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2018
January: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (see discussion)
February: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway (see discussion)
March: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (see discussion)
April: The Ninja Librarian by Rebecca M. Douglass
May: Dreamwood by Heather Mackey (see discussion)
June: The Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd (see discussion)
July/August Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko (see discussion) & Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep by Liz Kessler (see discussion)
September: The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (see discussion)
October: Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon (see discussion)
November: Mandrake's Plot by Helen Laycock (see discussion)
December: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (see discussion)
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2019
January: Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (see discussion)
February:Esperanza Rising by Pam MuΓ±oz Ryan (see discussion)
March: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (see discussion)
April: Smileby Raina Telegmeier (see discussion)
May: Inside Out & Back Again by ThanhhΓ LαΊ‘i (see discussion)
June: Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (see discussion)
July: Refugee by Alan Gratz (see discussion)
August: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (see discussion)
September: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (see discussion)
October: Coralineby Niel Gaiman (see discussion)
November: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (see discussion)
December: Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty (see discussion)
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2020
January: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (see discussion)
February: Restart by Gordon Korman (see discussion)
March: The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix (see discussion)
April: Wish by Barbara OβConnor & The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (see discussions)
May: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (see discussion)
June: The Mostly Invisible Boy by A.J. Vanderhorst (see discussion)
July: Ghostby Jason Reynolds (see discussion)
August: Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles by Shari Green (see discussion)
September: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier (see discussion)
October: Echo by Pam MuΓ±oz Ryan (see discussion)
November: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden (see discussion)
December: (A to Z Challenge Missing Letters)
Z: Zinnia and the Bees by Danielle Davis (see discussion)
X: The XYZs of Being Wicked by Lara Chapman (see discussion)
V: The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser (see discussion)
J: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (see discussion)
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2021
January: Pax by Sara Pennypacker (see discussion)
February: I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin (see discussion)
March: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott OβDell (see discussion)
April: Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (see discussion)
May: Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen (see discussion)
June: Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai (see discussion)
July: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (see discussion)
August: Snowed Up by Rosalie K. Fry & The Fog Diver by Joel Ross (see discussions)
September: The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (see discussion)
October: New Kid by Jerry Craft (see discussion)
November: Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr (see discussion)
December: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. RaΓΊf (see discussion)
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2022
January: Secrets of the Great Fire Tree by Justine Laismith (see discussion)
February: You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly (see discussion)
March: When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed (see discussion)
April: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (see discussion) & Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman (see discussion)
May: Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens (see discussion)
June: The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies (see discussion)
July: Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mulally Hunt; The Fog Diver by Joel Ross; Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick (see discussions)
August: The River Between Us by Richard Peck & When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller (see discussions)
September: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (see discussion)
October: Front Desk by Kelly Yang (see discussion)
November: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway (see discussion) & After Zero by Christina Collins (see discussion)
December: The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste (see discussion)
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2023
January: WARNED : The Astrologer's Prophecy by Mahtab Narsimhan (see discussion)
February: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer (see discussion)
March: The Train to Impossible Places by P. G. Bell (see discussion)
April: Ghosts by Reina Telgemeier (see discussion)
[hiatus through the end of the year]
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2024
January: Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (see discussion)
February: Operation Sisterhood by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (see discussion)
March: The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (see discussion)
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2013
November: Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (see discussion)
December: Kringle by Tony Abbott
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2014
January: Fledgling by Mark A. Cooper (see discussion)
February: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (see discussion)
March: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo (see discussion)
April: Wonder by R. J. Palacio (see discussion)
May: A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park (see discussion)
June: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (see discussion) & The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger (see discussion)
July/August: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (see discussion)
September: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (see discussion)
October: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (see discussion)
November: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (see discussion)
December: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine LβEngle (see discussion)
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2015
January: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (see discussion)
February: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (see discussion)
March: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein (see discussion)
April: The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (see discussion)
May: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett (see discussion)
June: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (see discussion)
July/August: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (see discussion)
September: A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler (see discussion)
October: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (see discussion)
November: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (see discussion)
December: The Giver by Lois Lowry (see discussion)
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2016
January: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (see discussion)
February: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai (see discussion)
March: The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel (see discussion)
April: Fireflies - A Tale of Life and Death by Bree Wolf (see discussion)
May: The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin (see discussion)
June: The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (see discussion) & When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (see discussion)
July/August: Magyk by Angie Sage (see discussion)
September: Dumpling Days by Grace Lin (see discussion) & Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume (see discussion)
October: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
November: OCDaniel by Wesley King (see discussion)
December: The Twistrose Key by Tone Almhiell (see discussion)
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2017
January: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (see discussion)
February: The Quilt by Gary Paulsen (see discussion)
March: Theme: Regional Books (see discussion)
April: The Camelot Kids Complete Collection by Ben Zackheim (see discussion)
May: The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm (see discussion)
June: Greenglass House by Kate Milford (see discussion)
July/August: (7 Book Challenge)
1. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (see discussion)
2. Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (see discussion)
3. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (see discussion)
4. The Teacher's Funeral by Robert Peck (see discussion)
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (see discussion)
6. The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner by Gary D. Schmidt (see discussion)
7. Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff (see discussion)
September: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (see discussion)
October: Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (see discussion)
November: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (see discussion)
December: When Santa Fell To Earth by Cornelia Funke (see discussion)