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The Battle of The Labyrinth
Review by: Mark, age 11
In The Battle of the Labyrinth, the 4th book in the Percy Jackson series, Percy must find a great inventor hidden in the Labyrinth, which he built, to . . . .
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The Cupcake Queen
Review by: Lydia, age 11
Penny, a girl who has lived in New York her whole life, population of 8,200,000, has to move to a small town. . . .
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The Dopple Ganger Chronicles: The First Escape
Review by: Genevieve, age 11
The Dopple Ganger Chronicles is a new adventure series. The book switches between being a graphic novel . . . .
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A Long Way From Chicago
Review by: Kelsey, age 12
A Long Way From Chicago is a book about a boy, Joey, and his little sister, Mary Alice, going to visit . . .
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Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister
Review by: Naomi, age 12
Philippa Fisher is your average eleven year old girl who wants a fairy godmother. But when . . .
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Medusa Jones
Review by: Lucas, age 11
Medusa Jones is about a girl that is a gorgon, which means she has . . .
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Swindle
Review by: Sophie, age 11
Swindle is about two kids, Griffin and Ben, who decide to sleepover at a house that is supposedly . . .
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Three Cups of Tea: Young Reader's Edition
Review by: Isabel, age 12
Have you ever wanted to be a hero? . . .
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Best of the Best Books for Great Kids:

The Chicago Public Library recommends the following books (PDF) as some of the best published in 2008 for kids. Best of the Best is made possible by a generous grant from Kraft Foods and the Chicago Public Library Foundation.