What would a list of wonderful unsung books be without a couple of sources to find great less-popular (or less-well-known books) books, first?
Secondly, a plug for the Cybils. It is truly, honestly, one of the best places to find excellent childrens books. Check over the shortlists from last year, and there are many, many great books to be had.
What are some of my favorite unsung books (everything here has under 500 ratings at Goodreads, which is just my way of making sure they really are unsung):
The Night Fairy, by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Lost Conspiracy, by Frances Hardinge
Saving Maddie, by Varian Johnson
Shine, Coconut Moon, by Neesha Meminger
Carter Finally Gets It, by Brent Crawford
The Year My Son and I Were Born, by Kathryn Lynard Soper
There you have it. What are some of yours?
The Book Nut 
I have got to get to Carter Finally Gets It. I've had it for awhile now and keep meaning to pick it up bu then end up pushing it off.
Thanks for some great books to add to my wishlist.
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I read The Night Fairy as an ARC–thanks for the reminder that I need to see what the finished product looks like! And The Lost Conspiracy is a great book too…
The others I haven't read…but I guess I should!
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I haven't read any of these and haven't even heard of some. Adding to wish list now.
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Oooh. Okay putting some of these on the list. I have a five year old who would love to be read The Night Fairy I think!
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I'm another one putting some of these on my list! One of my favorite YA books of the year was The Summer of Skinny Dipping. It was such a sweet tale-if I hadn't gotten an ARC for it, I totally would have missed this gem.
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Shine Coconut Moon is a really good one and I was sad it didn't make it very far in the Nerds Heart YA tournament.
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Are all of these Young Adult books? they are unsung, because i have not heard of many of them – i have to get on that!
i recently was talking to someone who told me his ultimate dream is to write adolescent literature. i thought it was wonderful. it'a a genre that doesn't get as much critical attention as it may deserve.
-Rose
Rhain or Shine
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All of these are completely new to me.
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I've heard great things about Shine Coconut Moon and I do want to read it. Thanks for the review.
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I have a copy of The Lost Conspiracy but I haven't had a chance to read it though. I've heard good things about it so I decided to get a copy.
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They all sound great must try, thanks!
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