
The Parents’ Choice “Best 25 of 25” Book Committee, comprised of parents, teachers, librarians and critics, then reviewed and reevaluated the selections, honed the list again, and again, and came up with what they believe are very fine choices. When making the final selections, they looked for a balance of humor, history, character and ethics. They had to divide the list into two age groups – infant through age nine and ages 10 and up.
Best 25 Books for Children Ages 10 & Up
Because of Winn-Dixie
By Kate DiCamillo
Anastasia Krupnick
By Lois Lowry, Illustrated by Diane de Groat
Maniac Magee
By Jerry Spinelli
So far From the Bamboo Grove
By Yoko Kawashima Watkins
The Boy and the Samurai
By Erik C. Haugaard
The Great Gilly Hopkins
By Katherine Paterson
The Whipping Boy
By Sid Fleischman, Illustrated by Peter Sis
Walk Two Moons
By Sharon Creech
Wayside School is Falling Down
By Louis Sachar, Illustrated by Adam McCauley
Or Give Me Death
By Ann Rinaldi
Baseball Saved Us
By Ken Mochizuki, Illustrated by Dom Lee
Catherine, Called Birdy
By Karen Cushman
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
By Virginia Hamilton
Joey Pigza Loses Control
By Jack Gantos EvaBy Peter Dickinson
Missing May
By Cynthia Rylant
Redwall
By Brian Jacques, Illustrated by Gary Chalk
The Darkangel
By Meredith Ann Pierce
The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm
By Nancy Farmer
The Ghost in The Tokiado Inn
By Thomas Hoobler & Dorothy Hoobler
The Kestrel
By Lloyd Alexander
Fallen Angels
By Walter Dean Myers
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
By Suzanne Fisher Staples
Weetzie Bat
By Francesca L Block
The New Way Things Work
By David Macaulay
This book list was provided by the national Reading Is Fundament (RIF) organization and is not the property or works of Peta-Gay Lewis.
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