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Kirkus Best Books of 2023: Kids and YA

Here is a list of Kirkus Review's best kids and young adult books of 2023. How many of these have you read?
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9 Kilometers (Claudio Aguilera)
9 Kilometers
1
Claudio Aguilera
Afterward, Everything Was Different (Rafael Yockteng)
Afterward, Everything Was Different
2
Rafael Yockteng
Alebrijes (Donna Barba Higuera)
Alebrijes
3
Donna Barba Higuera
All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story From the Great Migration (Armand; Morris)
All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story From the Great Migration
4
Armand; Morris
All the Fighting Parts (Hannah V. Sawyerr)
All the Fighting Parts
5
Hannah V. Sawyerr
All That It Ever Meant (Blessing Musariri)
All That It Ever Meant
6
Blessing Musariri
All These Sunken Souls (Circe Moskowitz)
All These Sunken Souls
7
Circe Moskowitz
All the Things We Never Said (Yasmin Rahman)
All the Things We Never Said
8
Yasmin Rahman
All You Have to Do (Autumn Allen)
All You Have to Do
9
Autumn Allen
Alone: The Journeys of Three Young Refugees (Paul Tom & Melaneie Baillairge)
Alone: The Journeys of Three Young Refugees
10
Paul Tom & Melaneie Baillairge
The Amazing and True Story of Tooth Mouse Pérez (Ana Cristina Herreros)
The Amazing and True Story of Tooth Mouse Pérez
11
Ana Cristina Herreros
America Redux: Visual Stories From Our Dynamic History (Ariel Aberg-Riger)
America Redux: Visual Stories From Our Dynamic History
12
Ariel Aberg-Riger
An American Story (Kwame Alexander ; Illustrated by Dare Coulter)
An American Story
13
Kwame Alexander ; Illustrated by Dare Coulter
An Appetite for Miracles (Laekan Zea Kemp)
An Appetite for Miracles
14
Laekan Zea Kemp
An Echo in the City (K.X. Song)
An Echo in the City
15
K.X. Song
Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art (Hannah Salyer)
Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art
16
Hannah Salyer
Ancient Night (David Alvarez)
Ancient Night
17
David Alvarez
And Don't Look Back (Rebecca Barrow)
And Don't Look Back
18
Rebecca Barrow
Aniana Del Mar Jumps in (Jasminne Mendez)
Aniana Del Mar Jumps In
19
Jasminne Mendez
The Artivist (Nikkolas Smith)
The Artivist
20
Nikkolas Smith
At the Drop of a Cat (Élise Fontenaille)
At the Drop of a Cat
21
Élise Fontenaille
Awake, Asleep (Kyle Lukoff)
Awake, Asleep
22
Kyle Lukoff
Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories (Jarvis)
Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories
23
Jarvis
The Bear and the Wildcat (Kazumi Yumoto)
The Bear and the Wildcat
24
Kazumi Yumoto
Before the Devil Knows You're Here (Autumn Krause)
Before the Devil Knows You're Here
25
Autumn Krause
Bea Wolf (Zach Weinersmith)
Bea Wolf
26
Zach Weinersmith
Big (Vashti Harrison)
Big
27
Vashti Harrison
Bing! Bang! Chugga! Beep! (Bill Martin, Jr.)
Bing! Bang! Chugga! Beep!
28
Bill Martin, Jr.
Bittersweet in the Hollow (Kate Pearsall)
Bittersweet in the Hollow
29
Kate Pearsall
The Blackwoods (Brandy Colbert)
The Blackwoods
30
Brandy Colbert
The Blood Years (Elana K. Arnold)
The Blood Years
31
Elana K. Arnold
The Book of Turtles (Sy Montgomery)
The Book of Turtles
32
Sy Montgomery
The Book That No One Wanted to Read (Richard Ayoade)
The Book That No One Wanted to Read
33
Richard Ayoade
Boyogi: How a Wounded Family Learned to Heal (David Barclay Moore)
Boyogi: How a Wounded Family Learned to Heal
34
David Barclay Moore
Breaking to the Beat! (Linda J. Acevedo)
Breaking to the Beat!
35
Linda J. Acevedo
Bridges (Marc Majewski)
Bridges
36
Marc Majewski
The Buried and the Bound (Rochelle Hassan)
The Buried and the Bound
37
Rochelle Hassan
Calling the Moon (Aida Salazar)
Calling the Moon
38
Aida Salazar
The Carrefour Curse (Dianne K. Salerni)
The Carrefour Curse
39
Dianne K. Salerni
Champion of Fate (Kendare Blake)
Champion of Fate
40
Kendare Blake
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