay (10/8)
59. Jump into the Sky by Shelley Pearsall (10/11)
60. The Nest by Kenneth Oppel (10/22)
61. Revolution by Deborah Wiles (10/24)
62. The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin (10/25)
63. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the secret history of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin (10/28)*
64. The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (10/31)*
November (6)
65. Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia (11/8)*
66. The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin (11/13)
67. Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate (11/17)*
68. The Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs (11/21)*
69. When I was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds (11/22)*
70. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (11/29)*
December (4)
71. The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett (12/5)*
72. The Hollow Boy (Lockwood & Co. #3) (12/12)
73. The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (12/26)
74. Pieces of Why by K. L. Going (12/28)
January (19)
1. Owl Babies by Martin Waddell (1/1)
2. Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled by Catherine Thimmesh (1/3)
3. The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming (1/4)*
4. Robert Frost's New England by Betsy and Tom Melvin (1/6)
5. Drones by Martin J. Dougherty (1/9)
6. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (1/13)
7. A Crankenstein Valentine by Samantha Berger (1/14)*
8. Minecraft: Combat Handbook (1/15)
9. Egg & Spoon by Gregory MaGuire (1/15)*
10. Minecraft: Construction Handbook (1/16)
11. Rutherford B., Who Was He? by Marilyn Singer (1/18)
12. Popularity Papers # 6 by Amy Ignatow (1/19)
13. Walking Wounded (Vietnam #5) by Chris Lynch (1/22)*
14. There's This Thing by Connah Brecon (1/22)
15. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner (1/23)
16. Africa is My Home by Monica Edinger (1/23)
17. Astrotwins: Project Blastoff by Mark Kelly (SLJ review) 1/25)
18. Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (1/28)*
19. Ocean Sunlight: how tiny plants feed the seas by Molly Bang (1/28)
February (20)
20. My Pen by Christopher Myers (2/1)*
21. Tommy Can't Stop by Tim Federle (2/1)
22. Maddy Kettle: the adventure of the Thimblewitch by Eric Orchard (2/6)
23. Red: a crayon's story by Michael Hall (2/6)
24. The Case for Loving: the fight for interracial marriage by Selma Alko (2/6)
25. Delirium by Lauren Oliver (2/6)
26. Chasing Freedom: the life journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony inspired by historical facts by Nikki Grimes (2/7)
27. Tombquest Book 1: Book of the Dead by Michael Northrop (2/8)
28. Rumble by Ellen Hopkins (2/13)
29. Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (2/14)
30. My Life in Dioramas by Tara Altebrando (2/17)
31. Fairest by Marissa Meyer (2/17)
32. Bird & Squirrel on Ice by James Burk (2/18)
33. The Magic School Bus Presents: Ocean Adventure by Johanna Cole and Mary Kay Carson (2/18)
34. Busy Butterflies by Gail Tuchman (2/18)
35. Steve & Wessley in The Sea Monster by J.E. Morris (2/18)
36. Fly Guy's Amazing Tricks by Tedd Arnold (2/19)
37. Racing the Waves by Robert Neubecker (2/19)
38. Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Stupid Stinkbugs from Saturn by Dav Pilkey (2/20)
39. The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne Valente (2/22)
March (46)
40. The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury (3/1)
41. Winger by Andrew Smith (3/1)*
42. Click, Clack, Peep! by Doreen Cronin (3/1)
43. I Don't Want to Be a Frog by Dev Petty (3/1)
44.Peanut Butter & Cupcake! by Terry Border (3/1)
45. Marcel the Shell with Shoes on: Things about Me by Jenny Slate (3/1)
46. Naptime with Theo and Beau by Jessica Shyba (3/1)
47. Pirates of the Silver Coast by Scott Chantler (3/1)
48. Little Red's Riding Hood by Peter Stein. (3/2)
49. Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders by Geoff Herbach (3/2)
50. Eerie Elementary #2: the locker ate Lucy! by Jack Chabert (3/3)
51. Hot Rod Hamster and the Awesome ATV Adventure by Cynthia Lord (3/3)
52. Monkey and Duck Quack Up! by Jennifer Hamburg (3/3)
53. How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? by Jane Yolen (3/4)
54 . Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae (3/4)
55. Sleeping Cinderella and Other Princess Mix-ups by Stephanie Clarkson (3/6)
56. Groundhog Day by Betsy Lewin (3/6)
57. Cold as Ice by Sarah Mlynowski (3/6)
58. The Young Elites by Marie Lu (3/7)
59. House of Robots by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein (3/8)
60. A Crow of One's Own by Megan Dowd Lambert (3/9)
61. Alice in Wonderland Down the Rabbit Hole by Lewis Carroll. Retold by Joe Rhatigan & Charles Nurnberg (3/9)
