Holidays: For Upper Elementary Children

And finally, some of my recent favorites for the 10-12 year old set. There are tons more -- this is not a definitive list, just some of the most thrilling ones I've read this year. You can read more about them in our library catalog; check my webpage (scroll down) for my Top 10 Favorite Books of All Time for Upper Elementary Children. A holiday without a new book is like...well, it's not a holiday.



Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson.
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt.
The Seer of Shadows by Avi.
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis.
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell.
Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell.
Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
Well Witched by Frances Hardinge.
Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes.
Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse.
The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson.
Milagros: Girl from Away by Meg Medina.
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nichols.
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith.
The House of the Djinn by Suzanne Fisher Staples.
Harry Sue by Sue Stauffacher.
The Dragon's Child by Laurence Yep.

And some amazing nonfiction:



Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose.
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming.
The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David Macaulay.
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out by the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance.
Duel! Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words by Dennis Brindell Fradin.