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My favorite books from 2023

Last year I read 89 books and listened to 23 audio books. Here are some of my favorites.

The Last Mapmaker – Christina Soontornvat
Klipfish Code – Mary Casanova
The Light in Hidden Places – Sharon Cameron
Boxcar Children – Gertrude Chandler Warner
Rescue – Jennifer A Nielsen
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy – Michael Leali
Love, Violet – Charlotte Sullivan Wild
Tryout – Christina Soontornvat
Wildoak – C.C. Harrington
Rescue at Lake Wild – Terry Lynn Johnson
You are Here – edited by Ellen Oh
Dad’s Girlfriend and Other Anxieties – Kelleye Crocker
Warrior Girl Unearthed – Angeline Boulley
Hey Otter! Hey Beaver! – Brian Pinkney
Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II – Lia Levi
Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle – Taryn Souders
A Walk in the Woods – Nikki Grimes, Jerry Pinkney, Brian Pinkney
See the Ghost – David LaRochelle
Attack of the Black Rectangles – A.S. King
Almost There Almost Not – Linda Urban
Simon Sort of Says – Erin Bow
Jennifer Chan is Not Alone – Tae Keller
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1) – Rick Riordan
A Crooked Kind of Perfect – Linda Urban

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