62. In the New World: a family in two centuries by Gerda Raidt & Christa Holtei (3/9)
63. John Muir Wrestles a Waterfall by Julie Danneberg (3/9)
64. Dirty Rats? by Darrin Lunde (3/9)
65. The Boy & the Book [a wordless story] by David Michael Slater (3/9)
66. Wangari Maathai: the woman who planted millions of trees by Frack Prévot (3/11)
67. Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses (and other good stuff) by L. Pichon (3/14)(SLJ Review)
68. Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli (3/16)
69. The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang & Sonny Liew (3/16)
70. Ares: bringer of war by George O'Connor (3/19)*
71. Branches of the Military by Sean Callery (3/19)
72. When I Grow Up: Abraham Lincoln by Ann Marie Anderson (3/19)
73. Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop (3/19)
74. The Magic School Bus Presents Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Joanna Cole (3/20)
75. The Magic School Bus Presents the Rain Forest by Joanna Cole (3/23)
76. Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates by Kevin O'Malley (3/24)
77. Such a Little Mouse by Alice Schertle (3/24)
78. The Magic School Bus Presents Polar Animals by Joanna Cole (3/25)
79. The Zero Degree Zombie Zone by Patrik Henry Bass (3/26)
80. Really? Ocean by Penelope Arlon (3/26)
81. I Totally Funniest by James Patterson (3/26)
82. Sally Ride: life on a mission by Sue Macy (3/26)
83. Discover More: Animal Faces by Penelope Arlon (3/26)
84. Sniffer Dogs: how dogs (and their noses) save the world by Nancy F. Castaldo (3/27)*
85. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (3/29)
April (30)
86. Beetle Busters: a rogue insect and the people who track it by Loree Griffin Burns (4/1)*
87. The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm (4/3)*
88. The Candymakers by Wendy Mass (4/3)
89. The Way to Stay in Destiny by Augusta Scattergood (4/4)*
90. Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko (4/5)*
91. Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson (4/6)*
92. Won Ton and Chopstick by Lee Wardlaw (4/8)*
93. Completely Clementine by Sara Pennypacker (4/8)*
94. Paper Towns by John Green (4/9)
95. The Vanishing Vampire by David Lubar (4/10)
96. Character, Driven by David Lubar (4/12)*
97. Winnie: the true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh by Sally M. Walker (4/14)*
98. Sidewalk Flowers by Jon Arno Lawson (4/17)*
99. Mr. Williams by Karen Barbour (4/17)*
100. In by Nikki McClure (4/17)
101. Nnewts by Doug TenNapel (4/17)
102. The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis (4/18)*
103. Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt (4/18)
104. Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff (4/18)*
105. Bird Gardening Book by Donald and Lillian Stokes (4/19)
106. 28 Days: moments in black history that changed the world by Charles R. Smith Jr. (4/21)
107 Harlem Hellfighters by J. Patrick Lewis & Gary Kelley (4/21)
108. When Rivers Burned: the Earth Day story by Linda Crotta Brennan (4/22)
109. Sneaker Century: a history of athletic shoes by Amber J. Keyser (4/24)
110. The Tapper Twins Tear Up New York by Geoff Rodkey (4/25) (SLJ review)*
111. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki (4/26)*
112. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (4/26)
113. Yoga for Osteoporosis by Loren Fishman (4/27)
114. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery (4/28)
115. Requiem by Lauren Oliver (4/30)
May (37)
116. The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going (5/2)
117. The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre (5/3)
118. The Contract by Derek Jeter (5/4)
119. Carter's Unfocused One-track Mind by Brent Crawford (5/8)
120. Hit & Miss by Derek Jeter (5/9)
121. Scary Snakes by Lauren Brown (5/9)
122. Teensy Weensy Animals (5/9)
123. Explorers by Penelope Arlon (5/9)
124. Three Day Summer by Sarvenaz Tash (5/12)
125. The Magic School Bus Presents: Insects (5/12)
126. Silver People by Margarita Engle (5/14)
127. The Magic School Bus Presents: Dinosaurs (5/14)
128. The Night Parade by Lily Roscoe (5/14)
129. The Notebook of Doom #5: The Whack of the P-Rex by Troy Cummings (5/14)
130. Paleontologists and Archaeologists by Ruth Owen (5/15)
131. The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats by Sandra Markle (5/15)*
132. Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman (5/15)*
133. Superstars of History: the good, the bad and the brainy by Basher and R.J. Grant (5/15)
134. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (5/16)*
135. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein (5/16)
136. Starring Jules: Third Grade Debut by Beth Ain (5/16)
