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Alphabetical list (by title) of book reviews:

A

Above by Leah Bobet
Above the Dreamless Dead edited by Chris Duffy

Above World by Jenn Reese

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The by Sherman Alexie

Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti
Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
Adventures of a South Pole Pig: A novel of snow and courage, The by Chris Kurtz
Almost a Full Moon by Hawksley Workman, illustrated by Jensine Eckwall

Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia McKillip

Alte Zachen / Old Things by Ziggy Hanaor, illustrated by Benjamin Phillips
Am I Yours? by Alex Latimer
Antigoddess by Kendare Blake

Archangel by Sharon Shinn

Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman
Ask Me by Kimberly Pauley

Author vs. Illustrator by Donald Lemke, illustrated by Bob Lentz

B

Baker and the Bard, The by Fern Haught

Bards of Bone Plain, The by Patricia McKillip
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
Beastkeeper by Cat Hellisen

Beastly Bride, The by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (eds.)

Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

Bell at Sealey Head, The by Patricia McKillip
Big Box, Little Box by Caryl Hart, illustrated by Edward Underwood

Big Mooncake for Little Star, A by Grace Lin
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Black Dog by Rachel Neumeier
Black Dog by Levi Pinfold
Black God's Drums, The by P. Djèlí Clark
Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl
Blackfin Sky by Kat Ellis
Bloom by Kevin Panetta, illustrated by Savanna Ganucheau

Bo the Brave by Bethan Woollvin

Bookie & Cookie by Blanca Gómez
Box Office Poison by Phillipa Bornikova

Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, The by Mathias Malzieu

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Brides of Rollrock Island, The by Margo Lanagan 

Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
Brilliant by Roddy Doyle
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

B.T.C. Old-Fashioned Grocery Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from a Southern Revival, The by Alexe van Beuren and Dixie Grimes

C

Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare

Captain Wentworth's Diary by Amanda Grange
Capture the Flag by Kate Messner
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Castle Behind Thorns, The by Merrie Haskell
Cats of Tanglewood Forest, The by Charles de Lint, illustrated by Charles Vess
Catwad: It's Me. by Jim Benton
Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, The by Claire Legrand
Cece Loves Science by Kimberly Derting and Shelli R. Johannes, illustrated by Vashti Harrison
Cenzontle by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Chalice by Robin McKinley

Changeling by Delia Sherman
Check, Please!: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu

Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine, Hank Jones, and Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou
Chimes, The by Anna Smaill

Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral
Christmas Eve Tree, The by Delia Huddy, illustrated by Emily Sutton

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love by Chris Roberson, Shawn McManus and Chrissie Zullo
City on the Other Side, The by Mairghread Scott, illustrated by Robin Robinson

City Under the City by Dan Yaccarino
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Cold Magic by Kate Elliott
Color of Earth, The by Kim Dong Hwa

Confusion of Princes, A by Garth Nix
Cookiesaurus Rex by Amy Fellner Dominy and Nate Evans, illustrated by A.G. Ford

Corsets & Clockwork by Trisha Telep (editor)
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Creature Department, The by Robert Paul Weston
Croak by Gina Damico
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Crumbs by Danie Sterling
Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey
Cucumber Quest: The Doughnut Kingdom by Gigi D.G.

Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent by Bill Peet

D

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire and Ingri D'Aulaire

Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart

Darcy and Anne by Judith Brocklehurst
Dark Lord of Derkholm, The by Diana Wynne Jones
Darkest Fear by Cate Tiernan
Darkest Part of the Forest, The by Holly Black

Daughter of the Centaurs by Kate Klimo
Day You Begin, The by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López

Deadly Education, A by Naomi Novik

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Dear Sister by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Joe Bluhm

Death & Sparkles by Rob Justus
Death Sworn by Leah Cypess
Decked with Holly by Marni Bates

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Demon's Fall by Karalynn Lee
Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The by E. Lockhart

Don't Stop Now by Julie Halpern

Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales 

Dune by Frank Herbert

E

East by Edith Pattou
Eat the City: A Tale of the Fishers, Foragers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Beekeepers, Winemakers, and Brewers Who Built New York by Robin Shulman

