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School Library Journal - 2012 Top 100 Children's Novels

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agneson9, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len, rretzler, aulsmith, immaculatechaos

Rank Title Author Added

1

The Long Winter

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,380 members

91 reviews

4.2

6 Members: aulsmith, agneson9, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

2

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

20,784 members

408 reviews

3.9

5 Members: agneson9, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

3

The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

8,480 members

95 reviews

4

5 Members: aulsmith, agneson9, rretzler, cej1027, el_len

4

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

24,052 members

436 reviews

4.1

5 Members: agneson9, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

5

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

10,602 members

206 reviews

4

3 Members: agneson9, rretzler, cej1027

6

The Horse and His Boy

24,368 members

225 reviews

3.9

4 Members: agneson9, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

7

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

42,646 members

739 reviews

4.2

4 Members: agneson9, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963

8

by J. M. Barrie

18,019 members

313 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, agneson9, ahef1963, el_len,cej1027

9

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

15,144 members

209 reviews

4.2

4 Members: agneson9, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

10

by Louisa May Alcott

25,368 members

394 reviews

4

3 Members: agneson9, rretzler, ahef1963

11

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

11,209 members

139 reviews

4

4 Members: agneson9, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

12

All-of-a-Kind Family

by Sydney Taylor

3,056 members

56 reviews

4.2

4 Members: agneson9, rretzler, cej1027, el_len

13

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

98,215 members

874 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: agneson9, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

14

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

33,168 members

460 reviews

4.1

3 Members: immaculatechaos, cej1027, ahef1963

15

by Andrew Clements

9,083 members

205 reviews

4

3 Members: agneson9, cej1027, ahef1963

16

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

9,352 members

658 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: agneson9, rretzler, cej1027

17

The Cricket in Times Square

by George Selden

7,794 members

73 reviews

4

3 Members: agneson9, cej1027, el_len

18

by Elizabeth Enright

1,658 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aulsmith, agneson9, cej1027

19

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

7,440 members

235 reviews

3.8

3 Members: agneson9, rretzler, ahef1963

20

14,350 members

190 reviews

4.1

3 Members: agneson9, ahef1963, el_len

21

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

by Barbara Robinson

6,644 members

109 reviews

4.2

3 Members: agneson9, cej1027, el_len

22

Swallows and Amazons

by Arthur Ransome

3,682 members

82 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

23

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

69,605 members

1,133 reviews

3.8

3 Members: immaculatechaos, cej1027, ahef1963,
Explanations: : not a children's book. no basic life lessons relevant to children.

24

Number the Stars

17,874 members

632 reviews

4.1

3 Members: agneson9, cej1027, ahef1963

25

by Edward Eager

4,093 members

84 reviews

4

3 Members: agneson9, cej1027, el_len

26

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

10,030 members

157 reviews

4

4 Members: agneson9, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len,aulsmith

27

The Twenty-One Balloons

by William Pène du Bois

4,819 members

60 reviews

4

3 Members: agneson9, cej1027, el_len

28

18,574 members

306 reviews

4.1

3 Members: agneson9, ahef1963, el_len

29

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

by Beverly Cleary

9,984 members

115 reviews

3.9

3 Members: agneson9, cej1027, el_len

30

by Joseph Heller

38,892 members

513 reviews

4.1

2 Members: immaculatechaos, ahef1963

31

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo

13,696 members

539 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

32

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

20,476 members

482 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: agneson9, ahef1963, el_len,cej1027

33

Jacob Have I Loved

by Katherine Paterson

5,392 members

71 reviews

3.8

2 Members: agneson9, ahef1963

34

The Four-Story Mistake

by Elizabeth Enright

1,084 members

19 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: aulsmith, agneson9

35

by Elizabeth Enright

2,380 members

31 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

36

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

5,645 members

67 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

37

The Great Gilly Hopkins

by Katherine Paterson

4,558 members

156 reviews

3.9

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

38

Island of the Blue Dolphins

by Scott O'Dell

17,430 members

298 reviews

3.9

2 Members: agneson9, el_len

39

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

by Avi

6,575 members

147 reviews

4

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

40

by Lloyd Alexander

5,709 members

53 reviews

4.2

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

41

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

by Kate DiCamillo

7,245 members

257 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

42

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

3,315 members

77 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

43

by Maud Hart Lovelace

2,385 members

51 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

44

by Gail Carson Levine

12,837 members

397 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, el_len

45

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

4,629 members

64 reviews

3.8

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

46

Each Little Bird That Sings

by Deborah Wiles

1,671 members

50 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

47

by L. Frank Baum

3,022 members

54 reviews

3.9

3 Members: agneson9, ahef1963, el_len,aulsmith

48

by Christopher Paul Curtis

9,500 members

502 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

49

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

3,901 members

206 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: agneson9

50

by Sara Pennypacker

3,786 members

163 reviews

4.2

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

51

A Long Way from Chicago

by Richard Peck

4,710 members

89 reviews

4.1

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

52

by Sharon Creech

5,753 members

333 reviews

4.2

2 Members: agneson9, ahef1963

53

Ramona and Her Father

by Beverly Cleary

6,439 members

66 reviews

4

2 Members: agneson9, cej1027

54

by Jerry Spinelli

8,928 members

234 reviews

4

Member: agneson9

55

by Gary D. Schmidt

1,853 members

124 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: agneson9

56

The Graveyard Book

21,341 members

1,238 reviews

4.2

2 Members: agneson9, ahef1963,cej1027

57

by R. J. Palacio

13,380 members

1,212 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: agneson9

58

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

by Jacqueline Kelly

3,228 members

215 reviews

4.1

Member: agneson9

59

The Ruins of Gorlan

by John Flanagan

5,999 members

194 reviews

4.1

Member: agneson9

60

by Sharon Creech

9,425 members

302 reviews

4.1

Member: agneson9

61

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

3,754 members

226 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: agneson9

62

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

12,725 members

693 reviews

4

Member: agneson9

63

by Noel Streatfeild

3,352 members

68 reviews

4.2

Member: agneson9

64

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

by Tom Angleberger

2,602 members

120 reviews

3.8

Member: agneson9

65

The Children of Green Knowe

by L. M. Boston

1,585 members

39 reviews

4.1

Member: agneson9

66

by Wendelin Van Draanen

3,890 members

149 reviews

3.9

Member: agneson9

67

Journey to the River Sea

by Eva Ibbotson

2,003 members

57 reviews

4.1

Member: agneson9

68

The Diamond in the Window

by Jane Langton

490 members

13 reviews

4.2

Member: agneson9

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July 2012
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