I just finished The Girl Who Drank the Moon. This book just won this year's Newbery Medal. I really enjoyed this book.This book is an epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch , a swamp monster,  and a tiny dragon who must unlock powerful magic buried deep inside her. Here is a brief annotation of the book from the Texas Bluebonnet List website:

Did you know that if you feed a baby starlight, it grows up happy, shining and with a twinkle in its eye? However, if you accidentally let the baby eat some moonlight, then you’ll fill that ordinary baby with extraordinary magic... That’s what happened when Xan, a kind witch, rescued abandoned baby Luna. Luckily, Luna finds a home with Xan, the swamp monster Glerk, and Fyrian, a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. As her thirteenth birthday approaches, however, a series of new threats emerge, calling on Luna to protect all that she loves while wrestling with her own 

I also read Towers Falling which is also on the Texas Bluebonnet List. This book deals with the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Deja is a 5th grade student living in Brooklyn and is unaware of the tragic events until she learns about it in 5th grade social studies. Even though she was born after the attacks, she comes to realize how the events have shaped her world. Here is a brief annotation from the Texas Bluebonnet List website:

It is a secret that’s not a secret, something that happened but Deja can’t yet figure out. She’s tired of being kept in the dark, of not knowing why her father looks so tired when he stares at a blank sky. Journey along with Deja and her friends as they learn about the many faces of America, the history of the World Trade Center Tower, and grow in their understanding of family, home and community.