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Horn Book Fanfare 2018

Horn Book Fanfare 2018 names 32 books across 3 categories. 20 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. Be Prepared by Vera Brosgolsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransomesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillosource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Love to Everyone by Hilary McKaysource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medinasource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Rebound by Kwame Alexandersource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxiersource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M. T. Andersonsource (opens in a new tab)
  9. The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdocksource (opens in a new tab)
  10. The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtissource (opens in a new tab)
  11. The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  12. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedosource (opens in a new tab)
  13. The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wangsource (opens in a new tab)
  14. The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoonsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridgesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczkasource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quinterosource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brownsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World by Christy Halesource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Books

  1. A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Linsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkessource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seegersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Dear Substitute by Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernicksource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Dreamers by Yuyi Moralessource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackallsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomisource (opens in a new tab)
  8. Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Lovesource (opens in a new tab)
  9. Pie Is for Sharing by Stephanie Parsley Ledyardsource (opens in a new tab)
  10. The Field by Baptiste Paulsource (opens in a new tab)
  11. The Party and Other Stories by Sergio Ruzziersource (opens in a new tab)
  12. The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarkesource (opens in a new tab)
  13. They Say Blue by Jillian Tamakisource (opens in a new tab)

About the Horn Book Fanfare

The Horn Book Magazine's annual Fanfare list of the year's best children's and young adult books, chosen by its editors and reviewers. Read from hbook.com's own Fanfare pages through Wayback Machine snapshots, because hbook.com blocks automated fetches; each sourceUrl is the snapshot used. 2006-2018 come from the annotated Fanfare articles, 2019-2025 from the Fanfare booklist pages. Year is the year in the list's name (books of that year); it is announced in December. Category is Horn Book's own section (Picture Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Folklore). Every entry is a Selection. Author is the writer; for wordless or author-illustrated books it is the illustrator. Series names Horn Book prints in brackets after a title are dropped. Expected counts are the titles printed under each section on the cited page; for 2006-2018 they match the number of review citations on the page.

Organization: The Horn Book. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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