2003 winner
Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Public
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4 stars
When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. …
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The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #30)
5 stars
Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the …
Phil in SF says: 2004 winner
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A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #32)
3 stars
Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic – not chores and ill-tempered …
Phil in SF says: 2005 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2006 winner
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Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #35)
‘Crivens!’
Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made just one little mistake . . .
And now the spirit of …
Phil in SF says: 2007 winner
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4 stars
What is Un Lun Dun?
It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all …
Phil in SF says: 2008 winner
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
4 stars
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan, #1)
4 stars
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to …
Phil in SF says: 2010 winner
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Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Ship Breaker, #1)
2 stars
Set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change, this thrilling bestseller and National Book Finalist …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente (Fairyland, #1)
3 stars
Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her …
Phil in SF says: 2012 winner
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5 stars
"On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the …
Phil in SF says: 2013 winner
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The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente (Fairyland, #3)
September misses Fairyland and her friends Ell, the Wyverary, and the boy Saturday. She longs to leave the routines of …
Phil in SF says: 2014 winner
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Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (Shattered Sea, #1)
Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains, and the …
Phil in SF says: 2015 winner
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The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #41)
Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it …
Phil in SF says: 2016 winner
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Revenger by Alastair Reynolds (Revenger, #1)
4 stars
Revenger is a rocket-fueled tale of space pirates, buried treasure, and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism. . …
Phil in SF says: 2017 winner
