Doll Bones
Author: Holly Black
Illustrator: Eliza Wheeler
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books, Doubleday Children’s
Recommended Age Range: 10 to 14
Awards: Newbery Honor Book; A School Library Journal Best Book; A Kirkus Reviews Best Book; A Booklist Editor’s Choice Books for Youth; A New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing; A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book; A People Magazine Best New Kids Book
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Swap
Author: Megan Shull
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Recommended Age Range: 10 to 14
Awards: Kids’ Indie Next List, 2014; Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature Best Children’s Book of the Year List, 2015
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The Graveyard Book
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Recommended Age Range: 10+
Awards: Newbery Medal Winner; Carnegie Medal; Cybil’s Awards for Fantasy & Science Fiction – Middle Grade; Hugo Award for Best Novel; SFX Award for Best Novel; Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book
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The Underneath
Author: Kathi Appelt
Illustrator: David Small
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Recommended Age Range: 10 to 14
Awards: ALA Newbery Honor Book; ALA Notable Children’s Book; CCBC Choices, Charlie May Simon Book Award ML (AR); New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing; PEN USA Literary Award for Children’s Literature; National Book Award Finalist; Virginia Reader’s Choice Master List
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