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Kirkus Best Books of 2015: Kids and YA

Here is a list of Kirkus Review's best kids and young adult books of 2015. How many of these have you read?
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avg. score: 4 of 160 (2%)
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The Accident Season (Moïra Fowley-Doyle)
The Accident Season
1
Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Adam & Thomas (Aharon Appelfeld)
Adam & Thomas
2
Aharon Appelfeld
The Alex Crow (Andrew Smith)
The Alex Crow
3
Andrew Smith
Amazing Places (Lee Bennett Hopkins)
Amazing Places
4
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Archivist Wasp (Nicole Kornher-Stace)
Archivist Wasp
5
Nicole Kornher-Stace
Ask Me (Bernard Waber)
Ask Me
6
Bernard Waber
The Astrologer's Daughter (Rebecca Lim)
The Astrologer's Daughter
7
Rebecca Lim
Baba Yaga's Assistant (Marika McCoola)
Baba Yaga's Assistant
8
Marika McCoola
The Bear Report (Thyra Heder)
The Bear Report
9
Thyra Heder
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx (Sonia Manzano)
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx
10
Sonia Manzano
Black Cat, White Cat (Silvia Borando)
Black Cat, White Cat
11
Silvia Borando
Blackbird Fly (Erin Entrada Kelly)
Blackbird Fly
12
Erin Entrada Kelly
The Blackthorn Key (Kevin Sands)
The Blackthorn Key
13
Kevin Sands
Blown Away (Rob Biddulph)
Blown Away
14
Rob Biddulph
Boats for Papa (Jessixa Bagley)
Boats for Papa
15
Jessixa Bagley
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore (Vaunda Micheaux Nelson)
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
16
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
The Book of Storms (Ruth Hatfield)
The Book of Storms
17
Ruth Hatfield
The Boy & the Book (David Michael Slater)
The Boy & the Book
18
David Michael Slater
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Young Reader's Edition (William Kamkwamba)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Young Reader's Edition
19
William Kamkwamba
Boys Don't Knit (T. S. Easton)
Boys Don't Knit
20
T. S. Easton
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchhill Club (Phillip Hoose)
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchhill Club
21
Phillip Hoose
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage (Selina Alko)
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage
22
Selina Alko
The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake (Robin Newman)
The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake
23
Robin Newman
Challenger Deep (Neal Shusterman)
Challenger Deep
24
Neal Shusterman
Conviction (Kelly Loy Gilbert)
Conviction
25
Kelly Loy Gilbert
Crow Made a Friend (Margaret Peot)
Crow Made a Friend
26
Margaret Peot
Cut off (Jamie Bastedo)
Cut Off
27
Jamie Bastedo
The Death of the Hat (Paul B. Janeczko)
The Death of the Hat
28
Paul B. Janeczko
Detective Gordon: The First Case (Ulf Nilsson)
Detective Gordon: The First Case
29
Ulf Nilsson
Double Happiness (Nancy Tupper Ling)
Double Happiness
30
Nancy Tupper Ling
Double Trouble for Anna Hibiscus! (Atinuke)
Double Trouble for Anna Hibiscus!
31
Atinuke
Dream on Amber (Emma Shevah)
Dream on Amber
32
Emma Shevah
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Don Brown)
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
33
Don Brown
Drum Dream Girl (Margarita Engle)
Drum Dream Girl
34
Margarita Engle
Earmuffs for Everyone! (Meghan McCarthy)
Earmuffs for Everyone!
35
Meghan McCarthy
Echo (Pam Munoz Ryan)
Echo
36
Pam Munoz Ryan
The Emperor of Any Place (Tim Wynne-Jones)
The Emperor of Any Place
37
Tim Wynne-Jones
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir (Margarita Engle)
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
38
Margarita Engle
Fallout (Gwenda Bond)
Fallout
39
Gwenda Bond
Finding Audrey (Sophie  Kinsella)
Finding Audrey
40
Sophie Kinsella
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