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Home Blog 2014 Publisher's Weekly Best-of Lists

2014 Publisher’s Weekly Best-of Lists

November 9, 2014

I figured that since we highlighted the New York Times best picture books last week, we’d do the same with the PW best-of lists. It turns out that we fared better with these. Here’s the ones that made the cut:

Picture Books

Rules of Summer

A Boy and His Jaguar

The Farmer and the Clown

Take Away the A

My Teacher is a Monster!

The Right Word

Viva Frida

Firefly July

Aviary Wonders, Inc.

 

Middle Grade

The Thickety

Nuts to You

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

The Witch’s Boy

El Deafo

Brown Girl Dreaming

Port Chicago 50

Dory Fantastmagory

Revolution

Rain Reign

Absolutely Almost

The Crossover

 

Young Adult

Belzhar

Noggin

Threatened

I’ll Give You the Sun

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Grasshopper Jungle

Say What You Will

This One Summer

We Were Liars

Pointe

Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty

The Impossible Knife of Memory

Beyond Magenta

The Family Romanov

Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future

The Story of Owen

Half Bad

The True Tale of Monster Billy Dean

 

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Well, friends. We've come to our last spotlight: T Well, friends. We've come to our last spotlight: The 2024 Winner in the Young Adult Fiction category.

EVERYTHING WE NEVER HAD 
by @randyribay 
@kokilabooks | @penguinrandomhouse 

from the blurb: Ribay explores how immigration, racism, assimilation, and the American Dream each impacts the sons and fathers of one Filipino American family over four generations. It’s a stunning feat of writing capped by a complicated yet hopeful ending that will resonate with a current generation of readers.

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The CYBILS Awards recognizes two categories of poe The CYBILS Awards recognizes two categories of poetry: collections and novels in verse. These are the #CYBILS2024 winners

POETRY COLLECTION

BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS
by @harlemportland, illustrated by @ekuaholmes
@kokilabooks

from the blurb: A collection of of honest and uplifting poems that explore the challenges and joys of navigating into adulthood, without pushing the reader there too fast. Watson’s mastery of language and free verse are on full display, each poem drawing the reader in with its sense of urgency and heart.

POETRY NOVEL IN VERSE

KAREEM BETWEEN 
by @muslimmommyblog
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers | @penguinusa @penguinkids

from the blurb:  An engaging and poignant verse novel that believably captures the usual middle school friendships and peer pressure, along with the navigation of two cultures often at odds in today’s political climate. We also have the experience of living through real recent history, a crucial window/mirror/door for this moment.

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The 2024 CYBILS Awards winner in the Middle-Grade The 2024 CYBILS Awards winner in the Middle-Grade Fiction category is

A ROYAL CONUNDRUM (THE MISFITS)
by @lisayee1  illustraed by @dsantat 
@randomhousekids omhousekids

from the blurb:  This has got just about everything one would want in a book for 8- to 12-year-olds. It’s intriguing to readers – both advanced and struggling – while maintaining humor and heart. 

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Let's start the week with the winners in the Nonfi Let's start the week with the winners in the Nonfiction category!

ELEMENTARY NONFICTION WINNER

MY ANTARCTICA: 
True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More By @neri.greg, illustrated by @corbinWilkin_illustration
@candlewickpress 

from the blurb: Embark on an immersive expedition to the polar south with just the turn of a page in this riveting nonfiction narrative. It captures attention with a whimsical mixture of illustrations and photographs, overlaid with comics.

MIDDLE-GRADE NONFICTION WINNER

WHY WE NEED VACCINES: 
How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases 
by @rowena.rae and @pagestamp
@orcabook 

from the blurb: Photographs, drawings, charts, and graphs, along with well-researched text, give readers a clear understanding of many issues related to the invention, development, testing, and distribution of vaccines. Fun-fact: The son of one judge quelled his fear of shots during a recent routine vaccination after reading this big-picture account and celebration of human ingenuity.

HIGH SCHOOL NONFICTION WINNER

AMERICAN WINGS:
Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
by @rhymeswithcapri and @ewein2412
@putnambooks

from the blurb:
From anger to awe, readers will be inspired by the fortitude and perseverance of these young aviators, and experience all the feels you’d expect to find in a novel. [Multiple judges hope this becomes a movie or documentary some day!]

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The thing about picture books? They are stories fo The thing about picture books? They are stories for all ages!! Here are the 2024 Board Book and Picture Book winners

WHO LAID THESE EGGS?: A LIFT-THE-FLAP BOOK 
by @authorlauragehl, illustrated by @loris_lora
@abramskids

from the blurb:  A delightful book for our youngest readers. Its interactive nature inspires them to open the flap to find out. The flaps are easy to manipulate and the book features bright and colorful illustrations. 

I AM A MASTERPIECE! 
by @count_mia_in, illustrated by @alexandraco_illustration
@randomhousekids

from the blurb: I Am A Masterpiece is a powerful book. Readers are able to get a first-person perspective and a perfect illustration of her viewpoint that we are all the same and we are also all different. 

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The 2024 CYBILS Awards winners in the Graphic Nove The 2024 CYBILS Awards winners in the Graphic Novels category are ...

BROWNSTONE 
by @samuelteer, illustrated by @marimoflor 
@versifybooks |  @harperkids 

Winner: Young Adult Graphic Novel
From the blurb: The novel’s powerful narrative is complemented by warm, elaborate, captivating illustrations that vividly portray the neighborhood, its people, and their lives. The character’s relationships are genuine and endearing, evolving beautifully over the course of the story.

PEARL 
by @rhymeswithcapri, illustrated by @christinenorrie 
@graphixbooks | @scholastic 

Winner: Elementary/Middle-Grade Graphic Novel
from the blurb:  The story is complemented by powerful illustrations with a limited color palette, enhancing the emotional weight of Amy’s story without overwhelming it. While it doesn’t delve into graphic detail, it powerfully conveys the human cost of conflict and prejudice, making it a compelling and important read.

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Let's meet the the 2024 Speculative Fiction Winner Let's meet the the 2024 Speculative Fiction Winners

Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction Winner

ACCIDENTAL DEMONS by @clarewonders
@harpercollins

From the blurb: Katherine Rundell’s polished and sophisticated voice evokes feelings of wonder. The cast of characters, especially Nighthand’s crew, offers a variety of unique personalities that add bits of humor to the story. 

HEARTS STILL BEATING by Brooke Archer
G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Penguin

From the blurb: The recent pandemic is still fresh enough in memory that readers will find the scenario believable yet chilling. Multiple judges admitted that we were not usually fans of zombie stories, but this one really sank its teeth into us.

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