I try to read most of the new fiction books each year. The following titles are ones that I feel are outstanding.
Anita Spain, librarian
The Death Catchers by Jennifer Kogler
Dragon Castle by Joseph Bruchac
Icefall by Matthew Kirby
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
The very ordered existence of Merilee Marvelous by Suzanne Crowley
Fell by David Clement-Davies
The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach
Scrambled Eggs at Midnight by Brad Barkley
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Drums, girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Nick of Time by Ted Bell
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Leap by Jane Zalben
Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
The Ghosts of Rathburn Park
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Al Capone does my shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Gifts by Ursula Le Guin
Abarat by Clive Barker
The Revenge of the Shadow King by Derek Benz
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen
Finding Sophie by Irene Watts
Once upon a marigold by Jean Ferris
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
The Supernaturalists by Eoin Colfer
Among the barons by Margaret Haddix
The Secret of Whispering Springs by Jerri Garretson
Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo
The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Levine
Aabarat Days of Magic Nights of War by Clive Barker
The Ballad of Sir Dinadan by Gerald Morris
Nightmare by Joan Nixon
The Dirt Eaters by Dennis Foon
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
The Merchant of Death [Pendragon series] by D. J. MacHale
Good Night, Maman by Norma Mazer
Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Naylor
Deep by Susanna Vance
The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson
The Book of Story Beginnings by Kristin Kladstrup
Harry Sue by Sue Stauffacher
The city of Ember by Jeanne DuProu
Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight by Gerald Morris
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Freewalker by Dennis Foon