The New York Times has released...

...their Notable Children’s Books of 2013 lists.

Here are the YA titles:

Boxers and Saints, by Gene Luen Yang

Eleanor & Park and Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell

The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey

Picture Me Gone, by Meg Rosoff

The Rithmatist, by Brandon Sanderson

Rose Under Fire, by Elizabeth Wein

I've only read Fangirl and The 5th Wave. Loved 'em both, though I haven't written about them. WHOOPS!

Click on through for the middle grade and picture book titles.

Comments

[Beth]

I've only read the Rowell, Yancey, and Sanderson titles, and of those, was only impressed with the Sanderson. (Which I actually really liked. Some reservations about the ending, but not enough to hold me back from unreservedly recommending the novel.)

I'm curious to hear what you think on Fangirl and The 5th Wave, because I actually didn't like either of them!

And I really, really need to read Boxers and Saints.

[Julie]

I really want to read Boxers & Saints too. I'm a huge Gene Luen Yang fan, and as a history major I am fascinated by the subject matter and the concept of telling the story from both sides. I have an advance hold on it at the library (it's not processed into the system yet).