LibGuides: Best Books of 2018: Children's, Young Adult, and Graphic Titles

FICTION A - O

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books & North Circulating Books PZ 7.1 .C4925 Be 2018
ISBN: 9781484728499
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
Kirkus, Booklist
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .L644 St 2018
ISBN: 9780316404488
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Finalist - Caldecott Medal; Washington Post, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7.5 .M435 Blo 2018
ISBN: 9780735232112
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Library Journal, Booklist (Top YA Fiction Book), A William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist, National Book Award (Longlist)
Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 8.3 .S4504 Bl 2018
ISBN: 9781626720664
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Washington Post, Library Journal, NPR
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7.1 .A24 Ch 2018
ISBN: 9781250170972
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Book 1
New York Times Book Review, Kirkus, Washington Post, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, NPR, A William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist
Drawn Together by Minh Lê; Dan Santat (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7.1 .L39 Dr 2018
ISBN: 9781484767603
Publication Date: 2018-06-05
Kirkus, Library Journal, Booklist, NPR
The Party and Other Stories (Fox and Chick) by Sergio Ruzzier
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .R9475 Par 2018
ISBN: 9781452152882
Publication Date: 2018-04-17
New York Times Book Review, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly
The Hazel Wood: A Novel by Melissa Albert
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7.1 .A4295 Haz 2018
ISBN: 9781250147905
Publication Date: 2018-01-30
New York Times Book Review, Kirkus
Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .B5319 Hel 2018
ISBN: 9780316362382
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Winner: Caldecott Medal; New York Times Book Review, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7.1 .L68 Ju 2018
ISBN: 9780763690458
Publication Date: 2018-04-23
New York Times Book Review, Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, NPR
Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7.1 .A345 Lov 2018
ISBN: 9781616958473
Publication Date: 2018-01-16
Library Journal
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .M512765 Me 2018
ISBN: 9780763690496
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
Winner - Newbery Medal; New York Times Book Review, Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly
Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow; Ebony Glenn (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7.1 .T4676 Mom 2018
ISBN: 9781534400597
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Kirkus, Library Journal, NPR
My Brother's Husband: Volume Two by Gengoroh Tagame; Anne Ishii (Translator)
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PN 6790 .J33 T271513 2017 Book 2
ISBN: 9781101871539
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Finalist - Harvey Award for Best Manga Title; Kirkus, NPR
Out of the Blue
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7.1 .C34 Out 2018
ISBN: 9781509853168
Kirkus

FICTION P - Z

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke; Van Thanh Rudd (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7.1 .C5943 Pat 2018
ISBN: 9781536200317
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist
Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7.1 .G55 Pic 2018
ISBN: 9781484726020
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Kirkus, Library Journal
The Poet X: A Novel by Elizabeth Acevedo
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books & North Circulating Books PZ 7.5 .A35 Po 2018
ISBN: 9780062662804
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Winner - Michael L. Printz Award for Best Book Written for Teens
Winner - National Book Award for Young Peoples' Literature
New York Times Book Review, Kirkus, Washington Post, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, NPR
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7.1 .Z64 Pri 2018
ISBN: 9780062564047
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, NPR
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7.7 .W36 Pr 2018
ISBN: 9781250159854
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Winner - Mosaic Award from the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards;
Winner -Book; Washington Post, Library Journal, Publishers Harvey Award for Best Children's Weekly, NPR
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .D6934 Rab 2018
ISBN: 9780735229358
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
New York Times Book Review, KIrkus, Publishers Weekly
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PN 6727 .D76 S23 2018
ISBN: 9781770463165
Publication Date: 2018-05-22
Man Booker Prize Nominee (First Graphic Novel Ever Nominated);
Amazon, Library Journal, Washington Post, New York Times Book Review, NPR
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .S95397 Sad 2018
ISBN: 9781250105714
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Kirkus< Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, NPR
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson; L. Anderson
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .A54385 Sp 1999
ISBN: 9780374371524
Publication Date: 1999-10-22
Library Journal, Booklist
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PS 3614 .O93 S65 2018
ISBN: 9780399180989
Publication Date: 2018-07-10
New York Times Book Review, Library Journal, NPR, New York Public Library (Top 10)
Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .T16123 Td 2018
ISBN: 9781338298406
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Kirkus, Washington Post
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PZ 7 .H26736 Te 2018
ISBN: 9780525578574
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Kirkus, Booklist, NPR
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7.1 .M6682 Th 2018
ISBN: 9780316431248
Publication Date: 2018-10-02
Finalist - Caldecott Medal; New York Times Book Review, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly
They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .T15867 Th 2018
ISBN: 9781419728518
Publication Date: 2018-03-13
New York Times Book Review, Library Journal, NPR
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse; Tommy Arnold
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PS 3618 .O283 T73 2018
ISBN: 9781534413504
Publication Date: 2018-06-26
Library Journal, NPR
Upgrade Soul: A Graphic Novel by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Artist)
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PN 6727 .D2634 U65 2018
ISBN: 9781549302923
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Library Journal, Publishers Weekly
The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PZ 7 .A266 Wal 2018
ISBN: 9780525555452
Publication Date: 2018-10-02
New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Booklist

NONFICTION

All the Answers by Michael Kupperman
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PN 1991 .4 .K86 K87 2018
ISBN: 9781501166433
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, NPR
Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PN 1993.5 .U6 B6749 2018
ISBN: 9781620916032
Publication Date: 2018-10-09
Kirkus
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books CT 3207 .B3418 2018
ISBN: 9781626728691
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
New York Times Book Review, Kirkus
Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin by James L. Swanson
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books E 185.97 .K5 S95 2018
ISBN: 9780545723336
Publication Date: 2018-01-02
Kirkus
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PS 3613 .O68 Z46 2018
ISBN: 9780823440559
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Kirkus, Washington Post, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, NPR
Mary, Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey; Júlia Sardà (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Children's Literature PR 5398 .B34 2018
ISBN: 9781770495593
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Booklist (Top 10), Publishers Weekly
Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America by Gail Jarrow
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PN 1991.77 .W3 J37 2018
ISBN: 9781629797762
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Washington Post, Library Journal, Booklist