{"id":42082,"date":"2023-01-12T23:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T04:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42082"},"modified":"2023-01-15T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T02:49:19","slug":"2022-sonderbooks-stand-outs-books-for-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42082","title":{"rendered":"2022 Sonderbooks Stand-outs — Books for Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s taking me so long to post my Sonderbooks Stand-outs this year! But at last, I have no tooth pain and I’ve finished reading for the Cybils Awards and the Mathical Book Prize — and a long weekend coming up. I hope to get the whole set posted here and on a webpage before the weekend is done.<\/p>\n

Again, Sonderbooks Stand-outs are simply my favorites — the books that stand out in my mind after a full year of reading. I don’t choose them for literary merit or any deeper criteria, but simply go with my heart — which books most warm my heart when I think of them?<\/p>\n

The ranking is very subjective and goes back and forth a bit. Please take the ranking as secondary, because I love all of these books.<\/p>\n

Many of these do not have their reviews posted yet, especially the ones I read for the Cybils. After I make a page for the Stand-outs, my next priority will be getting all these reviews posted.<\/p>\n

Books for Teens were especially difficult this year, because I read more than I have in years. At the start of the year, I was a judge for the 2021 Cybils second round in Young Adult Speculative Fiction, and at the end of this year I was a panelist for the 2022 Cybils first round in the same category. I also think that I’ve had a delayed reaction to being on the 2019 Newbery committee, and for the last couple years have been less interested in reading middle grade books. I still read plenty, but I enjoyed binge-reading for award committees the older level books.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I read so many speculative fiction books for teens, I decided to use three categories for teen books: Fantasy (a fantasy world), Paranormal (magic or paranormal activity in our world), and everything else. Here’s how I ranked them in those categories:<\/p>\n

Teen Fantasy Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Little Thieves<\/em>, by Margaret Owen<\/li>\n
  2. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking<\/a><\/em>, by T. Kingfisher<\/li>\n
  3. Moira’s Pen<\/em>, by Megan Whalen Turner<\/li>\n
  4. Vespertine<\/a><\/em>, by Margaret Rogerson<\/li>\n
  5. The Excalibur Curse<\/a><\/em>, by Kiersten White<\/li>\n
  6. Year of the Reaper<\/em>, by Makiia Lucier<\/li>\n
  7. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea<\/a><\/em>, by Axie Oh<\/li>\n
  8. So This Is Ever After<\/em>, by F. T. Lukens<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Teen Paranormal Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. The Mirror Season<\/a><\/em>, by Anna-Marie McLemore<\/li>\n
    2. A Snake Falls to Earth<\/a><\/em>, by Darcie Little Badger<\/li>\n
    3. From Dust, a Flame<\/em>, by Rebecca Podos<\/li>\n
    4. The Weight of Blood<\/em>, by Tiffany D. Jackson<\/li>\n
    5. Lakelore<\/em>, by Anna-Marie McLemore<\/li>\n
    6. Bad Witch Burning<\/em>, by Jessica Lewis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      More Teen Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe<\/a><\/em>, by Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz<\/li>\n
      2. Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World<\/a><\/em>, by Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz<\/li>\n
      3. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder<\/a><\/em>, by Holly Jackson<\/li>\n
      4. Good Girl, Bad Blood<\/a><\/em>, by Holly Jackson<\/li>\n
      5. As Good as Dead<\/a><\/em>, by Holly Jackson<\/li>\n
      6. All That’s Left in the World<\/em>, by Eric J. Brown<\/li>\n
      7. The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester<\/em>, by Maya MacGregor<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Teen Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Grand Theft Horse<\/a><\/em>, by G. Neri, illustrated by Corban Wilkin<\/li>\n
        2. Gone to the Woods<\/a><\/em>, by Gary Paulsen<\/li>\n
        3. Revolution in Our Time<\/a><\/em>, by Kekla Magoon<\/li>\n
        4. Welcome to St. Hell<\/a><\/em>, by Lewis Hancox<\/li>\n
        5. Punching Bag<\/a><\/em>, by Rex Ogle<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          I guarantee some good reading with any of these books! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

          And here’s my permanent webpage for all my 2022 Sonderbooks Stand-outs<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          It’s taking me so long to post my Sonderbooks Stand-outs this year! But at last, I have no tooth pain and I’ve finished reading for the Cybils Awards and the Mathical Book Prize — and a long weekend coming up. I hope to get the whole set posted here and on a webpage before the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,8,404],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stand-outs","category-teen-fiction-review","category-teen-nonfiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42101,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42082\/revisions\/42101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}