CCBC Choices 2024 -- Teens (ages 12 and up)

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

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1. Dear Mothman

Book cover for Dear Mothman.
Author:
Gow, Robin
Notes:
Fiction for Children;9-12
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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. The dubious pranks of Shaindy Goodman

Book cover for The dubious pranks of Shaindy Goodman.
Author:
Lowe, Mari
Notes:
Fiction for Children;9-12
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Boulder Main New Childrens Fiction
J F Lowe
Boulder Meadows New Childrens Fiction
J F Lowe
Boulder NoBo New Children’s Fiction
J F Lowe
Description:
Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.

3. Enlighten me

Book cover for Enlighten me.
Author:
Lê, Minh, 1979-
Notes:
Fiction for Children;9-12
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Description:
When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. He defeated the bad guy, right? Instead, it gets him a stern warning from his vice principal and worried parents. Now he's stuck on a family trip to a silent meditation retreat. That means no talking--and no video games!--for a whole weekend. Could things possibly get any worse? However, when a nun gathers all the kids to tell them...