Best books of 2010: children's books

5. "Countdown," by Deborah Wiles

"Countdown," by Deborah Wiles (Scholastic, 400 pp., $17.99, ages 9-12). A 12-year-old faces down the Cuban Missile Crisis in this highly appealing “documentary novel” (the first part of a planned trilogy) for middle-school-age readers. (CSMonitor.com, 6/2/10)

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