2024 Top SCLS Youth Services Recommended Children, Tween and Teen Books.

The books on this list are recommended by the Sussex County Youth Services Team as their favorite reads in 2024. Many were used in our storytimes, book clubs and other programs throughout the 2024 year.

Updated December 17, 2024
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Be quiet! /
Higgins, Ryan T.
Paper Book
All Rupert the mouse wants is to star in a beautiful, wordless picturebook. One that's visually stimulating! With scenic pictures! And style! He has plenty of ideas about what makes a great book, but his friends just WON'T. STOP. TALKING. Children and adults alike will chuckle at this comedic...
Bear snores on
Wilson, Karma.
Paper Book
It seems like Bear can sleep through anything. As a succession of animals enter his cave to escape the fierce storm, he continues to snore. Mouse makes a nice warm fire, Hare cooks popcorn and Badger brings treats... They are having a great time. But when Bear wakes up and realises he's missed out...
The book thief
Zusak, Markus
Paper Book
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger and her younger brother are being taken by their mother to live with a foster family outside Munich. Liesel's father was taken away on the breath of a single,...
The girl who drank the moon
Barnhill, Kelly
Paper Book
An enchanting and unforgettable modern fable that is impossible to put down.
Room on the broom
Donaldson, Julia
CD
A beautifully designed book and CD edition of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's witchy adventureA special book and CD edition of the bestselling Room on the Broom. "How the cat purred and how the witch grinned, As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind." ...
Strange the dreamer
Taylor, Laini
Paper Book
A brand new, heart-stopping novel and the first in a thrilling duology from the much-loved author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, Laini Taylor. STRANGE THE DREAMER is the story of: - the aftermath of a war between gods and men - a mysterious city stripped of its name...
They all saw a cat /
Wenzel, Brendan,
Paper Book
New York TimesĀ bestseller and Caldecott Medal winner They All Saw a CatĀ is a visual delight and a charming read-aloud that invites kids and parents to explore the concept of perception. The cat walked through the world, with its...
The Unteachables
Korman, Gordon
Paper Book
A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what happens when the worst class of kids in school is paired with the worst teacher--perfect for fans of Ms. Bixby's Last Day. A good choice for summer reading or anytime! The...
The wild robot
Brown, Peter
Paper Book
A gloriously illustrated story of a robot's adventures in the wild
A wrinkle in time
L'engle, Madeleine
Paper Book
When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as 'It'. How Charles, his sister Meg and friend Calvin find and free his father makes this a very special and...

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