Booklist - Best of 2008 for Middle Schoolers

   

Best Book About Love and Loss

Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About Almost Getting Away With the Best Prank Ever

The Disreputable History of Frankie Ladau-Banks by E. Lockhart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About Trying to Fit In

13 by Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About Lost Babies

Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About Taking a Stand

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book That Takes You to New Heights

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book That Will Leave You Puzzled

The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About Scandals in NYC Since Gossip Girl

Luxe and Rumors by Anna Godbersen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About the Battle Between Good and Evil

Runemarks by Joanne Harris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About the Creepiest Dad Ever

The Compound by SA Bodeen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About Survival at Sea

Seaborn by Craig Moodie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About Your No-So-Typical Princess

Princess Ben by Catherine Murdock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book to Read When Planning an Island Vacation

Into the Volcano by Don Wood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Book About the Danger of Reading Minds

Vibes by Amy Kathleen Ryan