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.
 

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1. Dear Mothman

Book cover for Dear Mothman.
Author:
Gow, Robin
Notes:
Fiction for Children;9-12
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook
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.

2. Land of broken promises

Book cover for Land of broken promises.
Author:
Kuo, Jane
Notes:
Fiction for Children;9-12
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook
Description:
After a rocky first year, Anna's family have settled into life in California--their small restaurant is even turning a profit. Then her parents make a shattering discovery: their visas have expired. Anna's world is quickly overwhelmed by unfamiliar words like "undocumented" and "inequality." She longs to share the towering secret that looms over every aspect of her life with a friend, but her parents strictly forbid her from telling anyone. As Anna...

3. Something like home

Book cover for Something like home.
Author:
Arango, Andrea Beatriz
Notes:
Fiction for Children;9-12
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook, Playaway
Description:
"Laura Rodríguez Colón has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It’s tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her aunt’s house is okay, it just isn’t the same as being in her own space. So when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she’ll be allowed to visit her parents. Maybe the dog...