Starred YA Book Reviews 2012

This is a compilation of YA books published in 2012 that have received two or more starred reviews from the major review sources. All information is gathered from the publications’ websites and/or print publications, but may not be completely comprehensive. Some of the books may be more middle grade than YA — I used my best judgment based on information in the review publications and the publisher websites. Please let me know if you notice any omissions!

Key:

• Horn Book=The Horn Book
• PW=Publisher’s Weekly
• SLJ=School Library Journal
• Booklist
• Kirkus=Kirkus Reviews
• Bulletin=The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Five Stars
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin)
Horn Book, PW, SLJ, Booklist, Kirkus

Four Stars
Crow by Barbara Wright (Random House)
Horn Book, PW, SLJ, Kirkus

No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Carolrhoda LAB)
Horn Book, PW, SLJ, Kirkus

There is No Dog by Meg Rosoff (Penguin)
Horn Book, PW, Booklist, Kirkus

Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson (Scholastic)
Horn Book, PW, SLJ, Kirkus

Three Stars
Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson (Penguin)
PW, SLJ, Kirkus

Miles to Go for Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years by Linda Barrett Osborne (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
PW, SLJ, Kirkus

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour (Penguin)
PW, SLJ, Kirkus

Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Knopf)
PW, SLJ, Kirkus

Two Stars

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (Simon & Schuster)
PW, SLJ

Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey (Dial)
SLJ, Kirkus

Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine (Putnam)
PW, Kirkus

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (Amulet Books/Abrams)
Booklist, Kirkus

Try Not to Breathe by Jennifer R. Hubbard (Penguin)
PW, Kirkus