The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy HooblerThe Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw
Japan in Juvenile Fiction
140 books — 21 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollapse by Jared DiamondMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,280 books — 8,093 voters
Different Like Coco by Elizabeth Matthews
France: for Children and Middle Grades
284 books — 28 voters

Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams
Picture Books About Times of War
226 books — 45 voters
Living Poor by Moritz ThomsenMango Elephants in the Sun by Susana HerreraRiver Town by Peter Hessler
Best Peace Corps Books
73 books — 91 voters

Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano
Children's Books for the Resistance
667 books — 172 voters
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorHoles by Louis SacharFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Most Deserving Newbery
131 books — 3,024 voters

Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
Middle Grade Non-fiction
53 books — 15 voters