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book list
Illustrator Spotlights at bottom.
Books with at Least One Paragraph Written About them on Omphaloskepsis (links to posts attached):
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8th Grade Super Zero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (j)
43 Cemetery Road: Book One: Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise & M. Sarah Klise (j)
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson (j)
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A Dignity of Dragons: Collective Nouns for Magical Beasts by Jacqueline K. Ogburn, illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli (j)
A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley (ya)
A Red Herring without Mustard by Alan Bradley
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz (j)
a thousand rooms of dream and fear by Atiq Rahimi
After the Quake: stories by Haruki Murakami
Airman by Eoin Colfer (ya)
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances by Lenore Look (j)
An Island in the Sun by Stella Blackstone, illus Nicoletta Ceccoli (ch)
Angelfish by Laurence Yep (j)
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging : Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (book one) by Louise Rennison (ya)
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan (j)
Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin (j)
Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan, Illus Sophie Blackall (ch)
Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien (ya)
Blackout by John Rocco (ch)
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Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus by Kristen Tracy (j)
City of Lies (Book 2: The Keepers Trilogy) by Lian Tanner
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Han, illus Julia Kuo (j)
Crunch by Leslie Connor (j)
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Dandelion Fire: 100 Cupboards (book2) by N.D. Wilson (j)
Darth Paper Strikes Back ( Origami Yoda bk 2) by Tom Angleberger (j)
Divergent by Veronica Roth (ya)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix (j, ya)
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin (j)
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Edenborn by Nick Sagan
Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Madness Illus Gris Grimly (j, ya)
Elsie’s Bird by Jane Yolen, illus. David Small (ch)
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (j)
Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein (ch, j, ya, nf)
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Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer by Laini Taylor, Illus Jim di Bartolo (j)
Dreamdark: Silksinger (book 2) by Laini Taylor, Illus Jim di Bartolo (j)
feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (j)
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta (ya)
Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge (j)
Fly Trap by Frances Hardinge (j)
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Groundedby Kate Klise (j)
Guys Read: #01 Funny Business ed. by Jon Scieszka (j)
Guys Read : #02 Thriller ed. by Jon Scieszka (j)
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Half-Minute Horrors ed. Susan Rich (j)
Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer (j)
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (j)
Horns & Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson (j)
Horton Halfpott by Tom Angleberger (j)
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay (Book 1: Tia Lola Stories) by Julia Alvarez (J)
How Tia Lola Ended Up Starting Over (Book 4: Tia Lola Stories) by Julia Alvarez (J)
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach (Book 2: Tia Lola Stories) by Julia Alvarez (J)
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor (j)
Hugging Hour! by Aileen Leijten (ch)
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I Am Half-Sick of Shadows : A Flavia de Luce Novel (bk4) by Alan Bradley
I, Emma Freke by Elizabeth Atkinson (j)
Illegal by Bettina Restrepo (ya)
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (ya)
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai (j)
Into the Volcano by Don Wood (j, gn)
Ivy + Bean: Book 8 : No News is Good News by Annie Barrows, Illus Sophie Blackall (j)
Ivy + Bean: Book 7: What’s the Big Idea? by Annie Barrows, Illus Sophie Blackall (j)
Ivy and the Meanstalk by Dawn Lairamore
Ivy’s Ever After by Dawn Lairamore (j)
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Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (though not just ya)
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Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis (j)
Knucklehead : Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories about Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka (j, nf)
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Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson (j)
Leon and the Spitting Image by Allen Kurzweil (j)
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (j)
Liesel & Po by Lauren Oliver (j)
Little Red Riding Hood retold by Josephine Evetts-Secker, illus Nicoletta Ceccoli (ch, j)
Lost & Found: 3 by Shaun Tan (j, ya, ad, gn)
Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron (j)
Lucky for Good (Book 3: Lucky’s Hard Pan trilogy) by Susan Patron, Illus Erin McGuire (j)
Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst, illus. Lane Smith (j)
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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (ya, adult)
Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze by Alan Silberberg (j)
Mimi’s Dada Catifesto by Shelley Jackson
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (ya & up)
Miss You, Mina by Denene Millner (j)
Mo Wren, Lost and Found by Tricia Springstubb (j)
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (j)
Moonpowder by John Rocco (ch)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien (j)
Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner (j)
My Name is Mina by David Almond (j)
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Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes (j)
No Passengers Beyond this Point by Gennifer Choldenko (j)
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Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes (j, ya)
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (j)
