The American Booksellers Association is offering a preview of their next Kids’ Indie Next List. Their website offers not only the top ten, but also an additional 42 titles listed by age range. The lists are created by nominations from independent booksellers across the US. Here is the Winter 2013-2014 Top Ten:
All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry
Bits and Pieces by Judy Schachner
The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
Love Is Real by Janet Lawler, illustrated by Anna Brown
Paul Meets Bernadette by Rosy Lamb
Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit by Octavia Spencer, illustrated by Vivienne To
Reality Boy by A. S. King
The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos
Seven Stories Up by Laurel Snyder