137. The Day I Lost My Superpowers by Michael Escoffier (5/16)
138. The Chimpanzee Children of Gombe by Jane Goodall (5/17)
139. A Bad Boy Can be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone (5/17)
140. I Wish You More by Amy Kraus Rosenthal (5/18)
141. The Luck of the Buttons by Anne Ylvisaker (5/19)
142. The Yeti Files: Meet the Bigfeet by Kevin Sherry (5/20)
143. Literally Disturbed: tales to keep you up at night by Ben H. Winters (5/22)
144. Dreamland Social Club by Tara Altebrando (5/23)
145. Purge by Sarah Darer Littman (5/25)
146. Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood by Carole Boston Weatherford (5/26)
147. I'm My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein (5/26)
148. Two by Kathryn Otoshi (5/26)
149. Scholastic Year in Sports 2016 (5/26)
150. Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan (5/30)*
151. The World Series by Matt Doeden (5/30)
152. srsly Hamlet by William Shakespeare + Courtney Carbone (5/31)
June (17)
153. Roller Derby Rivals by Sue Macy (6/1)
154. Mesmerized: how Ben Franklin solved a mystery that baffled France by Maria Rockliff (6/1)
155. The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente (6/1)
156. The Marvels by Brian Selznick (6/2)*
157. Trowel and Error: Over 700 Tips,Remedies and Shortcuts for the Gardener by Sharon Lovejoy (6/3)
158. Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Uranium Unicorns from Uranus by Dav Pilkey (6/4)
159. The Disappearance of Emily H. by Barrie Summy (6/4)
160. Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts (6/7)
161. 101 Hidden Animals by Melvin & Gilda Berger (6/8)
162. The Unstoppable Octobia May by Sharon Flake (6/8)
163. The Boneshaker by Kate Milford (6/12)
164. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (6/13)
165. Little Fish by Ramsey Beyer (6/14)
166. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (6/17)
167. Falling into Place by Amy Zhang (6/18)
168. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (6/23)
169. Sunny Side Up by Jennifer and Matthew Holm (6/28)*
July (32)
170. George by Alex Gino (7/2)*
171. Crime Biters! My Dog is Better Than Your Dog by Tommy Greenwald (7/3)
172. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce (7/3)
173. The Secrets of Ruling School by Neil Swaab (7/4) (SLJ review)
174. Neighborhood Sharks by Katherine Roy (7/5)*
175. McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger (7/5)
176. Zen Socks by Jon Muth (7/6)
177. Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen (7/9)
178. Vango: Between Sky and Earth by Timothée de Fombelle (7/11)
179. House Arrest by K.A. Holt (7/11)*
180. I am the Messenger by Marcus Zusak (7/12)
181. The Truth about Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh (7/13)
182. Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry (7/14)
183. Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems (7/15)
184. We are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen (7/16)
185. Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña (7/16)
186. Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the mysteries of the cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson (7/17)
187. VIP: I'm with the Band! by Jen Calonita (7/18) (SLJ review)
188. Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre & his world of insects by Matthew Clark Smith (7/18)
189. Malala: a brave girl from Pakistan/ Iqbal: a brave boy from Pakistan by Jeanette Winter (7/19)
190. Nature's Perfect Package: Egg by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page (7/19)*
191. Bulldozer's Big Day by Candace Fleming (7/19)
192. A Fine Dessert: four centuries, four families, one delicious treat by Emily Jenkins & Sophie Blackall (7/19)
193. The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud (7/22)*
194. Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley (7/23)*
195. Seven Dead Pirates (7/34)(SLJ review)*
196. The Julian Chapter by R.J. Palacio (7/25)*
197. Babymouse: Cupcake Tycoon by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (7/25)
198. Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky (7/26)*
199. Jeter Unfiltered by Derek Jeter (7/28)
200. Tombquest Book 2: Amulet Keepers by Michael Northrop (7/29)
201. The Call of the Osprey by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (7/31)
August (20)
202. The Black Reckoning by John Stephens (8/1)*
203. The Trouble with Ants (Nora Notebooks 1) by Claudia Mills (8/2)
204. X: a novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon (8/6)*
205. The Unlikely Adventure of Mabel Jones by Will Mabbit (8/7)*
206. Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper (8/7)
207. Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl by Tommy Greenwald (8/9)
