Best Children's Books of 2012: Fiction About Girls

by Laura Amy Schlitz

Schlitz’s prose is perfect in every stitch, and readers will savor each word. Full review >

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by Sheila Turnage

Readers may find they never want to leave Tupelo Landing. Full review >

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by Roddy Doyle

A warm, witty, exquisitely nuanced multigenerational story. Full review >

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by Adam Gidwitz

Not so much a set of retellings as a creative romp through traditional and tradition-based story-scapes, compulsively... Full review >

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by Ben Hatke & illustrated by Ben Hatke

Imaginative and utterly bewitching. Full review >

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by Lois Lowry

Bravo! (Fiction. 12 & up) Full review >

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by George O'Connor & illustrated by George O'Connor

An outstanding addition to a first-rate series. Full review >

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by Lauren Oliver & illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

Richly detailed, at times poetic, ultimately moving; a book to be puzzled over, enjoyed and, ideally, read aloud. Full review >

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by Shelley Moore Thomas

Though it’s filled with incident, emotion, magic and adventure, what stands out most is Trinket’s clear voice and loving... Full review >

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by Hilary McKay & illustrated by Priscilla Lamont

Utterly winning. Full review >

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by Christopher Paul Curtis

Deza is one great heroine in her own right, a fitting literary companion to Bud Caldwell. Full review >

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by Margarita Engle

A beautiful tale of perseverance. Full review >

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by Sonia Manzano

A stunning debut. Full review >

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by Morris Gleitzman

A fine, taut novel full of understanding. Full review >

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by Sonya Hartnett & illustrated by Ann James

A real slice of family life, the sweet with the bitter. (Fiction. 5-8) Full review >

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