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Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson, Illus. Sophie Blackall (ch)
Penny Dreadful by Laurel Snyder (j)
Princess Says Goodnight by Naomi Howland, illus. David Small (ch)
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Rainwater by Sandra Brown
Reckless by Cornelia Funke (j, ya)
Remarkableby Lizzie K. Foley
Room by Emma Donoghue (and pt2)
Ruby’s Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges, illus. Sophie Blackall (ch)
Rules by Cynthia Lord (j)
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Samedi the Deafness by Jesse Ball
Savvy by Ingrid Law (j)
Scat by Carl Hiaassen (j)
School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari (j)
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (ya)
Shug by Jenny Han (j)
Skulduggery Pleasant (book 1) by Derek Landy (j)
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire (Book2) by Derek Landy (j)
Slog’s Dad by David Almond & Dave McKean (as Illustrator) (gn, j, ya)
Snatched by Pete Hautman and Mary Logue (j)
Sorry by Gail Jones
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
Stories: All-New Tales ed by Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio : pt 1, pt 2
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
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Tales of Outer-Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Tales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris Priestly, Illus David Roberts (j)
Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk
That Book Woman by Heather Henson, illus. David Small (ch)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie (ya)
The Birthday of the World and Other Short Stories by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (ya)
The Books of Elsewhere : The Shadows (vol. 1) by Jacqueline West (j)
The Books of Elsewhere : Spellbound (vol. 2) by Jacqueline West (j)
The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu; trans. Sarah Ardizzone
The Carpetmakers by Andreas Eschbach and another post.
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline: An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer (j)
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (and company) (j)
The Clockwork Three by Mathew J. Kirby (j)
The Color of Earth; The Color of Water; and The Color of Heaven by Kim Dong Hwa (gn)
The Curfew by Jesse Ball
The Danger Box by Blue Balliett (j)
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman, Illustrated by David Roberts (j, gn)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (j)
The Faerie’s Gift by Tanya Robyn Batt, illus Nicoletta Ceccoli (ch, j)
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle (j)
The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey
The Giant Slayer by Iain Lawrence (j)
The Girl in the Castle inside the Museum written by Kate Bernheimer, pictures by Nicoletta Ceccoli (j)
The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Cathrynne M. Valente, illus Ana Juan (j)
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
the higher power of lucky by Susan Patron (j)
The Humming Room by Ellen Potter (j)
The Invisible Tower by Nils Johnson-Shelton (j)
The Jump-off Creek by Molly Gloss
The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter (j)
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork (ya)
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
The Lost Children by Carolyn Cohagan (j)
The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge (j)
The Lost Hero: Heroes of Olympus, book1 by Rick Riordan (j)
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows (j)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo (j)
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton
The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (ya)
The Mysterious Mister Spines: Wings (book1) by Jason Lethcoe (j)
The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye (j)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (ya)
The Red Pyramid: Book 1 of the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan (j)
The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (j, ya)
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff (ya)
The Remarkable True Story of Lucy and Snowcap by H.M. Bouwman (illus. Nicoletta Ceccoli) (j)
The Secret Footprints by Julia Alvarez, illus Fabian Negrin (ch, j)
The Sisters Grimm: The Everafter War (book 7) by Michael Buckley (j)
The Search for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi (j)
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger (j)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery (book1) by Alan Bradley
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (j)
The Way through Doors by Jesse Ball
The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag: A Flavia de Luce Mystery (book2) by Alan Bradley
The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker (j)
The Wild Things by Dave Eggers
Thirteenth Child: Frontier Magic (book1) by Patricia Wrede (j)
Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh (book 4) by R.L. LaFevers (j)
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (book1) by R.L. LaFevers (j)
Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris (book2) by R.L. LaFevers (j)
Tinkers by Paul Harding
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord (j)
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Un Lun Dun by China Mieville (j)
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VIRALS by Kathy Reichs (ya)
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Well Witched (aka Verdigris Deep) by Frances Hardinge (j)
What Happened on Fox Street by Tricia Springstubb (j)
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (j)
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (j)
Wildwood by Colin Meloy w/ illustrations by Carson Ellis (j)
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (j, gn)
Woolvs in the Sitee by Margaret Wild & Anne Spudvilas (j, ya, gn)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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You are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett
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Zora and Me by Victoria Bond & T.R. Simon (j)
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Note: ch= young children’s; j = juvenile fiction; ya = young adult fiction; gn = graphic novel/comic (see tab for more)
Illustrators Spotlighted
Sophie Blackall and here.
