1. Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award Grades 6-8

3. Athlete vs. Mathlete W.C. Mack

4. The boy on the wooden box: how the impossible became possible... on Schindler's list: a memoir Leon Leyson

6. Counting By 7’s Holly Goldberg Sloan

7. The Darkest Path Jeff Hirsch

9. Dogs of War Sheila Keenen Illustrated by Nathan Fox

11. The Heartbreak Messenger Alexander Vance

13. Jack Strong Takes a Stand Tommy Greenwald Illustrated by Melissa Mendés

14. One Came Home Amy Timberlake

15. QB 1 Mike Lupica

17. Sylo D.J. MacHale

18. Wake Up Missing Kate Messner

19. Zero Tolerance Claudia Mills