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.
 

Showing 1 - 5 of 5  There are a total of 92 valid entries on the list.

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. 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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3 copies on order.
Boulder NoBo Childrens Fiction (Not Holdable)
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...

4. The Mona Lisa vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity

Book cover for The Mona Lisa vanishes.
Author:
Day, Nick (Nicholas)
Notes:
Historical People, Places, and Events;10-up
Formats:
Book, Playaway
Description:
"On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, 'La Joconde, c’est partie! The Mona Lisa, she’s gone!' No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting? Travel back to an extraordinary period...

5. Mysterious glowing mammals: an unexpected discovery sparks a scientific investigation

Book cover for Mysterious glowing mammals.
Author:
Parrott-Ryan, Maria
Notes:
Science, Technology, and the Natural World;8-13
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1 copy on order.
Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction
J 599 Parr
Description:
You’re probably familiar with some kinds of glowing animals. Fireflies light up summer nights. Bioluminescent jellyfish and other sea creatures fill our oceans. But some animals glow only under ultraviolet light. This is called biofluorescence The author recorded theh first ever sighting of a biofluorescent mammal. Follow along with Martin and his colleagues as they delve into the mystery of the flying squirrels and discover that they aren’t...