Best Middle Grade and Chapter Books of 2013 (as well as some really great YA and graphic novels...)
CHAPTER BOOKS
Ballad by Blexbolex
the big wet balloon by Liniers
by Ellen Potter, illustrated by David Heatly
by Kate Klise, illustrated by M. Sarah Klise
MIDDLE GRADE NOVELS
About Average by Andrew Clements
North of Nowhere by Liz Kessler
The Time Fetch by Amy Herrick
by Chris Grabenstein
On the Day I Died by Candace Fleming
33 Minutes by Todd Hasak Lowy
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Primates by Jim Ottaviani, illustrated by Maris Wicks
Explorer: The Lost Islands edited by Kazu Kibuishi
YOUNG ADULT
(Because I read so few YA books each year, this list is mostly the best YA books I read this year, rather than the best YA books published in 2013)
fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Lockwood & Co. Book 1: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Code Name Verity by Nancy Werlin
BEST ADULT BOOK APPROPRIATE FOR TEENS
The Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller