On to 2005 in my tenth anniversary retrospective.  It’s a year which also saw some amazing reads!  Here are my Top Ten 30 reads of 2005:

  

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan (reviewed February 17, 2005)

Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci (reviewed April 12, 2005)

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (reviewed August 20, 2005)

  

A Good Night Walk by Elisha Cooper (reviewed September 3, 2005)

Guji Guji by Chih-Yuan Chen (reviewed March 4, 2005)

Hungry Hen by Richard Waring, illustrated by Caroline Jayne Church (reviewed March 8, 2005)

  

If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty, illustrated by Steven Kellogg (reviewed September 8, 2005)

I, Coriander by Sally Gardner (reviewed December 2, 2005)

Inexcusable by Christopher Lynch (reviewed December 12, 2005)

  

Invisible by Pete Hautman (reviewed July 8, 2005)

The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney (reviewed August 21, 2005)

Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (reviewed August 23, 2005)

  

Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier (reviewed October 2, 2005)

Magyk by Angie Sage (reviewed June 12, 2005)

Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen (reviewed October 15, 2005)

  

Mimus by Lilli Thal (reviewed September 7, 2005)

The Minister’s Daughter by Julie Hearn (reviewed October 5, 2005)

Naughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (reviewed July 7, 2005)

  

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (reviewed October 28, 2005)

Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson (reviewed April 29, 2005)

Rhianna and the Wild Magic by Dave Luckett (reviewed August 21, 2005)

  

A Room on Lorelei Street by Mary E. Pearson (reviewed July 12, 2005)

Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein (reviewed April 15, 2005)

The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble (reviewed December 17, 2005)

  

The Safe-Keeper’s Secret by Sharon Shinn (reviewed March 16, 2005)

A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom (reviewed September 14, 2005)

Traction Man Is Here! by Mini Grey (reviewed August 22, 2005)

  

Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples (reviewed August 9, 2005)

Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce (reviewed July 14, 2005)

Wrecked by E. R. Frank (reviewed July 19, 2005)