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
Eight Days of Luke by Diana Wynne Jones
Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones
Enchantment of Ravens, An by Margaret Rogerson

Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik

Estranged by Ethan M. Aldridge
Etiqutte & Espionage by Gail Carriger

Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev

F

Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Steve Leialoha and Craig Hamilton
Fairest: Wide Awake by Bill Willingham, Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning, Matthew Sturges and Shawn McManus
Fangsgiving by Ethan Long
Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The by William Joyce

Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
Field Guide, The (The Spiderwick Chronicles) by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
Fifth Wave, The by Rick Yancey
Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats by Anna Brones and Johanna Kindvall
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones

Fire Never Goes Out, The: A Memoir in Pictures by Noelle Stevenson

First Snow, The by Marie Štumpfová and Radek Malý, illustrated by Marie Štumpfová

Flash of Color and Light, A: A Biography of Dale Chihuly by Sharon Mentyka, illustrated by Shelley Couvillion
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by K.G. Campbell
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

Forest of Hands and Teeth, The by Carrie Ryan
Forgotten Beasts of Eld, The by Patricia McKillip
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Skottie Young
Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book: Uncommon Recipes from the Celebrated Brooklyn Pie Shop, The by Emily and Melissa Elsen 

Frankie and the Creepy Cute Critters by Caitlin Rose Boyle 

Full Moon by Camilla Pintonato

G

Galahad Legacy, The by Dom Testa
Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

Geography of Bliss, The by Eric Weiner

Gift from Abuela, A by Cecilia Ruiz
Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge
Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution by Mara Rockliff, illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch
Girl in the Clockwork Collar, The by Kady Cross

Girl in the Steel Corset, The by Kady Cross

Girl of the Limberlost, A by Gene Stratton Porter 

Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, The by Catherynne M. Valente
Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, The by Catherynne M. Valente
Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, The First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon, The by Kristina Yee and Frances Poletti, illustrated by Susanna Chapman
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King

Good Girls Don't Make History by Elizabeth Kiehner, Kara Coyle, and Keith Olwell, illustrated by Michaela Dawn and Mary Sanchez
Good Morning, Neighbor by Davide Cali, illustrated by Maria Dek
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

Green by Jay Lake

Greyhound of a Girl, A by Roddy Doyle
Groundhug Day by Anna Marie Pace, illustrated by Christopher Denise

H

Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes by Maya Angelou
Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the Voyage that Redrew the Map of the New World by Douglas Hunter

Heart of Iron by Bec McMaster
Heartstone by Elle Katharine White
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
Here and Now, The by Ann Brashares

"Here There Be Dragons" by Meljean Brook
Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, The by Christopher Healy

Himawari House by Harmony Becker
Hobbit, The by J.R.R. Tolkien

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks
Home Baked by Yvette van Boven, photography by Oof Verschuren
Home Front Girl: A Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America by Joan Wehlen Morrison, edited by Susan Signe Morrison
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination by Christopher Myers

House in the Cerulean Sea, The by TJ Klune
House of Ivy & Sorrow by Natalie Whipple
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
House of the Four Winds, The by Mercedes Lakcey and James Mallory

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks
How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green

How to Steal A Car by Pete Hautman
How to Trick the Tooth Fairy by Erin Danielle Russell, illustrated by Jennifer Hansen Rolli

Humming Room, The by Ellen Potter

I

I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It by Adam Selzer

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei
Ice Wolves by Amie Kaufman

Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano
Illusive by Emily Lloyd-Jones
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Inheritance of Ashes, An by Leah Bobet

Inside Cat by Brendan Wenzel

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Instructions by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess
Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Meg Hunt

Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern

Iron Duke, The by Meljean Brook
Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill
Iron Wyrm Affair, The by Lilith Saintcrow
Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

J

Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance by Brendan Halpin and Emily Franklin
Jenna Starborn by Sharon Shinn

Jolly Postman, or Other People's Letters, The by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina
Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke

K

Kahlo's Koalas by Grace Helmer

Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti

Kid Table, The by Andrea Seigel
Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross
Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster

Knife of Never Letting Go, The by Patrick Ness

L

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Land of Books, A: Dreams of Young Mexicuh Word Painters by Duncan Tonatiuh

