CCBC Choices 2024 -- Tweens (ages 9-11)

The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison compiles a yearly list of excellent books for young readers.
 

Showing 1 - 5 of 5  There are a total of 103 valid entries on the list.

1. The cricket war

Book cover for The cricket war.
Author:
Phạm, Thọ (Author of The cricket war)
Notes:
Fiction for Children;9-12
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Description:
Escaping from Communist Vietnam by boat in 1980, eleven-year-old Tho Phạm tries to be brave as he sets out into the unknown without his family, in this gripping survival story drawn from real-life experiences.

2. Dear Mothman

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Author:
Gow, Robin
Notes:
Fiction for Children;9-12
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Description:
After the death of his best friend and the only other trans boy at school, Noah starts writing letters expressing his feelings to the humanoid creature Mothman and risks everything when he treks into the woods to prove Mothman's existence.

3. The secret pocket

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Author:
Janicki, Peggy
Notes:
Picture Books;6-9
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Mary was four years old when she was first taken away to the Lejac Indian Residential School. It was far away from her home and family. Always hungry and cold, there was little comfort for young Mary. Speaking Dakelh was forbidden and the nuns and priest were always watching, ready to punish. Mary and the other girls had a genius idea: drawing on the knowledge from their mothers, aunts and grandmothers who were all master sewers, the girls would sew...

4. Tomfoolery!: Randolph Caldecott and the rambunctious coming-of-age of children's books

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Author:
Markel, Michelle
Notes:
The Arts;6-10
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"Meet Randolph Caldecott, the artist who revolutionized picture book illustration and for whom the prestigious Caldecott medal is named!" --

5. You gotta meet Mr. Pierce!: the storied life of folk artist Elijah Pierce

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Author:
Lee, Chiquita Mullins
Notes:
The Arts;7-11
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"A picture book biography about the barber shop of woodcarver Elijah Pierce, recipient of the highest folk art honor in the United States." --