This is the distilled list of my young adult and middle grade novel recommendations from 2012, for people who just want to see titles for reference.
PROBABLY ON MY BALLOT:
The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
POSSIBLY ON MY BALLOT:
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Ask the Passengers by A. S. King
Every Day by David Levithan
The Broken Lands by Kate Milford
A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix
OTHER BOOKS I HAPPILY RECOMMEND:
(a partial list)
Dark Companion by Maria Acosta
Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite by Barry Deutsch
Radiant Days by Elizabeth Hand
And All the Stars by Andrea Host
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
Cinder by Melissa Meyer
Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
Related posts:
- Rachel Swirsky’s Young Adult and Middle Grade Novel Recommendations, 2012
- Rachel Swirsky’s Novelette Recommendations from 2011
- Rachel Swirsky’s Reflections on 2012 Online (Jan 1 – Feb 15)
- A huge long list of comics recommendations for an 11-year-old girl, by Rachel Edidin
- Rachel Swirsky’s Short Story Recommendations from 2011