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2007 Starred Reviews


4 Stars

What They Found by Walter Dean Myers - BL, C, K, SLJ

Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb - BL, C, KYA, SLJ

3 Stars

Angel Isle by Peter Dickinson - BL, K, PW

Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill - BL, H, K

Strong Man by Meghan McCarthy - BL, K, SLJ

The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Patricia McKissack; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney - BL, K, PW

Red Glass by Laura Resau - BL, PW, SLJ

2 Stars

Mary and the Mouse, The Mouse and Mary by Beverly Donofrio; illustrated by Barbara McClintock - K, PW

Before I Die by Jenny Downham - K, PW

Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner; illustrated by Mini Grey - K, SLJ

When Randolph Turned Rotten by Charise Mericle Harper - PW, SLJ

How it Happened in Peach Hill by Marthe Jocelyn - H, SLJ

Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan - BL, H, PW

How To be A Baby . . . By Me, The Big Sister by Sally Lloyd-Jones; i llustrated by Sue Heap - BL, C

Golden Legacy by Leonard S. Marcus - K, SLJ

The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It by Lisa Shanahan - K, SLJ

Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher; illustrated by Greg Couch - PW, SLJ

Waking Up Wendell by April Stevens; illustrated by Tad Hills - K, PW

1 Star

Grimpow by Rafael Ábalos - PW

Raleigh's Page by lan Armstrong; illustrated by Tim Jessell - K

No Castles Here by A.C.E. Bauer - K

Taken by Edward Bloor - PW

The Rising Star of Rusty Nail by Lesley M. M. Blume - BL

The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray - PW

Edwardo by John Burningham - SLJ

Young Pelé by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by James Ransome - BL

Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney - PW

A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd - PW

Corydon and the Fall of Atlantis by Tobias Druitt - K

Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner - SLJ

The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico; illustrated by Angela Barrett - K

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford; photographed by Valorie Fisher - K

Pure Dead Frozen by Debi Gliori - K

How to Save Your Tail* by Mary Hanson - K

Dinosaurs by Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.; illustrated by Luis V. Rey - SLJ

Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin - BL

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier - SLJ

A Bridge to the Stars by Henning Mankell - BL

The Navigator by Eoin McNamee - K

The Decoding of Lana Morris by Laura & Tom McNeal - K

Runner by Robert Newton - PW

Bad Tickets by Kathleen O'Dell - BL

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen - BL

My Dog is As Smelly As Dirty Socks by Hanoch Piven - SLJ

The Confessional by J.L. Powers - PW

Good Sports by Jack Prelutsky; illustrated by Chris Raschka - BL

Don't Touch My Hat by James Rumford - K

The Whole Sky Full of Stars by René Saldaña, Jr. - BL

Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury - BL

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott - SLJ

My Swordhand Is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick - PW

Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra; illustrated by J. Otto Seibold - PW

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - K

Billy Tartle in Say Cheese! by Michael Townsend - C

Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson - C

Spanking Shakespeare by Jake Wizner; illustrated by Richard Ewing - PW

Key

C - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, University of Chicago

H - Horn Book

BL - Booklist, ALA

K - Kirkus Reviews

KYA - Kliatt

PW - Publishers Weekly

SLJ - School Library Journal

V- Voya