Language of Spells, The by Garret Weyr, illustrated by Katie Harnett
Larklight by Philip Reeve
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
Legacies by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edgehill

Lex Trent Versus the Gods by Alex Bell

Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver

Like So by Ruth Forman, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa

Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The by C. S. Lewis

Little Cheetah's Shadow by Marianne Dubuc
Little Doctor and the Fearless Beast by Sophie Gilmore

Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi, translated by Kids Can Press staff
Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff

Look, It's Raining by Mathieu Pierloot, illustrated by Maria Dek
Lost Sun, The by Tessa Gratton
Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block

M

Madness of Angels, A by Kate Griffin

Magic Fish, The by Trung Le Nguyen

Magic for Marigold by L. M. Montgomery

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Manu by Kelly Fernández

Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Married with Zombies by Jesse Petersen

Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau 

Marvellous Light, A by Freya Marske

Matter of Magic, A by Patricia C. Wrede

Merlin Conspiracy, The by Diana Wynne Jones
Midnight Queen, The by Sylvia Izzo Hunter

Mina by Matthew Forsythe

Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks

Mister Monday by Garth Nix
Model Bakery Cookbook, The by Karen Mitchell, Sarah Mitchell Hansen and Rick Rodgers, photographs by Frankie Frankeny

Monster Calls, A by Patrick Ness

Moorchild, The by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

More than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean by Roz McClean
Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

Moth Keeper, The by K. O'Neill

My Aunt is a Monster by Reimena Yee
My Bed is an Air Balloon by Julia Copus, illustrated by Alison Jay
My Island by Stéphanie Demasse-Pottier, illustrated by Seng Soun Ratanavanh

My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland

Mysterious Howling, The (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place) by Maryrose Wood

N

Name of the Star, The by Maureen Johnson
Nameless by Lili St. Crow

Nasla's Dream by Cécile Roumiguière, illustrated by Simone Rea 

Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent, A by Marie Brennan

Never Slow Dance with a Zombie by E. Van Lowe

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix

Night Box, The by Louise Greig, illustrated by Ashling Lindsay

Night Mother Vol. 1, The by Jeremy Lambert, illustrated by Alexa Sharpe

Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne
Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Notes from the Blender by Trish Cook and Brendan Halpin

Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely

O

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Of Monsters and Madness by Jessica Verday
Once and Future King, The by T.H. White
Once Upon a Snowstorm by Richard Johnson

One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller by Kate Read
One That Got Away, The by Melissa Pimentel

One White Crane by Vickie Lee, illustrated by Joey Chou

Only Alien on the Planet, The by Kristen D. Randle

Only Milo by Barry Smith

Only the Trees Know by Jane Whittingham, illustrated by Cinyee Chiu
Our Dining Table by Mita Ori
Outcast by Adrienne Kress
Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal

P

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Pegasus by Robin McKinley

Peter and Max by Bill Willingham
Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet

Place to Hang the Moon, A by Kate Albus

Plain Kate by Erin Bow

Prayer for the Crown-Shy, A by Becky Chambers

Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field by Melissa Nathan

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The by Muriel Spark
Prince and the Dressmaker, The by Jen Wang
Princess and the Warrior, The by Duncan Tonatiuh

Princess Curse, The by Merrie Haskell
Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula by Andi Watson

Princess Hyacinth by Florence Parry Heide and Lane Smith

Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland

Psalm for the Wild-Built, A by Becky Chambers

Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry, The by Jon Ronson

Q

Queen's Hat, The by Steve Antony
Quiet Crocodile Goes to the Beach, The by Natacha Andriamirado, illustrated by Delphine Renon

R

Real Boy, The by Anne Ursu
Red Glove by Holly Black
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
Rithmatist, The by Brandon Sanderson
Riveted by Meljean Brook
Rose by Holly Webb

Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

S

Sabriel by Garth Nix
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples
Saturday by Oge Mora
Saved by Cake by Marian Keyes
Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter by Marcus Sedgwick, illustrated by Thomas Taylor

Scary School by Derek the Ghost

Scorpio Races, The by Maggie Stiefvater
Sea Change by S.M. Wheeler

Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt

Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters and Jane Austen
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Serpent's Shadow, The by Mercedes Lackey

