Sunday, January 9, 2011

2010 Favorites

Here is my list. I sadly read little youth nonfiction. You can also see Patti's and Jenn's.

YOUNGER
The Night Fairy / Laura Amy Schlitz

The Red Blazer Girls : The Vanishing Violin / Michael Beil
Touch Blue / Cynthia Lord
One Crazy Summer / Rita Williams-Garcia
Smile / Raina Telgemeier
Turtle in Paradise / Jennifer L. Holm
Bink and Gollie / DiCamillo & McGhee & Fucile
Ling & Ting / Grace Lin

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place : The Mysterious Howling / Maryrose Wood
Keeper / Kathi Appelt

Alchemy and Meggy Swann / Karen Cushman

Clementine, Friend of the Week / Sara Pennypacker

House of Dolls / Francesca Lia Block
Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down / Andrea Davis Pinkey
Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse / Rebecca Janni*

YA

A Conspiracy of Kings / Megan Whelan Turner

The Green Witch / Alice Hoffman
Northward to the Moon / Polly Horvath
Fever Crumb / Philip Reeve
You / Charles Benoit

Mockingjay / Collins
Mercury / Hope Larson
Countdown / Deborah Wiles
Ship Breaker / Paolo Bacigalupi

Finnikin of the Rock /Melina Marchetta

ADULT
The Hole We're In / Gabrielle Zevin

And the Pursuit of Happiness / Maira Kalman

Exiles in Eden : Life Among the Ruins of Florida's Great Recession / Paul Reyes

*okay, she's a relative, but c'mon - that book is adorable!

1 comment:

Trisha said...

The hat! I think the hat got more love than some of the awards.

Patti, I don't know if I could take the Will Grayson audio, either. Unless there's singing. In which case I will just listen to Tiny's songs and skip the rest.