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Adult Books for Teens:
Daniel H. Wilson. Amped. (Doubleday, 2012)
John Grisham. Calico Joe. (Doubleday, 2012)
Seth Grahame-Smith. Unholy Night. (Grand Central Publishing, 2012)
Teen Fiction:
Matthew Quick. Boy21. (Little, Brown, 2012)
Robert Rayner. Off Limits. (Lorimer, 2012)
A.C.E. Bauer. Gil Marsh. (Random House, 2012)
Middle Reader Fiction:
Tim Green. Unstoppable. (Harper, 2012)
Gordon Korman. Ungifted. (Balzer & Bray, 2012)
Carl Hiaasen. Chomp. (Knopf, 2012)
Teen Nonfiction:
Doreen Rappaport. Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance
During the Holocaust. (Candlewick, 2012)
Steve Sheinkin. Bomb: the Race to Build – and Steal – the World’s Most
Dangerous Weapon. (Roaring Brook Press, 2012)
Eric Greitens. The Warrior’s Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and
Courage. (Houghton Mifflin, 2012)
Middle Reader Nonfiction:
Sandra Markle. The Case of the Vanishing Golden
Frogs: A Scientific Mystery. (Millbrook Press, 2012)
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. Dogs on Duty: Soldiers’ Best Friends on the
Battlefield and Beyond. (Walker, 2012)
Steve Bloom. Big Cats: In Search of Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, and Tigers.
(Thames & Hudson, 2012)
Fiction Picture Books:
Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. Boy + Bot. (Knopf, 2012)
Patrick McDonnell. The Monsters' Monster. (Little, Brown, 2012)
Mo Willems. Listen to My Trumpet! (Hyperion, 2012)
Nonfiction Picture Books:
Tracey Fern, pictures by Boris Kulikov. Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown
Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World. (Margaret Ferguson,
2012)
Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Steven Salerno. Brothers at Bat: The True
Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team. (Clarion, 2012)
Artie Bennett, illustrated by Mike Moran. Poopendous. (Blue Apple Books,
2012)
Graphic Literature:
Doug TenNapel. Cardboard. (Graphix, 2012)
Boaz Yakin, and Joe Infurnari. Marathon. (First Second, 2012)
Derf Backderf. My Friend Dahmer. (Abrams ComicArts, 2012)
Series Additions:
Don Calame. Call the Shots. (Candlewick, 2012) [Swim the Fly, #3]
Neal Schusterman. UnWholly. (Simon & Schuster, 2012) [Unwind, #2]
Jonathan Maberry. Flesh & Bone. (Simon & Schuster, 2012) [Benny Imura,
#3]
Daniel H. Wilson. Amped. (Doubleday, 2012)
John Grisham. Calico Joe. (Doubleday, 2012)
Seth Grahame-Smith. Unholy Night. (Grand Central Publishing, 2012)
Teen Fiction:
Matthew Quick. Boy21. (Little, Brown, 2012)
Robert Rayner. Off Limits. (Lorimer, 2012)
A.C.E. Bauer. Gil Marsh. (Random House, 2012)
Middle Reader Fiction:
Tim Green. Unstoppable. (Harper, 2012)
Gordon Korman. Ungifted. (Balzer & Bray, 2012)
Carl Hiaasen. Chomp. (Knopf, 2012)
Teen Nonfiction:
Doreen Rappaport. Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance
During the Holocaust. (Candlewick, 2012)
Steve Sheinkin. Bomb: the Race to Build – and Steal – the World’s Most
Dangerous Weapon. (Roaring Brook Press, 2012)
Eric Greitens. The Warrior’s Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and
Courage. (Houghton Mifflin, 2012)
Middle Reader Nonfiction:
Sandra Markle. The Case of the Vanishing Golden
Frogs: A Scientific Mystery. (Millbrook Press, 2012)
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. Dogs on Duty: Soldiers’ Best Friends on the
Battlefield and Beyond. (Walker, 2012)
Steve Bloom. Big Cats: In Search of Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, and Tigers.
(Thames & Hudson, 2012)
Fiction Picture Books:
Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. Boy + Bot. (Knopf, 2012)
Patrick McDonnell. The Monsters' Monster. (Little, Brown, 2012)
Mo Willems. Listen to My Trumpet! (Hyperion, 2012)
Nonfiction Picture Books:
Tracey Fern, pictures by Boris Kulikov. Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown
Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World. (Margaret Ferguson,
2012)
Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Steven Salerno. Brothers at Bat: The True
Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team. (Clarion, 2012)
Artie Bennett, illustrated by Mike Moran. Poopendous. (Blue Apple Books,
2012)
Graphic Literature:
Doug TenNapel. Cardboard. (Graphix, 2012)
Boaz Yakin, and Joe Infurnari. Marathon. (First Second, 2012)
Derf Backderf. My Friend Dahmer. (Abrams ComicArts, 2012)
Series Additions:
Don Calame. Call the Shots. (Candlewick, 2012) [Swim the Fly, #3]
Neal Schusterman. UnWholly. (Simon & Schuster, 2012) [Unwind, #2]
Jonathan Maberry. Flesh & Bone. (Simon & Schuster, 2012) [Benny Imura,
#3]
