School Library Journal Best Book of the Year2011

Given by School Library Journal

Other Names: School Library Journal Best Books
66 Works 85,169 Books 6,685 Reviews 4.1
Categories:
All, Chapter Book (6), Illus: Barbara McClintock (2), Middle Grade (13), Nonfiction (17), Picture Book (24), No Category (1,744)
Years:
All, 2023 (153), 2022 (149), 2021 (139), 2020 (92), 2019 (90), 2018 (80), 2017 (70), 2016 (66), 2015 (65), 2014 (70), 2013 (68), 2012 (65), 2011 (66), 2010 (60), 2009 (53), 2008 (67), 2007 (61), 2006 (86), 2005 (63), 2004 (57), 2003 (60), 2002 (77), 2000 (2), 1999 (3), 1998 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1988 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1983 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1977 (1), 1974 (1), 1970 (1)
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Roots and Blues: A Celebration by Arnold Adoff
2011
Flip by Martyn Bedford
2011
Chime by Franny Billingsley
2011
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal
2011
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
2011
America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell by Don Brown
2011
Mouse & Lion by Rand Burkert
2011
Mine! by Shutta Crum
2011
Outlaw by Stephen Davies
2011
The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy
2011
Titanic Sinks!: Experience the Titanic's Doomed Voyage in this Unique Presentation of Fact andFiction by Barry Denenberg
2011
Energy Island: How one community harnessed the wind and changed their world by Allan Drummond
2011
My Name Is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
2011
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans
2011
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming
2011
Emma Dilemma by Kristine O'Connell George
2011
Three by the Sea by Mini Grey
2011
Stay With Me by Paul Griffin
2011
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
2011
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
2011
With a Name like Love by Tess Hilmo
2011
Addie on the Inside (The Misfits) by James Howe
2011
Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
2011
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins
2011
Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the True Story of an American Feud by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain
2011
Mysterious Bones: The Story of Kennewick Man by Katherine Kirkpatrick
2011
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại
2011
Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin
2011
The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon (Exceptional Social Studies Titles for Intermediate Grades) by Carla Killough McClafferty
2011
Wildwood by Colin Meloy
2011
Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters by Donna Jo Napoli
2011
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
2011
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
2011
Orani: My Father's Village by Claire A. Nivola
2011
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis by Matt de la Peña
2011
Around the World by Matt Phelan
2011
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
2011
The Queen of Water by Laura Resau
2011
Blackout by John Rocco
2011
Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann
2011
Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air by Stewart Ross
2011
Divergent by Veronica Roth
2011
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
2011
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say
2011
Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer
2011
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
2011
White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick
2011
Smells Like Treasure by Suzanne Selfors
2011
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
2011
Bumble-Ardy by Maurice Sendak
2011
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
2011
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman
2011
Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein
2011
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
2011
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
2011
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
2011
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
2011
The Loud Book! by Deborah Underwood
2011
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu
2011
Along a Long Road by Frank Viva
2011
Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku by Lee Wardlaw
2011
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London by Andrea Warren
2011
Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones
2011
The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China by Ed Young
2011
The Twins' Blanket by Hyewon Yum
2011
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
2011

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