Bookwitch

OK, it’s list time. Was inspired, if that’s the right word, by various lookings back to 2007 in the papers.

Here’s my suggestion for ten best older children’s books of 2007. They are books out in 2007 in Britain, to limit the choice just a little bit. I’ve only considered books I’ve read (obviously). What did I forget?

Burn My Heart, Beverley Naidoo

Crusade, Elizabeth Laird

Falconer’s Knot, Mary Hoffman

Just Listen, Sarah Dessen

King Dork, Frank Portman

London Eye Mystery, Siobhan Dowd

Skulduggery Pleasant, Derek Landy

The Night of the Burning, Linda Press Wulf

The Red Necklace, Sally Gardner

What I Was, Meg Rosoff

Please put me right now. I considered guessing at the best to come for 2008, but as my knowledge only stretches a few months into the new year, it wouldn’t work. And sometimes assumptions about what will be good, is so wrong, that I need to be careful.

Does anyone remember that day in the spring when I got stuck at the bookshop with “only” a pile of new proofs to while away the time with? Well, three of the four are on the list. Hardly surprising I had a hard time on that occasion.