Each spring, TAB members vote for their favorite TAB books for that school year. TAB Picks are the top 10 (or 11) reads as voted on by TAB members from a field of over 50 books.
Here are some of Williamsburg’s recent TAB Picks:
2020-2021 TAB Picks
- Fighting Words, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Class Act, by Jerry Craft
- Dress Coded, by Carrie Firestone
- displacement, by Kiku Hughes
- Twins, by Varian Johnson
- Unplugged, by Gordon Korman
- Elatsoe, by Darcie Little Badger
- Primer, by Jennifer Muro
- Not Your All-American Girl, by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- Three Keys, by Kelly Yang
2018-2019 TAB Picks
- Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish, by Pablo Cartaya
- Front Desk, by Kelly Yang
- Ghost Boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Crush, by Svetlana Chmakova
- My Family Divided, by Diane Guerrero
- Catwoman: Soulstealer, by Sarah J. Maas
- My Year in the Middle, by Lila Quintero Weaver
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander
- Chasing King’s Killer, by James L. Swanson
- Harbor Me, by Jaqueline Woodson
2017-2018 TAB Picks
- Posted, by John David Anderson
- The War I Finally Won, by Kimberly Brubaker Badley
- Felix Yz, by Lisa Bunker
- The Lotterys Plus One, by Emma Donohue
- Refugee, by Alan Gratz
- Swing It, Sunny, by Jennifer Holm
- All’s Faire in Middle School, by Victoria Jamieson
- In the Shadow of the Sun, by Anne Sibley O’Brien
- Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds
- The Dark Prophecy, The Trials of Apollo, Book Two, by Rick Riordan
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2016-2017 TAB Picks
- Fuzzy, by Tom Angleberger and Paul Dellinger
- Not as We Know It, by Tom Avery
- My Life with the Liars, by Caela Carter
- Peas and Carrots, by Tanita S. Davis
- Unplugged, by Donna Freitas
- Lily and Dunkin, by Donna Gephart
- Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II, by Albert Marrin
- The Hidden Oracle: The Trials of Apollo, Book 1, by Rick Riordan
- Eleven and Holding, by Mary Penney
- P.S. I Like You, by Kasie West
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2015-2016 TAB Picks
- The Six, by Mark Alpert
- Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans, by Don Brown
- The Phantom Bully: Jedi Academy Series, Vol. 3, by Jeffrey Brown
- The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club, by Philip M. Hoose
- Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson
- I Am Princess X, by Cherie Priest
- The Boy in the Black Suit, by Jason Reynolds
- The Sword of Summer: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Series, Book 1, by Rick Riordan
- Fuzzy Mud, by Louis Sachar
- Goodbye Stranger, by Rebecca Stead
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2014-2015 TAB Picks
- Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey, by Nick Bertozzi
- A Mad, Wicked Folly, by Sharon Biggs
- The Iron Trial, by Holly Black
- Prince of Shadows, by Rachel Caine
- Half Bad, by Sally Green
- The Young Elites, by Mary Lu
- West of the Moon, by Margi Preus
- The Blood of Olympus, by Rick Riordan
- She is Not Invisible, by Marcus Sedgwick
- Sisters, by Raina Telgemeier
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2013-2014 TAB Picks
- 45 Pounds (More or Less), by Kelly Barson
- Mila 2.0, by Debra Driza
- Emerald Green, by Kerstin Grier
- Champion, by Marie Lu
- Scarlet, by Marissa Meyer
- Heaven is Paved with Oreos, by Catherine Murdock
- The Runaway King, by Jennifer Nielsen
- The House of Hades, By Rick Riordan
- Allegiant, by Veronia Roth
- Counting by 7s, by Holly Sloan
- Pivot Point, by Kasie West
2012-2013 TAB Picks
- Wonder, by RJ Palacio
- Temple Grandin: How the Girl who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World, by Cy Montgomery
- Take a Bow, by Elizabeth Eulberg
- Steve Jobs: The Man who Thought Different, by Karen Blumenthal
- See You at Harry’s, by Jo Knowles
- One for the Murphys, by Lynda Hunt
- The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan
- The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielsen
- The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, by Lee Trenton Stewart
- Cinder, by Melissa Meyer
- Chomp, by Carl Hiaasen
2011 – 2012 TAB Picks
- Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan
- Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
- Fat Cat, by Robin Brande
- Scumble, by Ingrid Law
- Plain Kate, by Erin Bow
- Chasing Orion, by Kathryn Lasky
- Countdown, by Deborah Wiles
- The Mysterious Howling, by Maryrose Wood
- Incarceron, by Catherine Fisher
- The Maze Runner, James Dashner
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