Curated category · 2006—2025

Best young readers

Award-winning and editorially recommended young readers across twenty years, organized for discovery rather than sales ranking.

Selections: 703
Authors: 624
Lists & prizes: 3

Showing 49–60 of 60

2017Young readers

The Inexplicable Logic Of My Life

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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2017Young readers

The Pearl Thief

Elizabeth Wein

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2017Young readers

The River Bank: A Sequel To Kenneth Grahame's The Wind In The Willows

Kij Johnson

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2017Young readers

Town Is By The Sea

Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Sydney Smith

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2017Young readers

Triangle

Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

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2017Young readers

Turtles All The Way Down

John Green

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2017Young readers

Tyrannosaurus Rex Vs. Edna The Very First Chicken

Douglas Rees, illustrated by Jed Henry

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2017Young readers

When Dimple Met Rishi

Sandhya Menon

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2017Young readers

When's My Birthday?

Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Christian Robinson

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2017Young readers

Wild Things: The Joy Of Reading Children’s Literature As An Adult

Bruce Handy

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2017Young readers

Wishtree

Katherine Applegate

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2017Young readers

Wolf In The Snow

Matthew Cordell

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