208. The Early Cretaceous Period by Juan Carlos Alonso & Gregory S. Paul (8/13)
209. That's (Not) Mine by Anna Kang (8/13)
210. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (8/14)
211. The Trouble in Me by Jack Gantos (8/14)*
212. Michael Vey: the prisoner of cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans (8/15)
213. Denton Little's Death Date by Lance Rubin (8/17)*
214. Drive Me Crazy by Terra Elan McVoy (8/19)
215. The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith (8/22)
216. The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (8/24)*
217. The Turn of the Tide by Rosanne Parry (8/25)*
218. The Best Friend Battle by Lindsay Eyre (8/26)
219. Ghostlight by Sonia Gensler (8/28)
220. Princess Academy #2: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale. (8/28)
221. Stealing Air by Trent Reedy (8/30)
September (10)
222. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (9/5)
223. Stonewall by Ann Bausum (9/5)*
224. The Kidney Hypothetical by Lisa Yee (9/12)
225. Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly (9/14)*
226. A Tower of Giraffes: animals in groups by Anna Wright (9/17)
227. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs (9/17)*
228. Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray (9/26)*
229. Space Case by Stuart Gibbs (9/26)
230. The Looney Experiment by Luke Reynolds (9/27)
231. Devoted: 38 extraordinary tales of love, loyalty and life with dogs by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh (9/30)
October (13)
232. Bug in a Vacuum by Melanie Watt (10/1)
233. Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoola (10/4)
234. Redeployment by Phil Klay (10/8)
235. Nanobots by Chris Gall (10/8)*
236. Are We There Yet? by Dan Santat (10/10)*
237. Jump into the Sky by Shelley Pearsall (10/11)
238. Happy! Pharrell Williams (10/18)
239. The Nest by Kenneth Oppel (10/22)
240. Revolution by Deborah Wiles (10/24)
241. Knit Together by Angela Dominguez (10/25)
242. The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin (10/25)*
243. Leo: a ghost story by Mac Barnett (10/25)
244. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the secret history of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin (10/28)*
245. The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (10/31)
November (17)
246. Galgorithm by Aaron Karo (11/1)
247. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown (11/1)
248. Maya's Blanket by Monica Brown (11/1)
249. Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins (11/1)*
250. Ketzel, the Cat who Composed by Lesléa Newman (11/2)
251. I am Yoga by Susan Verde (11/3)*
252. Bird by Zetta Elliot (11/4)
253. Old School by Jeff Kinney (11/5)
254. Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia (11/8)*
255. The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin (11/13)
256. Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate (11/17)*
257. Bad Kitty: Puppy's Big Day by Nick Bruel (11/17)
258. The Wild Swans by Jackie Morris (11/18)*
259. The Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs (11/21)*
260. When I was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds (11/22)*
261. Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, a Young Artist in Harlem by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts (11/26)
262. Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance by Misty Copeland (11/26)
263. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (11/29)*
December (22)
264. The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle (12/4)*
265. The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett (12/5)*
266. Frog on a Log? by Kes Gray & Jim Field (12/5)
267. Friendshape by Amy Krous Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld (12/5) *
268. A Lucky Author Has a Dog by Mary Lyn Ray (12/5)
269. The Inker's Shadow by Allen Say (12/5)
270. When Sophie's Feelings are Really, Really Hurt by Molly Bang (12/6)
271. Elephant in the Dark retold by Mina Javaherbin (12/6)
272. The Queen's Hat by Steve Antony (12/6)
273. The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan (12/8) (SLJ review)
274. The Hollow Boy (Lockwood & Co. #3) by Jonathan Stroud (12/12)
275. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum (12/13)*
276. No Summit out of Sight by Jordan Romero (12/20)
277. Sweep Up the Sun by Helen Frost (12/23)
278. The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (12/26)
279. Click Clack Ho Ho Ho by Betsy Lewin (12/28)
280. Pieces of Why by K. L. Going (12/28)
281. One by Kathryn Otoshi (12/29)
282. The Animals' Santa by Jan Brett (12/29)
283. Kite Day by Will Hillenbrand (12/29)
284. Alphabet School by Stephen T. Johnson (12/29)
285. Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass (12/29)
