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ALSC Notable Reads for Older Readers

"Each year a committee of Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books. According to the Notables Criteria, "notable" is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children's books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways." This list highlights the notable books for 2025 for older readers (6th-8th grade). For more information: https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb

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  • Book, 2024New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2024. — J FICTION Behar Ruth 01/2024
  • Book, 2024New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. — TEEN MYSTERY Sepetys Ruta 10/2024
  • Book, 2024New York : Scholastic, Inc., 2024. — J FICTION LeZotte Ann 10/2024
  • The Enigma Girls

    How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

    Fleming, Candace
    Book, 2024New York : Scholastic Focus, 2024. — J 940.5486 Fleming 02/2024
  • Book, 2024New York : Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — J FICTION Kelly Erin 03/2024
  • Graphic Novel, 2024New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. — GRAPHIC Taylor Johanna 08/2024
  • The Girl Who Sang

    a Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

    Nadel, Estelle,
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York, NY : Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership, 2024. — GRAPHIC BIO NADEL E. Nadel 03/2024
  • Graphic Novel, 2024New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. — J GRAPHIC Hunsinge Emma 09/2024
  • Book, 2024New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2024] — J FICTION Rundell Katherin 10/2024
  • Book, 2024Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — J FICTION Schu John 03/2024
  • Book, 2024New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024. — J FICTION Williams Alicia 04/2024
  • Book, 2024New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — J FICTION Tracy Taylor 06/2024
  • Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Random House Graphic, [2024] — J GRAPHIC Fong Debbie 04/2024
  • Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, [2024] — J GRAPHIC Smith Sherri 10/2024
  • Book, 2024New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — J FICTION Quigley Dawn 07/2024
  • Book, 2024New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2024. — J FICTION Winston Sherri 01/2024
  • Book, 2024New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. — J FICTION LaRocca Rajani 02/2024