The best fantasy books for kids from 2012, according to Kirkus

Kirkus has just released its list of the best children's books of 2012, and there are a number of fine fantasies on it--



A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL, by Roddy Doyle
THE VENGEKEEP PROPHECIES, by Brian Farrey (I haven't read this one myself, but it does look good)
ON THE DAY I DIED, by Candace Fleming




IN A GLASS GRIMMLY, by Adam Gidwitz
SON, by Lois Lowry
THE SPINDLERS, by Lauren Oliver

COLD CEREAL, by Adam Rex

SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS, by Laura Amy Schlitz

THE SEVEN TALES OF TRINKET, by Shelley Moore Thomas