Fifty Favorites from 2010

With the caveat that there are many highly touted books that I haven't seen, here are fifty of my favorites from 2010:

Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke
April and Esme Tooth Fairies by Bob Graham
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynn Rae Perkins
Ballet for Martha by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca
Bunny Days by Tao Nyeu
The Cardturner by Louis Sachar
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems, illustrated by Jon J. Muth
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen
The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Peter Sis
The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Suzy) by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Frozen Secrets by Sally M. Walker
The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie by Tanya Lee Stone
Henry in Love by Peter McCarty
Here Comes the Garbage Barge! by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Red Nose Studio
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutch
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Keeper by Kathi Appel
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Mirror by Jeannie Baker
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Modern Fairies, Dwarves, Goblins, and Other Nasties by Lesley M.M. Blume, illustrated by David Foote
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Northward to the Moon by Polly Horvath
The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
A Pocketful of Posies by Salley Mavor
The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
The Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Stead, illustrated by Erin Stead
Snook Alone by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
Sparky: The Life and Art of Charles Schulz by Beverly Gherman
Spork by Isabelle Aresenault
Sugar Changed the World by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
There's Going to be a Baby by John Burningham, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
They Called Themselves the K.K.K. by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Trash by Andy Mulligan
The Wager by Donna Jo Napoli
The War to End All Wars by Russell Freeman
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Zen Ghosts by Jon J. Muth
Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon