Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Donalyn (18 Lists)



The Girl and the Bicycle by Mark PettThe Troublemaker by Lauren CastilloStella's Starliner by Rosemary WellsFirefly July by Paul B. JaneczkoGrandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi
2015 Mock Caldecott
88 books — 261 voters
The Secret Hum of a Daisy by Tracy HolczerA Snicker of Magic by Natalie LloydDreamwood by Heather MackeyUnder the Egg by Laura Marx FitzgeraldSpirit's Key by Edith Cohn
Middle Grade Novels of 2014
538 books — 1,182 voters

Reading in the Wild by Donalyn MillerBook Love by Melissa TaylorI Read It, but I Don't Get It by Cris TovaniStrategies That Work by Stephanie HarveySummer Reading by Richard L. Allington
Literacy Go-Tos
66 books — 44 voters
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
Young Adult Alien Books
115 books — 121 voters

Wonder by R.J. PalacioThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateCrow by Barbara Wright
Newbery 2013
133 books — 1,298 voters
When You Reach Me by Rebecca SteadThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilloThe Cross of Lead by Avi
List for #nerdbery
94 books — 26 voters

Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnell
2012 Mock Caldecott
86 books — 193 voters
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Middle Grade Novels of 2011
132 books — 151 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónUnshelved by Gene AmbaumPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Books About Librarians
456 books — 578 voters
In the Middle by Nancie AtwellEducating Esmé by Esmé Raji CodellReadicide by Kelly GallagherThe Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim TreleaseThe Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller
Books for Teachers/Educators
792 books — 638 voters

Waiting for Normal by Leslie ConnorUnwind by Neal ShustermanThe Chocolate War by Robert CormierStaying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris CrutcherSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,018 books — 12,493 voters
Okay for Now by Gary D. SchmidtBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Mock Printz 2012
47 books — 270 voters

Liar's Moon by Elizabeth C. BunceHidden by Helen FrostOkay for Now by Gary D. SchmidtBlink and Caution by Tim Wynne-JonesBeauty Queens by Libba Bray
YA Novels of 2011
1,138 books — 6,668 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerShip Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
YA Dystopia Novels
2,000 books — 11,476 voters

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Newbery 2011
156 books — 552 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsIf I Stay by Gayle Forman
Printz 2010
58 books — 246 voters

The Underneath by Kathi AppeltMudbound by Hillary JordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,771 voters
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
2009 Newbery Contenders
80 books — 610 voters