LibGuides: Best Books of 2014: Notable Young Adult and Children's Titles

Young Adult and Children's Fiction

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PS 3573 .O64524 Z46 2014
ISBN: 9780399252518
Publication Date: 2014-08-28
Publishers Weekly, New York Times Books Review; ALA Best Books
National Book Award Winner - Young Peoples' Literature; Honor Book - Newbery Medal
Winner - Coretta Scott King Author Award
Honor Book - Robert F. Sibert
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7.5 .A44 Cr 2014
ISBN: 9780544107717
Publication Date: 2014-03-18
Publishers Weekly
Winner - Newbery Medal
Winner - Coretta Scott King Medal
El Deafo by Cece Bell; David Lasky (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books HV 2534 .B44 A3 2014
ISBN: 9781419710209
Publication Date: 2014-09-02
New York Times Book Review, NPR
The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .F866 Far 2014
ISBN: 9781442497443
Publication Date: 2014-09-23
Publishers Weekly, New York Times Book Review, NPR; ALA Best Books
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future: A Novel by A. S. King
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .K5693 Glo 2014
ISBN: 9780316222723
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
Publishers Weekly, Booklist; ALA Best Books
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .A54385 Im 2014
ISBN: 9780670012091
Publication Date: 2014-01-07
New York Times Books Review, Publishers Weekly, Booklist; ALA Best Books
The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc (Created by)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .D85483 Li 2014
ISBN: 9781592701513
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Booklist Top 10 - Youth Picture Book
Noggin by John Corey Whaley
Call Number: North Circulating Books PZ 7 .W5458 Nog 2014
ISBN: 9781442458727
Publication Date: 2014-04-08
New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly; ALA Best Books
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .M3693 Rai 2014
ISBN: 9780312643003
Publication Date: 2014-10-07
Publishers Weekly, New York Times Book Review, Booklist; ALA Best Books
Schneider Family Book Award
Revolution by Deborah Wiles
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PS 3623 .I543 R48 2014
ISBN: 9780545106078
Publication Date: 2014-05-27
Publishers Weekly, Booklist; ALA Best Books
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .B26615 Sam 2014
ISBN: 9780763662295
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
Publishers Weekly, New York Times Book Review
Finalist - Caldecott Medal
ALA Best Books
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E. K. Johnston
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .J64052 Sto 2014
ISBN: 9781467710664
Publication Date: 2014-03-01
Publishers Weekly, Booklist; ALA Best Books
Finalist - William C. Morris Award
Finalist - Los Angeles Book Prize
YALSA Top Ten Fiction for Young Adults
This Is a Moose by Richard T. Morris; Tom Lichtenheld (Artist)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .M82862 Thi 2014
ISBN: 9780316213608
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Amazon, Booklist
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki; Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PN 6727 .T363 T55 2014
ISBN: 9781626720947
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
New York Times Book Review, Booklist, Publishers Weekly; ALA Best Books
Finalist - Caldecott Medal
Honor Book - Printz
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .L79757 We 2014
ISBN: 9780385741262
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
Amazon, PW, NPR; ALA Best Books
YALSA Best Teen Fiction Top Ten
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
School Library Journal Best Books
Kirkus Reviews Best Books

Young Adult and Children's Nonfiction

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books HQ 77.9 .K85 2014
ISBN: 9780763656119
Publication Date: 2014-02-11
Publishers Weekly
ALA Stonewall Honor Book
Finalist - Lambda Award for LGBT Childrens/Young Adult Books
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books DK 258 .F5725 2014
ISBN: 9780375867828
Publication Date: 2014-07-08
Publishers Weekly
Finalist - YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction
ALSC Notable Children's Books
Horn Book Fanfare Best Books
Kirkus Review Best Books
Winner - LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Janeczko; Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PS 586.3 .F525 2014
ISBN: 9780763648428
Publication Date: 2014-03-11
Publishers Weekly, Booklist; ALA Best Books
Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons by Jon J. Muth (Artist)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PS 3563 .U849 K66 2014
ISBN: 9780545166683
Publication Date: 2014-02-25
Publishers Weekly, Amazon; ALA Best Books
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books D 810 .N4 S44 2014
ISBN: 9781596437968
Publication Date: 2014-01-21
Publishers Weekly, New York Times Book Review; ALA Best Books
Finalist - YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
Viva Frida! by Yuyi Morales; Tim O'Meara (Photographer)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature ND 259 .K33 M66 2014
ISBN: 9781596436039
Publication Date: 2014-09-02
Publishers Weekly, NPR
Finalist - Caldecott Medal
Pura Belpre Illustrator Award
ALA Best Books