Best Books of '08, from School Library Journal
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More Year's Best Kids Books, New York Times Book Review

After today, I am compiling all the year's best lists in The Best of the Best: Kids' Books '08, a separate page  in the right hand column.

The New York Times Book Review weighs in, listing eight notable children's' books of 2008. Five are young-adult novels.

Wabi Sabi
The Kingdom on the Waves (Octavian Nothing, part 2)
Sunrise over Fallujah
The Hunger Games
Little Brother
ABC3D
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Grown-up readers may also want to see

Lead NYT critic Michiko Kakutani's 10 Favorite Books of 2008
NYT critic Janet Maslin's 10 faves
100 Notable Books of 2008

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