Whether you hate it or love it, the 2012 Holiday Season is upon us. One thing that we love at Compass Book Ratings is books and helping match books to a reader! We consulted our reviewers to find our favorite books to recommend for Christmas gifts. (Perfect for stockings!) We have broken our recommendations down by age and for younger readers, by gender. All the following are books our reviewers reviewed in 2012 and loved! The bonus is that the content level ratings are at the lower end of the scale . (Hopefully, that way you won’t scandalize Aunt Marge or give someone something beyond their comfort level.) As always, you can check out the full review and content analysis for complete details.
Middle Grade Books for Boys (Ages 9 -12)
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- Okay For Now
- Wonder
- Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms
- Deltora Quest #1
- A Year Down Yonder
- The Candy Bomber
- One Dog and His Boy
Middle Grade Books for Girls (Ages 9-12)
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- Kat, Incorrigible
- Alice-Miranda on Vacation
- The Aviary
- Palace of Stone
- The Healing Spell
- The Wonder of Charlie Anne
- Lily’s Crossing
- The Girl Who Circumvented Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Young Adult Books for Boys (Ages 12-18)
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Young Adult Books for Girls (Ages 12-18)
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- I was Jane Austen’s Best Friend
- My Fair Godmother
- The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
- Seraphina
- Matched
- Ultraviolet
- Heist Society
Fiction Books for Adults (Ages 18+)
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- Edenbrooke
- Cinnamon Roll Murder
- The Kissing Tree
- Calico Joe
- Emerald City
- The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- The Girl in the Glass
- The Secret Keeper
- To Say Nothing of the Dog
Non-Fiction for Adults (Ages 18+)
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- The Power of Habit
- The Happiness Project
- Julia Morgan: Architect of Beauty
- The Book Whisperer
- A Girl Named Zippy
- Inconceivable
