Here is another of Amazon’s Best Book lists for the year. This one focuses on the top 20 books for middle grade readers.
After Eli by Rebecca Rupp
The Case of the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente
Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate by Scott Nash
Island of Thieves by Josh Lacey
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny – Detectives Extraordinaire by Polly Horvath, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Return to the Willows by Jacqueline Kelly, illustrated by Clint Young
See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles
The Serpent’s Shadow by Rick Riordan
The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
Who Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony Snicket
Wonder by R. J. Palacio