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Shadow Magic by Patricia C. Wrede
Shadow Society, The by Marie Rutkoski
Shadows by Robin McKinley
Shape of Desire, The by Sharon Shinn
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
Shattered Warrior by Sharon Shinn, illustrated by Molly Knox Ostertag

Shifting Earth by Cecil Castellucci, illustrated by Flavia Biondi and Fabiana Mascolo
Ship of Souls by Zetta Elliott
Sidekicked by John David Anderson

Silence by Michelle Sagara

Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
Silvered, The by Tanya Huff

Skinned by Robin Wasserman

Sleeping Beauty, The by Mercedes Lackey

Sleepless by Cyn Balog

Slip by Marika McCoola, illustrated by Aatmaja Pandya

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
Snow Lion, The by Jim Helmore, illustrated by Richard Jones
Snow White by Matt Phelan

So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane

Soulless by Gail Carriger
Special Delivery by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Matthew Cordell
Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld, illustrated by Alex Puvilland, colors by Hilary Sycamore
Spindlers, The by Lauren Oliver
Spinning by Tillie Walden

Sprite and the Gardener, The by Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt
Star Scouts by Mike Lawrence

Steam & Sorcery by Cindy Spencer Pape

Stir It Up! by Ramin Ganeshram
Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis

Strange Case of Finley Jayne, The by Kady Cross
Strange Case of Origami Yoda, The by Tom Angleberger

Study in Charlotte, A by Brittany Cavallaro

Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach

Sunhead by Alex Assan
Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Supernatural Noir by Ellen Datlow (editor)

Survival Kit, The by Donna Freitas
Sweetest Dark, The by Shana Abé

T

Talli: Daughter of the Moon by Sourya, translated by François Vigneault

Tangle of Knots, A by Lisa Graff

Tea Dragon Society, The by K. O'Neill
Templeton Twins Have an Idea, The by Ellis Weiner and Jeremy Holmes

Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds

Thank You Book, The by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Things That I Love About Trees, The by Chris Butterworth, illustrated by Charlotte Voake
Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic, The by Emily Croy Barker
This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews

Tidesong by Wendy Xu
Tiger Days by M.H. Clark, illustrated by Anna Hurley
Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci
Tiny, Perfect Things by M.H. Clark, illustrated by Madeline Kloepper
Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep

Troll's-Eye View by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (eds.)
True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, The by Kathi Appelt
Truth About Twinkie Pie, The by Kat Yeh

Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel by Jennifer L. Holm, illustrated by Savanna Ganucheau, colored by Lark Pien

Tyger Tyger by Kersten Hamilton

U

Unbreak My Heart by Melissa Walker
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron by Jonathan Strahan (editor)

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Undertaking of Lily Chen, The by Danica Novgorodoff
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan

Unwanted, The: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown

Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor

V

Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
Virals by Kathy Reichs

W

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall, illustrated by Hugo Martínez

War of the Flowers, The by Tad Williams

Water Song by Suzanne Weyn

Waves by Ingrid Chabbert, illustrated by Carole Maurel

Way We Fall, The by Megan Crewe

We're Off to the Forest by Katarína Macurová, translated by Andrew Oakland

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

What Is Love? by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Carson Ellis

What We Don't Talk About by Charlot Kristensen
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Where's Halmoni? by Julie Kim

White Cat by Holly Black
Whole Fromage, The: Adventures in the Delectable World of French Cheese by Kathe Lison

Wild Hunt, The by Emma Seckel
Wildefire by Karsten Knight
Winner's Curse, The by Marie Rutkoski
Winterling by Sarah Prineas

Witch King by Martha Wells
Witches of Eileanan, The by Kate Forsyth

Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon, A by Sarah Hawley

Witchlanders by Lena Coakley
Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky

Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, A by T. Kingfisher

Wolf Suit, The by Sid Sharp

Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories, The edited by Kel McDonald, Kate Ashwin, & Alina Pete

Wondrous Wonders, The by Camille Jourdy
Written in Red by Anne Bishop

X

 

XOXO by Axie Oh

Y

York: The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
Your Alien by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Goro Fujita

Z

Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (eds.)

Z: Zombie Stories by J.M. Lassen (editor)