The Best Children's Books of The Year: Holiday Gift EditionAges 12 to 14

Given by Children's Book Committee, Bank Street College Center for Children's Literature

26 Works 3,033 Books 180 Reviews 4.2

Notable titles that have captured the attention of Children's Book Committee members just in time for the holidays!

Categories:
All, Ages 12 to 14 (26), Ages 14 and Up (26), Ages 5 and Under (22), Ages 6 to 9 (31), Ages 9 to 12 (28), Board Books (9)
Years:
All, 2022 (9), 2021 (5), 2020 (12)
WorkYear
The Complete Cookbook for Teen Chefs: 70 Teen-Tested and Teen-Approved Recipes to Cook, Eat and Share by America's Test Kitchen Kids
2022
The Race of the Century: The Battle to Break the Four-Minute Mile by Neal Bascomb
2022
The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks
2022
Hardcourt: Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association by Fred Bowen
2022
Dream, Annie, Dream by Waka T. Brown
2022
J.R. Silver Writes Her World by Melissa Dassori
2022
Sardines by Sashi Kaufman
2022
The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda
2022
Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed
2022
Big Brain Book: How It Works and All Its Quirks by Leanne Boucher Gill PhD
2021
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes
2021
The Republic of Birds by Jessica Miller
2021
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia Leitich Smith
2021
How Do You Live? by Genzaburō Yoshino
2021
No Matter the Distance by Cindy Baldwin
2020
The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
2020
Indigo and Ida by Heather Murphy Capps
2020
A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi
2020
Brother's Keeper by Julie Lee
2020
The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine by Katherine Marsh
2020
A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer
2020
The Big Backyard: The Solar System beyond Pluto by Ron Miller
2020
Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel by Jason Reynolds
2020
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
2020
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
2020
The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
2020

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